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R&R BBQ Truck: Buffalo's Forgettable New Mobile Barbecue

One of the things that led us to pause work on Buffalo Chow last year was the realization that we were wasting time and calories covering totally forgettable, me-too restaurants. We don't want to get fat eating mediocre food, or...

Posted on April 26, 2011

Update: Five Guys In 2010 + Replies From Other Top Chains

We were thrilled by the response to this week's list of Ten Great Chain Restaurants Buffalo Should Pursue: readers added many great suggestions, including Yard House, Mongolian BBQ, Legal Seafood, California Pizza Kitchen, and Joe's Crab Shack, amongst others, but...

Posted on December 19, 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

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

Will Cold Stone Survive a Major Chill in Franchises?

When Jenny's Ice Cream in Williamsville started to offer the "smoosh-in," a physical mix of hard-serve ice cream with whatever candy, brownies, or other items you preferred, lines began to form outside of the small shop next to the village's...

Posted on August 12, 2008

At Watson's, Reasonable Prices Buoy Tasty, Frilly Chocolates

Our first contact with Watson's was as the recipient of an oversized gift box of sponge candy. And our most recent contact with Watson's was as the recipient of an oversized gift box of sponge candy. But inbetween, we've visited...

Posted on August 11, 2008

For a Chain, Original Pancake House Seems So Local

Lines have spilled onto the sidewalks of the Main Street location of The Original Pancake House for years, and in a pre-Internet era, Buffalonians might reasonably have assumed that Williamsville's quintessential breakfast shop was a local phenomenon. It's not -...

Posted on March 3, 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