REVIEW: At Colony Seafood and Steakhouse, luxe bites of ocean and lake
Buffalo, New York is on the shore of a Great Lake. But you’d never know it from the menus of its restaurants. Local meat, vegetables, and fruit are rightly prized…
REVIEW: At China Taste, Buffalo’s deepest-cuts Chinese menu, with academy finesse
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…
REVIEW: At Adolf’s Old First Ward, a contender for the Buffalo tavern title
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…
REVIEW: At Chin Hills, my new Korean favorite wins me over
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.…
REVIEW: At Saffron Kitchen, Persian kabobs make it to Main Street
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…
REVIEW: At Peking Quick One, Chinese home cooking a Polish grandma would love
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…
REVIEW: At Fieldstone Country Inn, enjoying a place like restaurants used to be
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…
REVIEW: At The Fire Spot, modern soul food plus a chicken dish that rivals wings
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…
REVIEW: At Clay Handi, Pakistan’s intricate, passionate cuisine finds home in Kenmore
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,…
REVIEW: At Vinnie’s Minis, Trusello’s pie, West Side Italian, and a life-changing cheesesteak
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…
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