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Buffalo (and surrounding environs) is home to some fantastic restaurants. Jane and I have had opportunity to visit quite a few & though we would share some of our favorites. We'll be updating this regularly, so check back from time to time. The list is alphabetical, with special sections for diners, and fish fry joints (a local phenomenon). Please note that this is a pretty eclectic mix of places (most are what we call "nice casual"); we've skipped most all chains, and many boring (but "safe") places. Rating system is on a 5 point scale, but we haven't included any places we don't like (why waste your time?). We have pretty much zero connection with any of these places (other than enjoying them). Please note that price ranges DO NOT include bar tabs.
If you know of a great place that isn't on the list, it probably means we haven't been there! Drop us a line & tell us about it. eb@buffalo.edu
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Amarylis
Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14057 716- Last Visited 10/07 Very nice, small, quiet restaurant located on Delaware Ave. Food overall was of good quality, although the brined duck I had was a bit salty for my taste.
Price Range: $50.00/person total Food Rating:HHH 1/2 Anchor Bar
1047 Main St, Buffalo 716-886-8920 Last Visited /10 Well how could you have a Buffalo restaurant list without mentioning the birthplace of "Buffalo wings". All though lots of folks still argue about who serves the best wings in town (Duff;s being the other local big name in wings), this is where we take friends that want to try out authentic wings. Other food includes decently prepared Italian fare. Jazz & other live entertainment many nights (occasionally a cover charge). Price Range: Figure on $15 per person HHH
Arirang Restaurant
1416 Millersport Hwy, Williamsville, NY 14221 716.639.7384 Last Visited 5/12 I heard about this place from some UB students. Located in the apartments across from the Marriott, this Korean restaurant is in an unlikely location, but is a serious contender to Woo Chon for Korean food in WNY. So far I've been very favorably impressed.
Price Range: $10.00/person lunch Food Rating:HHH 1/2
Bacchus
54 West Chippewa, Buffalo, NY 716-854-WINE Last Visited 9/08 In addition to a small plate selection, Bacchus features (not suprisingly given the name) an extensive selection of wine by the glass and 1/2 bottle. Small plate selection seems to be way more interesting than the full entrees. Price Range: Figure on $35 per person HHH 1/2 Bijou Grill
643 Main St, Buffalo, NY 716-847-1512 Last Visited 2/02 The"Grill" part of the name sums up this restaurant located directly across Main St. from Shea's. The food is of good quality- they actually know how to cook a burger to order! If there is a fault, it is that this plays lives and dies with Shea's - including adjusting their hours to the Shea's schedule. You may want to call ahead to see if they're open - or booked solid - before venturing down.
Price Range: Figure $15.00/person total Food Rating:HHH
Brodo
4548 Main St, Snyder, NY 14226 716-635-1117 Last Visited 3/10 Billing itself as "soup and wine bar", this place was a "must checkout" place when we heard about it. While the original location at 756 Elmwood is no longer open, we've only visited the Main St location. While the wines are good, the selection is kind of limited for a place billing itself as a wine bar. While the soups are very good, the menu is by no means limited to soup. Everything that we tried was well prepared & service was good. If I had a complaint, it would be that some things (salsa for example) that I expected to have some heat were a bit tame. Price Range: Wide $18-$25 per entree, but soups, salads and small plates much less HHH
Buffalo Chop House
| 282 Franklin St, Buffalo, NY | 716-842-6900 |
| Last Visited 8/06 | |
| Arguably Buffalo's most expensive restaurant, The Buffalo Chop House is located in a fine old building near both the Theater district and the Chippewa bar scene. Style after most chop-houses, meat is featured, Food & service are both excellent, but my general philosophy toward food is that more expensive is not always better. Still, if someone else is picking up the tab, it's worth the experience ;-) | |
| Price Range: $40-$75 per person | HHH 1/2 |
Byblos
