Tag: Buffalo Area
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Pasquale’s, East Aurora: The Original, Still the Best
No photo for this one — but it earns a post anyway. Pasquale’s in East Aurora, NY is where these wings started, before this whole archive existed: grew up on them, and they’re still probably the best wings ever had, full stop. Went back about six months ago and they held up exactly as remembered.…
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Bar-Bill Tavern, East Aurora: A Little Overrated, Still Excellent
No photo for this one either — but the Bar-Bill Tavern in East Aurora, NY is famous enough to deserve a post regardless. Went about three years ago while in Buffalo visiting family. Honest take: it’s probably a little overrated at this point — the reputation has outgrown the actual experience a bit — but…
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Lancaster, NY: Wings With a Basil Garnish, Very Fancy
A white plate, a black ramekin of white dip, and — I want to stress this — an actual basil garnish. Someone in the Lancaster, NY wing scene is trying, and I respect it, even if I can’t tell you who. This is easily top three for “restaurant clearly cared” in a photo where the…
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Amherst, NY: A Buffalo Suburb Warm-Up Lap
Before the main event in Buffalo proper (see: the Gabriel’s Gate post, the one with the historical placard and my dignity intact), there was this: a quiet dine-in plate with a side salad in Amherst, one of Buffalo’s suburbs, apparently a training session for the real thing. No restaurant name visible, but salad-as-side suggests someone…