Guidebook for Buffalo

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Guidebook for Buffalo

Food Scene

This is our favorite place to go for breakfast sandwiches in the city. They also have a good lunch menu. Their bread, bagels, and pretty much everything else are amazing- plus it's a female-owned cooperative bakery!
37 locals recommend
BreadHive Bakery & Cafe
402 Connecticut St
37 locals recommend
This is our favorite place to go for breakfast sandwiches in the city. They also have a good lunch menu. Their bread, bagels, and pretty much everything else are amazing- plus it's a female-owned cooperative bakery!
WINGS. Forget the Anchor Bar.
75 locals recommend
Gabriel's Gate
145 Allen St
75 locals recommend
WINGS. Forget the Anchor Bar.
Great selection of beers, loud music, amazing burgers.
60 locals recommend
Allen Burger Venture
175 Allen St
60 locals recommend
Great selection of beers, loud music, amazing burgers.
This place is unassuming and what it lacks in charm is made up for with the menu. BEST chicken finger sub in town. Don't let Jim's Steakout fool you.
14 locals recommend
Cafe 59
62 Allen St
14 locals recommend
This place is unassuming and what it lacks in charm is made up for with the menu. BEST chicken finger sub in town. Don't let Jim's Steakout fool you.
Great brunch on the weekends, and it's especially convenient because it's around the corner but make sure to get there early because there is usually a wait.
76 locals recommend
Betty's
370 Virginia St
76 locals recommend
Great brunch on the weekends, and it's especially convenient because it's around the corner but make sure to get there early because there is usually a wait.
Our friends own this amazing little cafe. Great coffee, beer and wine, charcuterie, in the charming Five Points area.
53 locals recommend
Remedy House
429 Rhode Island St
53 locals recommend
Our friends own this amazing little cafe. Great coffee, beer and wine, charcuterie, in the charming Five Points area.
Good, "Mexican" food. Margaritas. Good atmosphere. Cheap!
29 locals recommend
Cantina Loco
191 Allen St
29 locals recommend
Good, "Mexican" food. Margaritas. Good atmosphere. Cheap!

Drinks & Nightlife

This bar is called Duende and it's such a hidden gem it's not even listed in Maps. In the heart of Silo City- little known bar with big screens for watching games, views of the old grain silos and the Buffalo River, and some small plates if you feel like a snack. Highly recommend!
85 Silo City Row
85 Silo City Row
This bar is called Duende and it's such a hidden gem it's not even listed in Maps. In the heart of Silo City- little known bar with big screens for watching games, views of the old grain silos and the Buffalo River, and some small plates if you feel like a snack. Highly recommend!
If you want to really know Allentown, you must go to The Pink, but don't go before 1am. It's grungy, loud, unapologetic, and well... an experience. If it's late night and you need eats- go for a steak sammy. Trust us.
18 locals recommend
Old Pink
223 Allen St
18 locals recommend
If you want to really know Allentown, you must go to The Pink, but don't go before 1am. It's grungy, loud, unapologetic, and well... an experience. If it's late night and you need eats- go for a steak sammy. Trust us.
Live music every night of the week! Just make sure to bring cash because they don't accept cards.
30 locals recommend
Nietzsche's
248 Allen St
30 locals recommend
Live music every night of the week! Just make sure to bring cash because they don't accept cards.
Cool "Tokyo" vibe with an arcade and karaoke on the 2nd floor. Bring lots of quarters!
18 locals recommend
Misuta Chow's
521 Main St
18 locals recommend
Cool "Tokyo" vibe with an arcade and karaoke on the 2nd floor. Bring lots of quarters!
Good cocktails, GREAT mac n cheese, and not overcrowded. Near to Cobblestone district and Canalside.
15 locals recommend
Ballyhoo
211 South Park Ave
15 locals recommend
Good cocktails, GREAT mac n cheese, and not overcrowded. Near to Cobblestone district and Canalside.
Could have listed this for food scene as well because the food is awesome. $2 oysters on the weekends. Obviously huge selection of whiskeys, and delicious cocktails. Most times I've been they have live music. A bit pricier (for Buffalo)
18 locals recommend
Lucky Day Whisky Bar
320 Pearl St
18 locals recommend
Could have listed this for food scene as well because the food is awesome. $2 oysters on the weekends. Obviously huge selection of whiskeys, and delicious cocktails. Most times I've been they have live music. A bit pricier (for Buffalo)