270 Campbell Rd, Getzville, NY 716-636-3102 Last Visited 1/09 Advertised as "authentic Lebanese Cuisine" and in as much as someone whose roots are Polish is in a position to judge such things, they seem to have it right. Very nice atmosphere, generally excellent service. Open for lunch and dinner 6 days a week. Closed Sundays. Price Range: Wide $10-$18 per entree HHH 1/2
Carmines
3260 Transit Rd, Williamsville NY 716- Last Visited 8/05 This is a place that Jane and I have driven by countless times & always intended to get to. We finally did this Summer & had a great meal. This is an unpretentious place serving basic Italian fare, along with some very nice seafood and other meals (try the cajun catfish). Price Range: Wide expect $10-20/person HHH Cecelia's Ristorante
716 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222 716-883-8066 Last Visited 8/12 Billing itself as "Ristorante & Martini bar", this is a very affordable place on the Elmwood strip. We were pleasantly suprised by the quality of the food and the service (a few of the tables were more than a little wobbly, but that's another story). Jane got the eggplant parmesean & it was great, as was the calmari. Pork I had was fair. Price Range: Wide $18-$25 per entree HHH
Curly's Bar and Grill
| 647 Ridge Rd, Lackawanna, NY 14218 | 716-824-9716 |
| Last Visited 5/03 | |
| The name fits the location - the heart of Lackawanna, former home of Buffalo's most famous closed steel plant (Bethlehem Steel). The food though, is great. The dominant theme to the menu is Caribbean. The restaurant itself is located a few minutes from the South Park Botanical Garden & the Basilica. Very casual feel, very friendly staff. No reservations. |
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| Price Range: $20.00/person total | Food Rating:HHH |
Dina's
15 Washington St, Ellicottville, NY 716-699-5330 Last Visited 8/09 Very nice selection of food down in Ellicottville & one of the places we try to hit whenever we're there. Last visit we had a very unusual sweet potato quesedilla. Very comfortable& somewhat casual place. They apparently have a second operation at one of the ski resorts - we've never been to that. Price Range: $15-25 HHH
800 Maple
| 800 Maple Rd, Williamsville, NY 14221 | 716-716-688-5800 |
| Last Visited 1/07 | www.800maple.com |
| I'm told that this is a joint venture between the folks that run Sienna and Olivers, so expectations have been high... maybe too high for the restaurant. They have taken the shell of a family style restaurant and turned it into a very reasonable space with an informal feel. menu features many wood oven pizzas as well as more typical fare. Some California friends have called it "very California". Food was very good on my visit. Limited wine selection |
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| Price Range: $15.00-25/person entree | Food Rating:HHH 1/2 |
Epic
| 431 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222 | 716-883-3742 |
| Last Visited 4/12 | |
| Site of several previous restaurants including the Wine Thief, Epic was initially hyped for "cutting edge food" (mozerella bubbles filled with nitrogen - that sort of thing). Not much evidence of that at our last visit, but instead overall well prepared food with competent service in a nice environment |
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| Price Range: $25.00/person food total | Food Rating:HHH |
| 3047 Sheridan Dr, Amherst NY 14226 | 716-831-3980 |
| Last Visited 5/13 | |
Neighborhood icon has moved to new digs with a slightly upscale menu, improved service, and significantly more space. Food Quality hasn't changed & the atmosphere is still casual. Generally I'm there for lunch, but I'm assuming the food quality doesn't take a hit for dinner. |
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| Price Range: $20.00/person, less for lunch | Food Rating:HHH |
| 41 Virginia Pl, Buffalo, NY | 716-887-2971 |
| Last visited 9/09 |
Buffalo finally gets authentic barbecue! Reasonably priced, with impeccable service. Both entrees and sandwich platters are available (choice of sides) with chicken, beef and pork all from the smoker. For BBQ lovers, the only drawback to Fat Bob's can be the wait. They don't take reservations, and on the Saturday night we went the wait was 30 minutes when we got there at 6. When we were leaving (about 7:30) the wait was out to 50 minutes!
