Southwedge Colony Bar & Grille

I attended a friend’s surprise birthday party here and all was going well. There was probably 25 – 30 of us. We were playing giant Jenga, throwing some darts around, lounging on the nice couches watching some football and basketball on the flat screens, I thought to myself, here’s my new hang out spot in the Wedge.
Never had a problem here on my visits before, but this one can not go overlooked. At this birthday party, who was for a co-​worker, I also invited some friends outside of that circle to join me. My friend (M), my other friend (K), my other friend’s girlfriend (J) and her sister (A). The 5 of us were doing all of the items described above, having a great time, not causing problems, enjoying my co-worker’s birthday. The two girls ended up going into the bathroom together, because, as any guy knows, girl’s ALWAYS go to the bathroom together. Why? This may never be known for sure, but they certainly NOT doing what there accused of. The ladies, J and A, came over to us after starting to cry. We ask, what the hell happened? The bouncer continuously knocked on the bathroom door while they were in there and start berating them for the time spent in there. Even worse, he accused them of doing cocaine. Are you kidding me? K went over to a different bouncer, very calmly, obviously expressing his outrage of such an accusation. He agreed that the other bouncer was out of line but all of a sudden the accusing bouncer decides to come over to start berating K and trying to be all tough guy to him. Words were exchanged and we found all 5 of us kicked out of the bar. That’s fine, we didn’t do anything wrong, we were going to leave anyways. This wasn’t enough, though. There are steps to the front entrance, as we were walking out, the bouncer PUSHES K and he tumbles down the concrete stairs, getting some nasty cuts and bruises on his hands and knees. Luckily calmer heads prevailed, I just had to get us out of there as the DD. As I gave my 2 cents to the bouncer checking IDs outside, he says «don’t mess with the head of security». Wow, head of security at a neighborhood bar thinking he’s a shot to 5 people just trying to have fun at a bar. I have never been kicked out of a bar before, because, I don’t do cocaine and don’t associate myself with those who do. With a lot of the filtered comments, I also see they have had problems with the bouncers. I wish I could give them 0 stars.

I love this bar. The drink specials are really good, you can tell they take the time to create fun ways to make you feel like its YOUR bar– Ugly mug night is where you can leave your stein or mug on the shelf during the week, and they fill it for 2 $ on wednesday. Also, food is dynamite– one of the owners personally runs the kitchen and makes every thing perfect every time. i am a mac salad lover and their home made recipe is phenomenal! Breakfast burger is pretty amazing too.
atmosphere is great, very chill and welcoming. big roomy bar, pool, darts, leather couches, outdoor seating… everything was clean and very friendly.
if you are not interested in the East Ave scene, and dont want to get shot or stabbed on Monroe Ave, the South Wedge is a dope little neighborhood where you dont have to pay to park or pay a cover charge. trendy, modern, casual. great place.

I can’t imagine a better bar for trivia. The atmosphere, the setup, everything made this the perfect venue. And the food wasn’t half bad, either.
We’ve been to Geeks Who Drink trivia at Jeremiah’s in the past, and to be honest — the experience left a lot lacking. There’s usually a loud party at the bar that makes it difficult to hear the trivia, but at Colony, practically everyone was there for the trivia (and the bar is big enough that those who aren’t can politely pull themselves out of hearing range).
The pulled pork is surprisingly delicious. It is moist and flavorful with the perfectly light-​in-​an-​airy-​way (not light in a mushy way) roll. The Porky Pig even better. The sweet potato fries are beer battered and not an extra charge. Drink specials are great, too — $ 2 select beers on Thursdays.

This place was oook. I found it to be all sliggy .
Sliggy= preppy hipsters
Girls trying to be noticed by dancing all ridiculous to 90s pop mixed with a little techno. I liked that it was roomy and they had darts. Place was pretty clean and had a nice outside area. Crowd just wasnt for me.

would give it 5 stars if it wasn’t for the overbearing Maple Syrup smell. anyone else? maybe they’ve corrected this problem. But both times I was there it was unbearable (and the basement was unbearable urine cake). Other than that the place is legit! Very nice addition to the South Wedge!

Holy cow, sometimes, it’s a bit too CROWDED for my taste. Though, my previous review still holds almost 100% a few things have changed.
Not always able to chit chat with the friends over the volume ;)
Still a great place to grab a drink and totally rockin!

I love finding places like this, I only wish it hadn’t taken me so many drives by to actually stop in. You can tell the owner took time decorating and setting the place up, it’s definitely no dive bar. Big leather couches, nice pool table, cool bar, fast service and great prices made this my new favorite hangout in Rochester. The best part though, is that you can actually hear your friends and it’s not so packed you can’t move. This place is a MUST!