This Upstate NY brewery with award-winning beer, fun food was just named No. 3 in America

An Upstate New York brewery that serves made-from-scratch meals alongside a rotating cast of hand-crafted beers has been crowned one of America’s best brewpubs.

Strangebird, an award-winning craft brewery near downtown Rochester, has been ranked the third-best brewpub of 2026 in the United States by USA Today’s 10Best.

Only two locations bested the Western New York restaurant: Dewey Beer Co. in Delaware, the No. 2 spot, and Lua Brewing in Iowa, the nation’s No. 1 brewpub…

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