| Price Range: Sandwiches from about $8.00, entrees up to $22 for the sampler platters | HHH 1/2 |
Glen Iris Inn
| 7 Letchworh State Park, Castile, NY | 585-493-2622 |
| Last Visited 10/02 | |
| Make no mistake - you will find better food in other restaurants. But considering the setting is the spectacular Letchworth State Park, this is a very nice find. The food was good, the service very friendly & competent |
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| Price Range:$15-25/dinner | Food Rating:HHH |
Hillebrand's
| Highway 55, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario |
905-468-7123, 800-582-8412, ext 250 |
| Last Visited 8/00 |
Very nice change of pace from the over-touristed places that Niagara on the Lake is full of. The restaurant is a modest part of the winery - sort of hidden in the back & not very obvious. Rack of lamb is their signature dish & is great... too bad the rest of the food is superb. Our only disappointment was the odd pairing of the hummus dip with their strongly flavored breads...
| Price range: Most entrees in the twenties (Canadian) |
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Hoak's
| 4100 Lakeshore Rd, Hamburg, NY 14075 | |
| Last Visited 8/02 | |
| Other than the great view of Lake Erie, Hoak's looks like a set from a Tom Dudzik play (a old-time neighborhood tavern for those who have no idea who Tom Dudzik is). This is a quintessential WNY "fish fry joint" with claim to having one of the best Friday fish frys in WNY. Consider getting an outside table if weather permits. Have only had the seafood here & don't anyone who has tried non-seafood items from the menu. No reservations. |
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| Price Range: $10-12.00/person | Food Rating:HHH (seafood) |
Hutch's
1375 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14209 716/855.0074 Last Visited 10/11 Still a contender for the best food in WNY, but with many more challengers. Crowded, noisy, limited parking, but food that makes these inconveniences tolerable. Reservations are critical pretty much any day of the week.
Price Range: - Most entrees in the upper $20's Food Rating:HHHH
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Kabab & Curry
5185 Transit Rd, Williamsville, NY 14221 716-565-3822 Last Visited 3/08 I'm told by friends far more qualified than myself that the food at Kabab and Curry has more of a Northern Indian/Kashmiri/Pakistani influence than other Indian restaurants in the area. True or not, the food is very good, the service very pleasant and helpful.
Price Range: $20.00/person total Food Rating:HHH 1/2
Kentucky Greg's Hickory Pit
2186 George Urban Blvd, Depew, NY 14043 716-685-6599 Last Visited 1/09 OK, let's get one thing out of the way. Kentucky Greg's is not a fancy place. Don't know what the building was in its previous incarnation, but it wasn't fancy either. Think plastic top tables. Get over the fact that the sides for the BBQ platters are sometimes served in styrofoam cups. On the Friday we went, blues were playing on the sound system, but really the food is why you go here. The smoked pork shoulder alone is worth the trip. Corn bread is good. They also do catering & we've used then for some events at our house (we picked up the food).
Price Range: inexpensive - platters from around $8.00 Food Rating:HHH
Korea House (Woo Chon)
| 402 Evans, Williamsville 14221 |
Last Visited: 10/02 |
| 716-626-5980 |
All of our experience with Korean food comes in WNY, including a church fundraiser. Having said that, the food at this restaurant is terrific. They have a few grill equipped tables that are fun if you enjoy doing your own grilling. Hint: the lettuce leaves get used like you would use a tortilla. Haven't tried the "regular tables" yet, but everything we saw looked good.
| Price range: Meals from about $14 |
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| 1264 Hertel Ave. |
Last Visited: 6/99 |
| 716-873-5066 |
Wasn't quite sure where to put this one. Somewhat nicer than a "fish fry joint", somewhat less than a fine dining experience. This place seems to have started out life as a fish shop (which it still is). Indoor and outdoor dining has been added. The lest grilled squid that we've had in the area. Fish was fresh & decently prepared. We weren't quite as excited as Janice Okun about this place, but it is a pretty good value.
| Price range: Meals from about $8 (fish fry) on up |
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Left Bank
511 Rhode Island St., Buffalo, NY 716-882-3509 Last Visited 2/10 Reminiscent of Hutch's - almost as noisey, these days just as crowded, food is almost as good. (Parking is much better though) Very generous portions of well prepared, food. They claim beef as their signature dishes, but I have to say that everything from vegetarian on shows up on the menu. Everything we've had has been of high quality.
