Looking under “Pizza” in the yellow pages of Buffalo’s 1969 phone book, only one restaurant — the Anchor Bar — lists “chicken wings” as a menu option in its ad. Ten years later, in the 1979 phone book, 54 different pizza restaurants list wings as a menu option. Today, even th...
But we know the truth. Anyone who wants to read Huckleberry Finn can either download it– or at least find a copy where the pages don’t disintegrate and break from the binding with each advance in the book. I always loved that struggle, and felt somehow more high-brow in the low-brow...
Share on Facebook The City of Buffalo endured an unspeakable tragedy on Saturday. According to the Buffalo Police Department, a mass shooting occurred at the Tops on Jefferson Avenue in the City of Buffalo on Saturday afternoon. 10 people were killed and 13 total were shot, according to police...
Also coming later this summer, I will be running a contest on my facebook (facebook.com/buffalostreets) account and Instagram (instagram.com/discoveringbuffalo) that was run in a Buffalo newspaper back in 1910 where there were cartoon images that represented a street and you’d have to guess...
Share on Facebook It’s pretty safe to say that Buffalo takes its food scene, seriously. Western New York is pretty prideful in nearly everything (sports, people, weather), but the food here is one thing that is always the first thing brought up when complimenting the city. ...
Ten years later, I wrote a book about them. Commander Tom and his pals Davey and Goliath kept me quiet and entertained, and left me having a great desire to have a red jacket with yellow epaulets. And then there was the time my Grandmother nearly passed out when we all met Rick Azar...
Looking under “Pizza” in the yellow pages of Buffalo’s 1969 phone book, only one restaurant — the Anchor Bar — lists “chicken wings” as a menu option in its ad. Ten years later, in the 1979 phone book, 54 different pizza restaurants list wings as a menu option. Today, even th...