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Chicken families: The people and history behind Buffalo’s mouthwatering...
Buffalo may be known for its wings and weck, but come summertime, our region has a chicken barbecue scene uniquely its own. The story starts in the late 1940s at Cornell University. Dr. Robert Baker, a...
View ArticleSuper Freeze serves tasty summer food with 1950s whimsy
Summer provides a free license to eat nothing of nutritional value every once in a while and feel OK about it. The menu at Super Freeze Drive-In pretty much fits the bill. And that’s not a bad thing....
View ArticleWalden Galleria's World of Beer is giving away free beer
The heck with trying out for the Olympics; here’s is an athletic endeavor we can get behind. We’ve seen plenty soaked (nutty) folks running in the oppressive heat this summer, and thought, “Why don’t...
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Grab every bit of summer at Turtle Joe’s Sand Bar
Hanging onto this hot-hot summer by our flip-flopped, pedicured toes for as long as we can, we vowed to visit the beach more often before it reaches its foregone (and depressing) conclusion. As we are...
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Behold the bizarre and bold: 'Buzz buttons' of Black Iron Bystro
Here’s a plant you may (or may not) want to grow in your garden next year: "buzz buttons," which were offered to us before eating dinner at the ultra-funky Black Iron Bystro. The official name is...
View ArticleSavoring every bite of summer at Lumberjack’s
For this scorching hot summer, “Gather ye hotdogs while ye may” is our motto. (You’ll thank us right about mid-January for impressing this mantra upon you.) We tried to figure out why a joint on the...
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Late-summer bivalve love: Clams in the Buffalo area
Raw or steamed. Casino or chowder. We’ve yet to meet a clam we didn’t love. Why do we crave clams in August? Because they remind us of the beach? Of summer? Who knows? We don’t fight it. And since we...
View ArticleIt's a 'Kraze': A glazed-doughnut breakfast sandwich to savor
The festival season may be winding down, but that doesn’t mean you have to give up fair-type food for the rest of the year. We finally got up the nerve to try The Kraze at Donut Kraze (408 Dingens...
View ArticleNew eCafe is a great spot for a good, quick lunch
From the Workers Who Sometime Lunch files, we visited the newest location of the eCafé at 249 Main on a mundane Wednesday. Having never visited the original (487 Main St.) we were curious if we could...
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Deep South Taco throws end of summer beach party
Now here’s an event worthy of wearing flip-flops one last time. On Sept. 4, downtown Buffalo’s Deep South Taco will throw a summer beach party that’s nowhere near the beach — plus there will be food,...
View ArticleGrab a bite or two at Taste of East Aurora
Like a bear, we always look for a way to bulk up before winter hibernation. The Taste of East Aurora on Sept. 10, is as good an excuse as any. A combination of 30 East Aurora restaurants and businesses...
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Welcome fall with hard cider, mead tour
Saddened to see this fantastic summer slipping away, we recently decided to drown our sorrows in a glass of something fall-ish. Along the Niagara Wine Trail we found a buzzing mead and hard cider scene...
View Article12 great spots to go apple picking
Fall is almost here, where our thoughts turn to apples and all the good stuff we can do with them, like bringing a sweet-tart “SweeTango” in our lunch to making and freezing unbaked apple pies to pull...
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Tommyrotter Distillery honored for its bourbon-barrel aged gin
Not often does a 14-month-old distillery win prestigious awards against older competition, but that’s exactly what Buffalo’s Tommyrotter Distillery accomplished at the New York World Wine & Spirits...
View ArticleAudubon North is a quirky bar with solid food
The Cheap Eats world works in mysterious ways. While researching the local clam scene, a fellow clam-eater pointed us in the direction of the Audubon North Restaurant noting, “the casinos are the...
View ArticleTake a bite out of the Meatball Street Brawl
Now here’s a meaty competition we can sink our every-ready-fork into. A meatball throw-down among local Italian restaurants for bragging rights to see which place serves up the best meatballs in town....
View ArticleMcDuffies Bakery to host customer appreciation day
McDuffies Bakery in Clarence will host its fourth annual Customer Appreciation Day at its Clarence location on Sept. 27. Owner Brian Thomas said there will be lots of free food and giveaways along with...
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Where to find the elusive Concord grape pie
We are in the thick of Concord grape season, and while we won’t be stomping grapes in vats anytime soon it is time to go on the hunt for Concord grape pies. New York is known for its Concord grapes...
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The last lick of summer: Fall ice cream treats
Green Acres' fall menu. Click for a full-sized image. Just because fall is here doesn’t mean our ice cream trips have to come to an end. We found some places that marry one of summer’s best foods with...
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Diligence pays off in opening of Ellicottville Distillery
Folks heading to the Ellicottville Fall Fest (Oct. 8-9), might want to take a detour to check out the newly opened Ellicottville Distillery. Thanks to the diligence of four friends — distiller Bryan...
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