Price Range: $25.00/person total Food Rating:HHH 1/2
Mike A's
391 Washington St St, Buffalo, NY 716-833-6988 Last Visited 3/13 While WNY has many fine dining experiences, Mike A's (Andrejewski) at the newly restored Lafeyette Hotel has to be a contender for the best (at least for this year). Food is innovative & of excellent quality. Dining room service is impeccable. Price Range: $50/person dinner HHHH Ming Cafe
3268 Main St, Buffalo, NY 716-833-6988 Last Visited 3/05 Buffalo's newest Chinese restaurant. Very small (5 or 6tables) but a very well done menu selection. We've only been here a couple of time, but were very impressed by the food- this may (finally) be an answer to Ming Teh on the US side of the border. One note - they take their spices seriously here. Medium would be consider "hot" at most Asian restaurants catering to westernized tastes. Service is leisurely. Price Range: About $7 for lunch, $20/person dinner HHH Ming Teh
| 126 Niagara Falls Blvd, Fort Erie, Ont | 905-871-7971 |
| Last Visited: 3/05 | |
| Well deserved reputation as the best Chinese cuisine in the WNY (ignore the little fact that it's in Canada) is well deserved - some of best we've had outside of a Chinatown. Fresh, new menus items tried out along with perfectly prepared regular menu items. The only Chinese restaurant we've been to where the wait staff is as likely to include Eastern European immigrants or Canadian-born anglos as Asians! For the past several decades, this place has had a following among Hollywood types... on the odd occasion when a film is being shot in the region they've been known to show up. |
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| Price Range: Figure $20.00/person total (Canadian) | Food Rating:HHHH |
Mothers
33 Virginia Pl, Buffalo, NY 716-882-2989 Last Visited 4/13 Interesting blend of great food and very happening bar scene. Food seems to ascending here (the pool tables have been replaced by expanded seating). Arguably one of the most under-rated restaurants in the area. A regular printed menu features inexpensive choices that are all very good. Extensive list of daily specials that are generally more expensive. Appetizers shine.
Price Range: $13-30.00/person Food Rating:HHH 1/2 My Burger Bar
3061 Sheridan Dr, Amherst NY 716-838-0997 Last Visited 5/13 This offshoot of My TOmatoe Pie is worth a visit if your looking for a good burger. Many "stock" burgers to choose from, as well as a build your own ingredient list. Burgers have been correctly prepared & with a good bun (critical to a good burger!). One unique twist: salad bar is a default with orders and fries are extra! Very casual, generally very good service. Price Range: $10-15/person lunch HHH
99 Fastfood Restaurant
3396 Bailey, Buffalo, NY 14215 716-836-6058 Last Visited 4/13 Vietnamese food rules in this very informal, clean restaurant. The "99" part is for 1999 - the year the owner opened his first location. This is our favorite place for Vietnamese soups (pho)- come in small, large and extra large. Think large, huge, enormous. Soups are served with a platter of raw bean sprouts, jalapenos, basil to garnish your soup with. Parking is the biggest problem here, but worth the hassle.
Price Range: $12.00/person total Food Rating:HHH
Olivers
2095 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 716-877-9662 Last Visited 9/06 Kind of dated, almost tired exterior belies the excellent food and service inside. Generally a contender for Buffalo's best restaurant. The catering side of Olivers did our wedding reception over at the Historical Society, so we have a tradition of celebrating our anniversary every year at Oliver's. Food this past year was a little less interesting that in the past, but a tradition is a tradition right?
Price Range: $20.00+/person Food Rating: HHH 1/2
Original Pancake House
5479 Main St., Williamsville, NY 14221 (Also Union Rd, West Seneca, Niagara Falls Blvd) (716)634-5515 Last visited: 3/13
OK, so this is a franchise, but their specialty pancakes are incredible. If you go on a Saturday morning, be prepared for a wait. I'm a sucker for the apple pancake (you have to order one to fully appreciate it!). Jane is partial to the omelets - but all of the breakfasts are fresh & good. Two other WNY locations (Union Rd, Niagara Falls Blvd) have opened and often have a shorter wait than the Main St location.
