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Buffalo's Restaurant and Shopping Guides


GREAT EATING!

Through some fairly extensive research on restaurants and retailing, we've learned some startling facts that should have been obvious to us all of the time:

Buffalo is a city of great restaurants and people from all over the city and suburbs love them!

  • Buffalo has a rich abundance of authentic, ethnically and culturally diverse restaurants

  • Buffalo restaurants have a broad range of fine dining and casual atmospheres at affordable prices

  • Buffalo restaurants allow city residents and visitors the opportunity to enjoy Buffalo's unique urban character, including its architectural, arts & cultural, as well as downtown and neighborhood environments

    OPERATION WORD OF MOUTH

    The City Administration is working with city restaurants and retailers to help spread the word so that others can enjoy what Buffalo lovers have enjoyed for decades. There's a lot of great food and shopping in Buffalo and we want to help spread the word. When dining or shopping at your favorite restaurant or retailer, fill out the OPERATION WORD OF MOUTH postcards by addressing them to friends, family, co-workers or anyone else you'd like to enjoy what you've enjoyed and give them to the business management. They'll do the rest by mailing them.

    BUFFALO RESTAURANT GUIDES

    For your convenience and information, the Bill Rapaport's Restaurant Guide has been made available on this website. You are encouraged to visit to gain insights on your favorite restaurants. This website allows you the opportunity to make additions, corrections and to submit reviews at your discretion. Also included for your convenience is Blendings.com. Blendings, an Internet food newsletter, is focused only on the local food industry. On this site you will find a restaurant guide, a page for personal chefs, caterers, specialty shops, food events, recipes, and links to other food related websites. It should be a helpful resource in understanding Buffalo's food and restaurant presence.

    • GREAT SHOPPING!

    There are a variety of retailers located throughout the city's special, historic, multicultural environment to satisfy the shopping needs of consumers. Each of the city's districts has its own unique ambiance to pique shopping interests. Shoppers are encouraged to explore, buy and enjoy.

    BUSINESS AND SHOPPING DISTRICTS listed alphabetically

  • Abbott Road (Abbott & Southside Parkway)
  • Allentown (Allen & Elmwood)
  • Amherst-Grant
  • Broadway (Broadway & Fillmore)
  • Central Park Plaza (Holden & Amherst)
  • Clinton Street (Clinton & Roberts)
  • Connecticut Street (Connecticut & Richmond)
  • Delavan Avenue (Delavan & Grider)
  • Delaware Avenue (Delaware & Hinman)
  • Downtown (Main & Chippewa)
  • Elmwood Avenue (Elmwood & Bryant)
  • Elmwood Avenue (Elmwood & Hertel Avenue) 
  • Fillmore Avenue (Fillmore & Utica)
  • Grant-Ferry
  • Hertel Avenue (Hertel & Colvin)
  • Jefferson Avenue (Jefferson & Utica)
  • Kensington-Bailey
  • Lovejoy Street (Lovejoy & Bailey)
  • Lower Niagara Street (Niagara & Porter)
  • Main-Amherst
  • Seneca Street (Seneca & Cazenovia)
  • South Ellicott Exchange Street (Seneca & Chicago)
  • South Park (South Park & Tifft)
  • Tonawanda-Ontario
  • Town Gardens Plaza (Jefferson & William)
  • University Heights (Main and Winspear)
  • Upper Niagara Street (Niagara & Hertel)

    • DIRECTIONS

    For your convenience, MapQuest is available on this website for maps and site-to-site directions to any location in the City of Buffalo. Enter the cross streets for the business district you would like to visit.