Genesee Block Ice Company

Genesee Block Ice Company Genesee Block Ice is Rochester's premier large format, ultra clear cocktail ice provider. We make cubes, spears, and spheres for bars and special events.

Out for a drink at Reddwood. No notes.
04/26/2025

Out for a drink at Reddwood. No notes.

V-day is coming up, but as Ryan Adams once said, “Love is hell.” And so are failed experiments.
02/07/2025

V-day is coming up, but as Ryan Adams once said, “Love is hell.” And so are failed experiments.

Saturday night at by the matron of GBIC.
01/26/2025

Saturday night at by the matron of GBIC.

Our first old fashioned at
01/16/2025

Our first old fashioned at

Hope your VDay is warmer than ours!
02/14/2024

Hope your VDay is warmer than ours!

Wedding Ice for this afternoon. Congrats, Sara, and thank you for the opportunity to make such incredible looking ice.
05/27/2023

Wedding Ice for this afternoon. Congrats, Sara, and thank you for the opportunity to make such incredible looking ice.

Saturday night disaster!
08/06/2022

Saturday night disaster!

It’s celebration o’clock up in here!
05/20/2022

It’s celebration o’clock up in here!

We’re having the very best Friday, even if our ice appears crushed.
04/22/2022

We’re having the very best Friday, even if our ice appears crushed.

Our ice melts pretty slowly, but cheers to getting our nut back before Georgetown is back in action!
04/15/2022

Our ice melts pretty slowly, but cheers to getting our nut back before Georgetown is back in action!

"MAN'S dominion over Nature, both animate and inanimate, and the uses to which he applies the products of every zone, fr...
04/08/2022

"MAN'S dominion over Nature, both animate and inanimate, and the uses to which he applies the products of every zone, from East to West, from the frozen North to the glowing South, has within a comparatively few years found a new exemplification in the harvesting of ice. Time was, and not so long ago, when the storing of thousands of tons of ice, intended for the market like any other commodity, would be regarded as little less than preposterous, but nevertheless, within a brief period, as stated, it has grown to be one of the most important industries of the day. Of the thousand and one useful purposes which it is mad e to serve, it is needless to speak ; but it is certain that however our ancestors ma y have got on without it during the heated term, any unlooked for deprivation of this essential to comfort, and even health, during our summer months would now be regarded as a serious matter to their posterity. The proximity of Rochester to many of the beautiful inland lakes of the state, as well as to other sheets of water peculiarly adapted to ice harvesting, furnishes peculiar facilities to our icemen of which they have not been slow to take advantage. Modern sanitary science has demonstrated that when not subjected to proper scrutiny, even the congealed products of our lakes, rivers and ponds ma y prove to be the fertile source of disease in the form of malefic microbes, whose tenacious vitality resists even the freezing breath of the ice-king. With a view of obviating any such disastrous consequences, the utmost care is exercised in the harvesting of ice for domestic purposes in Rochester. In certain instances artificial ponds, fed with pure spring water, have been constructed for the purpose of supplying the home market. For mere cooling purposes, for example in the manufacture of beer — an interest which consumes thousands of tons annually — an article of less purity, of course, serves every purpose. The patrons of our icemen have never had any occasion to find fault with the service, and even when other cities, not very remote, were complaining of an ice famine, people of Rochester, thanks to the sagacity and foresight of those who cater for them in this important particular, found themselves abundantly supplied. It has always been their custom to carry from year to year a quantity of stock far in excess of the usual demand, and have thus anticipated any failure of the "crop " by reason of an open winter."

-City of Rochester Illustrated, 1890.

We used the last of our Smoked Honey Whiskey Sour mixer to bring you this drink (and a bunch of our 1” cubes). It taste...
01/15/2022

We used the last of our Smoked Honey Whiskey Sour mixer to bring you this drink (and a bunch of our 1” cubes). It tasted even better than it looked.

Address

399 Ames Street
Rochester, NY
14611

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 8pm
Tuesday 12pm - 8pm
Wednesday 12pm - 8pm
Thursday 12pm - 8pm
Friday 12pm - 8pm
Saturday 12pm - 8pm

Telephone

+15855428444

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