Price Range: Think $10/person Food Rating: HHH
Palace of Dosas
Millersport Hwy Last visited: 5/13
Vegetarian Indian food specializing in Dosas. Everything appears to be very well prepared, with a variety of levels of heat. We had heard that the quality of the food had declined with a change in ownership, but unless that happened in a very narrow window, our last visit only turned up a redesigned menu, but excellent food quality. Still a pretty informal place.
Price Range: Think $10/person Food Rating: HHH
Red Coach Inn
2 Buffalo Avenue
Niagara Falls, NY 14303-1119
716/282.1459 Last Visited 3/10 Very nice little find up in Niagara Falls. (Also home to a B&B that I've never stayed at) Took a group of speakers from the EGL meeting here & had a very pleasant suprise. Good food & service with a very good view of the US side of the falls. Beef seems to predominate on the menu, but other choices were excellent as well.
Price Range: Upper $20's/person Food Rating:HHH 1/2 Romanello's
5793 South Park Ave, Hamburg, NY, two other locations 716-649-0450 Last Visited 4/04 We've been to the Hamburg location and were very pleasantly surprised. Although we were part of a good sized group, the food was excellent, as was the service. They also seem to do a fair amount of banquet hall type business, but that hasn't seemed to impact the quality of the food. Have been at their Roseland facility on Rhode Island St.for some parties, but never a sit-down dinner (party food was fine, but unremarkable)
Price Range: $20.00/person Food Rating:HHH Rue Franklin
341 Franklin St, Buffalo, NY 716-852-4416 Last Visited 2/10 At times, this has been the only French restaurant in Buffalo. While that's no longer the case, it still appears to be the best. Superb food, impeccable service, although more formal (and expensive) than many of the places we go to... still a nice experience. The owner is ever present. Lately she has been experimenting with a few "less French" items on the menu. Outdoor patio is wonderful in season.
Price Range: entrees from about $25.00 Food Rating:HHHH
Saigon Bangkok
512 Niagara Falls Blvd, Buffalo 14223 716-837-2115 Last Visited 9/08 www.saigonbangkok.net This restaurant has been steadily improving since it opened. The restaurant has been renovated & the food and service have both improved considerably
Price Range: $10-20.00/person total Food Rating:HHH San Marco
| 2082 Kensington Ave, Snyder, NY 14226 | 716-839-5876 |
| Last Visited 1/08 | |
| Very nice restaurant serving Northern Italian food. Food has always been excellent - try the venison when they have it, The very nice interior make it seem a little on the formal side - probably why we don't get there more often. The owner is almost always there, the wine list is good, particularly for Super Tuscans... |
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| Price Range: $25-40/person | Food Rating:HHH 1/2 |
Sakura
3719 Union Rd, Cheektowaga, NY 14225 716-683-7310 Last Visited 4/06 One of a growing number of Japanese restaurants in WNY, located in a small plaza development near the Galleria. They have taken space used by a succession of Asian restaurants and made it look quite fresh and new. Menu is almost exclusively sushi/sashimi/rolls, with a few bento-box type items. Sushi was quite good the night we were there - also a pretty good sized crowd, considering it had only been open a few weeks.
Price Range: Food Rating:HHH 1/2
Scharf's Schiller Park Restaurant
34 South Crossman St, Buffalo, NY 14211 716-895-7249 Last Visited 7/03 The main challenge with eating at Scharf's is finding it. Located at the end of a dead-end street, it has Schiller park as it's back-yard. this is another former tavern that looks pretty much unchanged from it's opening. Food here - German. Don't bother with anything else. Awesome potato pancakes.
