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Benn Fee Spacher (left) and Jon Spacher (right) are the new fifth generation owners of Fee Brothers, taking over from Ellen Fee (center). It is hard to miss Fee Brothers on Portland Avenue. Its bright yellow signage juts out boldly from the face of an unassuming brick building, adorned with its time-honored slogan: “Don’t Squeeze. Use Fee’s.” Fee Brothers, a purveyor of cocktail syrups, cordials, and, most notably, bitters, is one of Rochester’s oldest businesses, having opened its doors on March 5, 1864 — and among the longest family-owned enterprises. The tr...