John Roffo was among the first Italians to settle in the neighborhood that would come to be known as Little Italy near today’s Canalside. After arriving in 1847, he was a wine merchant and grocer on Canal Street, then opened a tavern on Erie Street. Louis Onetto, who owned a macaroni ...
Al Fox brought humor and insight to the WBEN Farm Report show, which he hosted during the 5am hour on WBEN for 28 years, starting in 1947. “I learned that you’ve got to spend time with the farmers to know what they are thinking,” he said in 1961. “Only then can you provide ...
mod.confused; stumped.These tax forms really have me buffaloed. See also:buffalo double nickels anddouble buffalo n.the number fifty-five; the fifty-five-mile-per-hour speed limit. (Originally citizens band radio. The buffalo is on one side of the nickel.)You’d better travel right on tho...
As Don Keller, the Farm Feller, he delivered agricultural news on WKBW Radio and Ch.7. After being sent to his first fire with a wind-up camera and being told by News Director Hal Youngblood to “point it at the flames,” his role evolved into Buffalo’s first modern street reporter–...
On Rt. 15N, wooden fences follow me on the undulating farmland, and clouds with well-defined edges, as if drawn with a fine-tip pen, hover overhead. Fabbioli Cellars and Creek Edge Winery, white barns, a boarded-up farmhouse, and orange day lilies fly past my window. A farm market ...
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In December, I: Met Jackie and Tim at Essentially Vintage in Lucketts and had brews at Vanish Farmwoods Brewery. Reminisced with Susan about our separate Caminos over lunch at Wild Tomato in Potomac. Drove to Richmond with my husband to have dinner with my daughter at Ale Wife. Visited my...
In 1815, Joseph Wells built a tannery on Main Street near Allen Street, where he also operated a farm and made bricks. Chandler attended private schools when he was young. At age 17, Chandler became a joiner’s apprentice, finding employment with Benjamin Rathbun. He later worked for John...
Dancing Grain Farm Brewery, 180 Old West Rd, Gansevoort, NY Meadowgreens Restaurant, 1238 Route 9H, Ghent, NY The Hedge Bistro, 400 Arthurs Place, Guilderland, NY The Rock Sports Bar, 1066 State Route 196, Hudson Falls, NY Lobby Bar, 12 McGillis Ave, Lake George, NY Bentley’s Tav...
A group of us were in Buffalo and had dinner here. When I saw the pork tomahawk on the menu and was told that it had been sourced through an independent pork farm, I had to give it a try. It was absolutely delicious...tender, moist, and flavorful. Everyone enjoyed the items they ...