Price Range: $10-20.00/person total Food Rating:HH1/2
sea bar
475 Ellicott St, Buffalo 716.332.2928 Last Visited 8/10 Another Mike A (Andrzejewski) creation. Very smart location and feel to the restaurant. Menu still features sushi & sashimi, but also some more traditional dinner items. I've never tried the rolls, (by all accounts they are very good) but they did look interesting. Everthing that Jane and I tried, from soup to sushi to entrees was very good (well OK, I could do without okra as a side dish, but that's another matter)
Price Range: $20-50.00/person total Food Rating:HHH Shango
3260 Main St, Buffalo NY 716-837-2326 Last Visited 9/05 In it's previous life as the Coffee bean Cafe, they had flirted with New Orleans style cuisine. They've continued that theme, but retained their awesome pannini sandwiches. I've only been there for lunch, but so far so good. Very comfortable casual place (though not quite as casual as it used to be). Price Range: HHH
Siena
4516 Main St, Amherst, NY 716-839-3108 Last Visited 2/08 Wide range of Italian food done very well. I've had several good meals here. We split a peach dessert that was fantastic. Informal atmosphere. Chief complaint about Siena is that they do not take reservations (except for large groups). This can be a problem, since they are usually pretty busy. Expect a decent wait at the bar during peak times. Price Range: $20-30/person HHH 1/2 Sole
810 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222 716 362-0356 Last Visited 4/11 Sole isn't exactly a Mexican restaurant - more like a "pan latin" restaurant, but the restaurant is casual and comfortable with good food. You can't eat here without trying the guacomole, made fresh, at tableside.
Price Range - $12-25.00 Food Rating:HHH1/2
Tandoori's
7740 Transit Rd, Williamsville, NY 716-632-1112 Last Visited 2/08 Still a contender for the best Indian food in the area (and also the priciest!). They've added a lunch buffet to keep up with the other Indian restaurants in town. Excellent service & good food. Price Range: $20-30/person HHH 1/2
3093 Sheridan Dr, Amherst, NY 14226 716-837-0460 Last visited 4/08 www.tasteofindia.com Very nice & convenient Indian restaurant located in the Northtown Plaza. Food is arguably as good as Tondooris, but with a less extensive menu. Overall, it is also less expensive & less formal. Service is good. Very nice lunch buffet Price range:$10-20/person Food Rating:HHH1/2
Taste of Thai
1460 Hertel Ave, Buffalo, NY 14216 716-833-8423 Last Visited 2/05 Run by part of the group that had run The King and I. While the parting of ways is regrettable, the net result for WNY is an additional very good Thai restaurant. Our first visit at the new location was fairly soon after they opened. Food was of good quality, certainly spicier than most Thai restaurants. Service is very attentive, but needs some work in the competence part... (two dishes appear to have been submitted incorrectly to the kitchen)... hopefully this will come with time. Relaxed, informal atmosphere Price Range: $10-20.00/person total Food Rating:HHH 1/2
The King and I
2188 Kensington Ave, Amherst 716-839-2950 Last Visited 3/08 Previously this was the consensus choice for the best Thai food in WNY. After closing for an extended period, it re-opened in a nearby location. Part of the original group has split off and opened a restaurant on Hertel. Our first visit at the new location was literally a few days after they opened. The new restaurant is bigger, but still informal. They have significantly improved the entrance, but you still might want to avoid sitting too near front door on a cold Winter night. Food is still excellent, service is generally good.
Price Range: $10-20.00/person total Food Rating:HHH 1/2
492 Elmwood Ave 716-886-9457 Last Visited 7/02 One of the areas hottest new restaurants. When we went the first time we overhears someone say "is this yuppie or what?". That pretty much describes this trendy tappas bar. Food is good, although we only tried the tappas. Service was fine for a fairly busy place. No reservations Price Range: Tappas range from $6-13 Dinners in the 18-25$ range HHH 1/2
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Wasabe
Dash's Plaza, Hopkins & Klein, Williamsville, NY 14221 716/689.5889 Last Visited 8/07 The current king for sushi in WNY. Price Range: Dinners in the 15-25$ range HHH1/2 Wilson Boat House
57 Harbor St, Wilson, NY 14172 716-751-6060 Last Visited 8/05 Pretty much a sleeper place. Seasonal restaurant (open season keeps creeping longer) with indoor and outdoor seating. Located in the Wilson boat harbor, it has a very bright interior overlooking the docks. Food has been good (desserts seem uninspired), service on our last visit was great - a big improvement from previous visits. Worth the drive, but really need reservations for indoor seating. Price Range: Dinners in the 15-25$ range HHH
Diners
Buffalo has a quite a few "diner style" places. I say diner style, because virtually none of these places uses the name "diner" making them difficult to spot!
