Buffalo Eats

It’s been no secret that for four years Alli and I have tried to shine a spotlight on Western New York’s locally owned and operated restaurants. We thought that there was an endless supply of local establishments that we could write about, but we’ve hit a wall and it’s time we stopped lying to ourselves. […]

I never had a chance to visit North, but from what others have told me it was a dive-y bar that served a pretty good burger. In the last couple of years, the bar changed management and eventually closed. It didn’t remain empty for long. Prime 490 closed around the same time and the chef […]

It’s been a long time since Alli and I have eaten a proper meal at Lake Effect Diner. Occasionally, we’ll order a milk shake to-go, but it’s been almost 3 years since our guest writer Adam wrote about his meal at the popular diner, so we were long overdue for a revisit. When Alli brought […]

Long before Buffalo Eats was an idea, Alli and I used to drive down to the Boston Hotel in Boston, NY and order ourselves steak, crab and lobster for our version of a “fancy” meal. In reality it was a relatively cheap meal in a dive setting, but at the time Alli and I thought […]

For the last month my in-laws have been raving about how awesome the food was at Brothers Restaurant and Pub in East Aurora.  I was skeptical, what exactly was going to be different about this place? I love pub food like most Buffalo-ians and trust their opinion on restaurants, but how good/different can a pizza roll […]

UPDATE: O’Connell’s has since closed their doors and Chef Kevin O’Connell Jr is now working in Los Angeles. Our final meal of Local Restaurant week was a weekend dinner at O’Connell’s American Bistro, a long overdue visit to a restaurant that has been on our wishlist for years.  Both Alli and I were looking for […]

I’ve been to a lot of Sabres games since the lockout ended and we’ve actually covered the arena’s changes to the 100 level dining and were even invited to a press event to see what First Niagara Center was going to offer for this year.  Unfortunately, though, there aren’t many foods in the arena that […]

Before I even stepped foot into Ruzzine’s I had heard a lot of praise of their hamburger from a lot of people including some pretty serious foodies whose opinion I highly value.  I had also heard from a couple people that the location was definitely lacking and some even used the word “dive”.  After heading […]

Long before Chef Mike Andrzejewski told us about his fond feelings for Zorba’s Texas Hots, it was on my wishlist.  Sure, I knew exactly what they were going to serve just from looking at the building and the name, but something seemed so appealing about this tiny hot dog stand.  After doing some last minute […]

Alli and I decided to visit Empire Grill during Restaurant Week.  We’ve been meaning to try Empire Grill out for a while but for some reason or another always ended up eating somewhere else.   We didn’t capitalize on as many deals as we had hoped for Restaurant Week but considering our visit to Jojo’s […]