ROCHESTER - What may be Rochester's oldest downtown restaurant and bar faces the wrecking ball today, just days after its neighbor faced the same fate.The former Publick House, Slim's, Roaring 20s, and most recently short-lived Laughing Duck, will be taken down by a crew of three men from Cantwell Construction of Dover.The building, which was built in the 1870s, has always been a saloon and restaurant and featured a second floor back porch.Earlier this week the former Hoffman furniture building...