Here are a few inexpensive & good places that we've enjoyed
Family Tree
Gardenview - Union Rd, West Seneca
Hillview - Transit Rd - sister establishment of the Gardenview (run by a cousin?)
Alton's - Walden Ave, Cheektowaga
Fish Fry Joints
Buffalo's Catholics have inspired a tradition enjoyed by (almost) everyone - the Friday night fish fry. Everybody (and I do mean everybody) serves one, but the traditional ones are found at local neighborhood bars and restaurants. "Traditional style" means a batter dipped, deep fried filet (usually beer batter) of a fairly mild fish, a side of fries, coleslaw, macaroni salad & potatoe salad for anywhere from $6 to $9.00... not a bad deal! Lots of places are offering breaded, baked and broiled variants, but the quality varies from place to place.
Buffalo's Broadway Market is an Old World style collection of bakeries, candy shops, meat and produce vendors with it's own web site! Think of it as a food mall, with an emphasis on ethnic Polish foods. While nowhere near it's heyday, it's still worth a visit (it's mobbed around the Easter and Christmas Seasons). Web sit includes directions, and a free gift offer for completing an on-line survey.
Western New York
Other Buffalo Stuff...WNY Weather This site provides information about WNY weather, including our famous lake effect snows.
Check out the numerous links on the Buffalo Free Net
Buffalo Museum of Science Includes information about temporary exhibits, and the Tifft Farm urban nature preserve
Arts
Buffalo Philharmonic while many US orchestras continue to struggle, the BPO has turned the corner & is moving ahead!
The Western New York Region is home to a vibrant theater community. The ones that we've had opportunity to visit are:
Alleyway Theater, Performing new works in a casual space. A couple of larger productions (read money making Christmas ventures) get put on up the street at the Forbes TheaterIrish Classical Theater Very intimate seating, located in the heart of the theater district.
Shaw Festival - celebrating the works of George Bernard, located in Niagara on the Lake, Ont, this theater has almost gotten too popular. Order tickets well in advance.
Shakespeare in the Park No charge, performances in Delaware Park, a great way to spend a Summer's evening
Shea's Performing Arts Center, newly renovated & located in the heart of the theater district 646 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14202
WBFO - 88.7 - local NPR affiliate with great jazz programming!
History
For WNY history, check out the Buffalo History Works.
Sports
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Hobbies
Discus list page - no, not the track & field event - the fish!
Discus Beginners page - Just like it says, the basics for those just starting out
The Discus Page - Includes book reviews, a picture exchange, instructions on a DIY CO2 system, a RO review, instructions for raising fry artificially, beef heart recipes, and much more.
The Freshwater Fish Directory - numerous links to aquarium related sites
The Krib - This site includes Usenet information, a LOT of information about aquatic plants and some image files
FAMA - on-line version of Fresh Water and Marine Aquarium magazine
Click here to reach a pdf file of a outline of the Fish Drug Guide - my attempts at providing a guide of piscine pharmaceuticals. This is a work in progress & your comments are welcome. Updates of this file will take place (time permitting) twice a year (Winter and Summer).
"Aquarium Medicine" sites
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I'm always interested in adding sites to the list, but I won't list every site I find - only those that offer unique information.
Running Related SitesRunners Niche - e-zine
Runners World - on-line version of magazine of the same name
Nickel City Road Runners - I'm not a member of this local running club, but they keep a pretty complete list of upcoming races on their web site & are working on adding on-line application forms
MiscellaneousCar Talk - if your public radio station doesn't carry these guys, don't renew your membership 'til they do.
Electric Postcard rack - send an electronic "postcard", free of charge to anyone with e-mail access. Kind of cool, but delivery is sometimes slow...
Used Car buying & selling guide. Intellichoice seems to give a reasonably current price guide for used cars. Free reports can be customized (options, mileage, etc) to some extent.
