Entries from Buffalo Chow tagged with 'Beef on Weck'

WNY Classics: Otto's Restaurant and Bar in Cheektowaga

Curiosity is one of the driving forces behind the many hundreds of reviews we've written for Buffalo Chow - a willingness to give up weekly visits to old favorites in order to sample new restaurants and actually visit ones we've...

Posted on January 24, 2010

Depew's Duff's Brings Buffalo's Best Wings To A Nicer Venue

The highest praise we could offer to a new location of Duff's - the best overall place to get chicken wings in Buffalo - would be to say that the food and service is as great as the original location's,...

Posted on October 12, 2009

At Vizzi's, Burgers Overshadowed By A Massive Beef on Weck

Although we've eaten a lot - underscore a lot - of burgers over the past week, there was something about the pitch that really intrigued us. "We've stopped two times at this place with a sign out front that says...

Posted on September 30, 2009

Lake Effect Diner's Retro Curves, Neat Menu Merit A Visit

When you're sitting in the middle of something that looks like a diner - more specifically, a restaurant that calls itself a diner - the question, "what exactly is a diner?" doesn't normally come to mind. But as we closed...

Posted on August 15, 2009

Rich Beers & Good Food at Williamsville's Buffalo Brewpub

Although the Buffalo Brewpub has been at its Main Street location near Transit for over 20 years, it was only in the last two that we started to visit - after all, Brennan's was almost across the street, and when...

Posted on August 7, 2009

Taste of Lancaster: Local Foods, Two Blocks, No Tickets

By comparison with the ten-day Taste of Chicago, the two-day Taste of Buffalo, or even the one-day Taste of Williamsville, the Taste of Lancaster is small - as in, it occupies both sides of two blocks on one street. But...

Posted on August 1, 2009

How Anthony Bourdain Blew It On Buffalo & The Rust Belt

Up until recently, we were fans of Anthony Bourdain - we've read his books, watched his TV show No Reservations, and enjoyed his "we'll do things differently" attitude. He's the sort of guy who likes to cover a city like...

Posted on July 28, 2009

Schwabl's, or, How Anthony Bourdain Got His Rusty Buffalo

Western New Yorkers know from experience what out-of-town TV crews are looking to film here: they show up when there's snowy weather, a football game, or the occasional tragedy like the crash of Continental 3407, but rarely if ever depict...

Posted on July 23, 2009

Samples: Steelhead Irish Pub, Coulter Farms & Pizza Plant

With temperatures in the low 70's and two full days of possible adventures ahead of us, we decided this weekend to do a little driving: on a tip from a reader, we took a drive out to Lockport's Coulter Farms...

Posted on July 19, 2009

Frog Hair: Smart, Tasty Meals Hiding Behind A Golf Theme

July's annual Taste of Buffalo is bigger and better-known, but August's Taste of Williamsville actually introduced us to several suburban restaurants that we mightn't otherwise have visited. Chief among them was Frog Hair Grille and Golf, a Transit Road establishment...

Posted on July 3, 2009

Eat & Fly: Dining at Buffalo Niagara International Airport

Planning a visit to Western New York, or a trip outside the area? You might want to know what you can eat at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, and we're here to help. Once very sparsely populated with dining establishments,...

Posted on June 5, 2009

Eight Great Local Places Out-of-Town Visitors Should Try

You've probably been on one side of this experience before: a friend from outside Buffalo comes to visit for a few days - maybe longer - and you need to quickly pick some places that show off Western New York...

Posted on May 25, 2009

From Modest Weck To Fancy Bisque, Eckl's Fills & Pleases

To describe the last seven days as our "too many cupcakes and roast beef sandwiches" week would be to wrongly suggest that we couldn't bear to eat one more. Of course not: we always have room for another beef on...

Posted on May 20, 2009

Elmo's, Another Bar With Wings, Sandwiched in a Plaza

As anonymous as the plaza on Millersport Highway in Getzville may seem to those in neighboring areas, it sure packs a lot of restaurants into a single parking lot: in addition to Elmo's, the place we came to visit, there's...

Posted on April 12, 2009

If Crispy's Your Thing, Bar Bill's Spicy Wings Will Satisfy

As we stuff ourselves into stools and countertop seating next to the kitchen at East Aurora's Bar Bill, a tavern that touts itself as a wings-and-weck alternative to Amherst's long-time favorite Duff's, it's obvious that we're in a local hangout:...

Posted on February 17, 2009

Anchor Bar: A Safe And Famous But Pricey Spot For Wings

One thing you'll note about virtually every Buffalo Chow review is our strong focus on food relative to other aspects of the dining experience: we're glad to eat in any sort of venue, as long as the meals are great....

Posted on January 17, 2009

Just a Brief Interruption: Anthony Bourdain's in Buffalo

As hinted at in the last season of the Travel Channel's No Reservations and confirmed in a subsequent blog posting by the show's host and star, semi-reluctant celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is finally visiting Buffalo. Bourdain signaled that he'd be...

Posted on January 12, 2009

A Legend, Tarnished? The Slow, So-So Orchard Park Duff's

Let's get one thing straight up front: despite its cramped quarters and utter lack of ambience, Duff's Famous Wings in Amherst is the area's very best chicken wing restaurant. But independently-operated franchise locations of beloved hometown restaurants rarely exceed the...

Posted on January 5, 2009

Pautler's: A Clarence Ice Cream Depot, Quietly Idling

As we understand it, Pautler's Drive-In on Transit Road has been to Clarence what Anderson's is to other suburbs surrounding Buffalo: a beloved ice cream and custard shop with a hot dog and burger grilling station on the side. We...

Posted on September 24, 2008

Beer, Beef, and Brennan's Wings Make a Big Menu Better

Bold and imperfect as the comparison may be, we'll draw the following analogy: Brennan's Bowery Bar is to Clarence what Duffs is to Amherst. A respite. A local favorite. One part flawed on experience, but four parts great on food....

Posted on August 5, 2008

Taste of Buffalo 2008: Heavy Foods, Small Portions (2 of 3)

Whereas the first part of our look at the 2008 Taste of Buffalo focused on seafood items, our second part is focused on some spicy and/or meaty items that caught our attention this year. As you'll see, we weren't as...

Posted on July 13, 2008

Roast Beef? No, At Anderson's, Lemon Ice is the Draw

Though we have been fans of Anderson's for as many years as we can remember going there, we could take or leave probably half of its current menu. All the sandwiches, grilled stuff, and salads? Sure, they're fine, but we...

Posted on June 12, 2008

At Duff's, Buffalo's Best Chicken Wings May Eat You

You wouldn't guess from the exterior of this Sheridan Drive, Amherst restaurant that it is and has for years been Buffalo's very best place to get authentic chicken wings. Walking inside won't change that impression: Duff's looks like a greasy...

Posted on February 18, 2008

Charlie, an Unassuming Butcher, Defines Buffalo Roast Beef

Having endlessly debated which of a handful of well-known restaurants makes the best Beef on Weck sandwich, we've tried many of Buffalo's famous Wecks, ultimately concluding that they're done well by many but superbly by few. Our favorite, like the...

Posted on February 4, 2008

Beef on Weck: A Locally Famous Sandwich, Upgraded

You can find thousands of sandwiches served at millions of restaurants, but there's nothing on the planet like Buffalo's famous Beef on Weck. That's actually an abbreviation, designed to spare newcomers the confusion of its full name, the Roast Beef...

Posted on January 1, 2008

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