Buffalo Foodies: My Buffalo Shirt (Adam Kern)
Back in October of 2009 we featured an article about my friend Adam’s clothing company, My Buffalo Shirts. They have a couple awesome designs for Buffalo sports fans with their Hockey, Lacrosse and now Football t shirts. Well after already having one clothing company, I realized that I should ask Adam about his favorite places to eat around Buffalo. He took some time out of his busy schedule to answer some questions. Here’s what he had to say in our first Buffalo Foodie of 2010:
Where is your favorite place to eat & What do you order there?
Adam: Definitely a tough question. I have been to Black & Blue Steak & Crab twice and it has become easily one of my top places to go for an outstanding meal. The Filet Mignon and the King Crab Legs are the two entrees I’ve had (It makes my mouth water just thinking of them). I’m a big fan of the show Deadliest Catch and Black and Blue prides themselves on using the king crab from Bristol Bay, which is off of Dutch Harbor. Its an added exquisite touch knowing where your food came from. Everything about Black & Blue I really enjoy, from the layout, the lighting, the gignormous wine refrigerator, the courteous staff and the presentation of the food.
Other than B&B, two other places I frequent are Buffalo Brew Pub and Pearl Street Brewery. Why not go to places that have some great beer? I consider both these places staples of the Buffalo area. I like the Chicken Wings at the Brew Pub. At Pearl St. you can never go wrong with the Spinach Artichoke Dip. Pearl st is one of those places in my mind that its hard to get sick off.
Where do you like to go grab a drink and relax?
Adam: BSG is a favorite of mine. They have pretty outstanding bar food and you can’t go wrong with their prices. In addition, they have a nice waitress staff…..
Growing up in the southtowns, it was quite often a ritual to go to The Boston Hotel (the original location) on Monday nights for clams and crab leg clusters. No lie my brother once ate 12 dozen clams drenched in butter and hot sauce in one sitting.
Being raised in Buffalo, What foods did you grow up on?
Adam: My mother’s side was Italian, so we ate a lot of Italian based foods….lots of breads and pasta. Buffalo seems to be full of Italian restaurants from Salvatores to Chefs which I always liked. When ordering out, we would generally order from Ricottas pizza. Pizza and subs! (Ricottas pizza was my first job and to this day I still eat their food, and I still think their pizza is by far the best in WNY).
What restaurants are you most looking forward to trying?
Adam: I would like to try Jo-Jo’s Wine and Bistro (located next to black and blue), it seems like a really sweet place to take a bunch of people, a classy place to sit and enjoy the ambiance and partake in some conversation and drink some good wine.
I also feel I’m the only one in buffalo that has yet to go to Gabriel’s Gate…maybe its time to spend less time making shirts and more time going out to eat!
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Buffalo Eats would like to thank Adam again for his time and recommend everyone go to Adam’s website My Buffalo Shirts and check out a couple of their designs or read an awesome article featured on Buffalo Rising about his company. Or if you are afraid of shopping online (its 2010 people) then check out his shirts at Bay-6 in West Seneca’s South Gate Plaza.
