Reviews

Korean cold noodle Pork meatballs in gravy Shredded pork garlic sauce Duck’s blood, beef and tripe in chile sauce Fish filet sour cabbage Deep-fried eggplant hot garlic sauce Sweet and […]

As fate would have it, two of the better Buffalo tavern wing spots are named Adolf’s and Nine-Eleven. Out-of-towners sometimes pull a face. A Nazi is bad enough, but a […]

If you’ve followed my reviews over the last 13 years, you may have gotten the impression that Woo Chon Korea House is my favorite Korean restaurant in Western New York. […]

Saffron Kitchen has brought Persian cuisine to Main Street, offering kebabs, dumplings, and soulful stews cooked carefully and presented beautifully. Its offerings are soulfully delicious, its Persian classics soaring because […]

Peking Quick One was founded by a woman here to support her daughter at the University at Buffalo’s School of Pharmacy. How fitting that its humble Tonawanda dining room has […]

Captains Platter, crumbed, Fieldstone Country Inn The Knicks were finishing off the 76ers, and I was appreciating moves I hadn’t seen in a minute. Boxing out, catching the eyes of […]

Chicken and waffles with cornbread and coleslaw, The Fire Spot Is there a crispy chicken snack better than wings? In Buffalo, to even ask risks charges of heresy. But Rodney […]

Mutton achari gosht, Clay Handi A Kentucky Fried Chicken closed in Kenmore in 2017 leaving seven KFC outlets in Buffalo. What replaced it was something singular: Buffalo’s only Pakistani restaurant, […]

The cheesesteak at Vinnie’s Minis If you measure the advance of a civilization by the new things it makes possible, frozen pizza is a sign that we are making some […]

Sausage rolls, Sevens Chez Panisse has inspired California cuisine and the farm-to-table movement from its Berkeley base. Moosewood, founded 1972, helped drive a vegetarian cafe revolution coast-to-coast from its Ithaca […]

Lomo sandwich with everything at Tangos 716 Buffalo has a new Best Steak Sandwich. If you don’t believe me, go see Gabriela Ozan and she’ll straighten you out. At Tangos […]

Deep dish with pepperoni, ricotta florettes, and hot honey, at Buffalo Deep Dish The second-most Buffalo thing about Buffalo Deep Dish, the pizzeria at Briar Brothers Brewing, is that it […]

Owno khao swe, Burmese coconut curry chicken noodle soup, Thai Bowl Kitchen (Photo: Mindy Airheart) In 2012, Barack Obama was re-elected president of the United States. Does that seem like […]

Fresh bread arriving at my table, still warm from the hearth, always makes me feel like some lowkey royalty. No matter where I am eating, no matter what else arrives […]

Peanut kare-kare with crispy pork belly, at Lutong Pinoy If you live in Buffalo and love to explore the world’s cuisines, a NEXUS subscription does wonders for your reach. There’s […]