That only lasted a short while before he decided to open a small grocery store in 1870 at the corner of Bennett Street and Batavia Street (now Broadway). The grocery store was also very successful, so he sold that business and entered the wholesale tobacco business. His tobacco business was...
And so when I got home, I gathered my ingredients and waited. Waited for the perfect opportunity to show my Adam that I, too, could make delicious man cave food. Bam. There’s nothing about this dip that’s healthy and nothing about this dip that makes logical sense. It’s a manly ...
Named after Lake Minnetonka, Tonka Trucks was founded by three Minnesotans who were going into business in garden equipment manufacturing. But when they bought out a competitor and inadvertently wound up with a toy steam shovel, they looked at making toys. Soon enough, the digger—along with a...
But many of the guys I worked with at WBEN and WNSA now work at WGR, so I guess we won 🙂 During the decade I worked at Entercom Radio (2003-2013), I primarily worked at WBEN– although you regularly heard my newscasts on Star 102.5, KB Radio, and 107.7 The Lake. You also h...
Location not clear, but could be a lake boat… Burger Basket, Sweeney & Payne in North Tonawanda. Home of the 39¢ Mr. Big. Buffalo trucking concern. Fire at Ann’s Restaurant. Almost certainly in Western New York with the Rich’s Ice Cream sign… There was an Ann’s Restaurant at...
We have beaches, a great lake, skiing and several trails for hikes. We have lots of golf courses and big parks to enjoy. Buffalo is a great place to live... Read 542 reviews grade B+Overall Niche Grade grade CPublic Schools Population 276,688 Buffalo #18 Best Places to Live in Buffa...
Before 1960, any good fish fry was made with blue pike. Once the most ubiquitous and tasty fish of Lake Erie, the blue pike was over-fished and saw competition from invasive species such as rainbow smelt. As the blue pike grew more rare, Buffalonians began to acquire a taste for the ...
Lake George Lake George, NY - Home to the Mini Haha, Fort William Henry, Million Dollar Beach and so much more. Have you ever visited the 'original vacation destination'? Statue of Liberty Getty Images Statue of Liberty Liberty Island, NY. - A symbol of hope and spirit. Have you been...
Brown. The firm had three offices – Chicago, Buffalo, and Racine, Wisconsin (on Lake Michigan near Milwaukee). Leonard was an active member of the Board of Trade and President of Buffalo Merchant’s Exchange. He was also a Director of the Buffalo Bank of Commerce and President of the ...
Lulu Manwaring Brown had no choice. It was the Great Depression, she had a family, and money was tight. But "Grandma" had a knack for cooking, especially her delicious baked beans. She bartered with a local grocery store in her hometown of Mexico, NY to sell her beans from open pans ...