Parks & Nature

It's Olmstead's biggest park in our city. Near to the Art Museum and the History Museum. Great for biking, jogging, reading, picnics, or just hanging out!
175 locals recommend
Delaware Park
175 locals recommend
It's Olmstead's biggest park in our city. Near to the Art Museum and the History Museum. Great for biking, jogging, reading, picnics, or just hanging out!
Great views of Lake Erie, bike and walking path, access to the Tifft Nature Preserve!
32 locals recommend
Buffalo Outer Harbor
225 Fuhrmann Boulevard
32 locals recommend
Great views of Lake Erie, bike and walking path, access to the Tifft Nature Preserve!
14 locals recommend
Japanese Garden
1 Museum Ct
14 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

Degas, Gauguin, Monet, Renoir, van Gogh. Kahlo, Matisse, Miró, Mondrian, O’Keeffe, and Picasso.... to name a few.
245 locals recommend
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
1285 Elmwood Ave
245 locals recommend
Degas, Gauguin, Monet, Renoir, van Gogh. Kahlo, Matisse, Miró, Mondrian, O’Keeffe, and Picasso.... to name a few.
154 locals recommend
Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House Complex
125 Jewett Pkwy
154 locals recommend
32 locals recommend
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
641 Delaware Ave
32 locals recommend
75 locals recommend
The Buffalo History Museum
1 Museum Ct
75 locals recommend
99 locals recommend
Shea's Buffalo Theatre
650 Main St
99 locals recommend
39 locals recommend
Kleinhans Music Hall
3 Symphony Cir
39 locals recommend

Getting Around

Downtown Amtrak train station . Keep in mind it's pretty desolate and dark at night.
6 locals recommend
Buffalo, NY Exchange Street station
75 Exchange St
6 locals recommend
Downtown Amtrak train station . Keep in mind it's pretty desolate and dark at night.
Can be a little seedy at night...like most bus stations?
Greyhound: Bus Station
181 Ellicott St
Can be a little seedy at night...like most bus stations?
31 locals recommend
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
4200 Genesee St
31 locals recommend
We have a discount code for you! Great way to get around and see the city. Highly recommend it.
Buffalo BikeShare
14 Allen Street
We have a discount code for you! Great way to get around and see the city. Highly recommend it.
Nearest subway stop- only one line that runs up and down Main Street. Free to ride when it's above ground. Take downtown through Theatre District to City Hall and Canalside.
Allen-Medical Campus Sta. station
Nearest subway stop- only one line that runs up and down Main Street. Free to ride when it's above ground. Take downtown through Theatre District to City Hall and Canalside.

Shopping

There are tons of great little locally owned shops all along Elmwood. Clothes, toys, books, houseware, souvenirs, and local items.
Elmwood Village Association
875 Elmwood Avenue
There are tons of great little locally owned shops all along Elmwood. Clothes, toys, books, houseware, souvenirs, and local items.

Essentials

good selection of local items, organic, vegan, GF, etc with prepared food bar.
89 locals recommend
Lexington Cooperative Market
807 Elmwood Ave
89 locals recommend
good selection of local items, organic, vegan, GF, etc with prepared food bar.
closest supermarket
53 locals recommend
Tops Friendly Markets
425 Niagara St
53 locals recommend
closest supermarket
Just for junk food or beer
Holley Farms Market
233 Allen St
Just for junk food or beer
if the need should arise
6 locals recommend
Family Dollar
400 Virginia St
6 locals recommend
if the need should arise
favorite supermarket
99 locals recommend
Wegmans
601 Amherst St
99 locals recommend
favorite supermarket