Buffalo - Buffalo

Za druge kraje z istim imenom glej Buffalo (večznačnost).

Največje mesto v Ljubljani Država New Yorkje Niagarska meja, Buffalo je mesto, polno presenečenj. Čeprav se Buffalo včasih šali na račun piščančjih kril, njegovih trpečih športnih ekip in snežnih gora, pod katerimi naj bi bil pokopan vsako zimo, lokalni prebivalci in drugi, ki poznajo, pripovedujejo drugačno zgodbo: eno živahnih nočno življenje, muzeji in kulturne znamenitosti svetovnega razreda, tesne soseske z duhom skupnosti in resničnim občutkom za kraj, zmagovalna kombinacija visoke kakovosti življenja in nizkih življenjskih stroškov - in najbolj sončna poletja na severovzhodu ZDA.

Okrožja

Buffalo regije - Barvno kodiran zemljevid
 Downtown
Osrednje poslovno okrožje Buffalo se ponaša z monumentalno arhitekturo, revitalizirano zgodovinsko obalo, živahno Gledališko okrožje, plesni plesni klubi iz Ulica Chippewa, in Medicinski koridor.
 Allentown in okrožje Delaware
Hipsterski bari, rock klubi in umetniške galerije v Allentownu so živahna slika tihih stanovanjskih ulic umirjenega okrožja Delaware. Oba sta nebesa za ljubitelje arhitekture, z očarljivimi viktorijancem, ki stojijo ob stranskih ulicah ob ulici Allen, in razkošnimi dvorci Gilded Age na aveniji Delaware's's Milijonarjeva vrstica.
 Elmwood Village
Kar je bilo nekoč Državni kolidž v BuffaluŠtudentski geto je zdaj postal buržijska oaza v središču mesta: če imate denar za kurjenje, so domiselni modni butiki in prodajalne daril Elmwood Avenue kličejo vaše ime (to se podvoji, če vaš okus bolj ustreza "osnovnemu" kot trendovskemu). Medtem pa je na severnem koncu pasu Muzejsko okrožje je dom nekaterih najboljših Buffalo.
 Severni bivol
Z več primestnimi občutki kot v drugih okrožjih Buffalo je North Buffalo raznolika mešanica, sestavljena iz Mala Italija po aveniji Hertel, skorjasto, a prijetno University Heightsin lepo urejena zgodovinska stanovanjska območja Parkside, Central Park, in Park Meadow.
 Zahodna stran
Najbolj prihajajoče območje Buffala. West Side je že dolgo epicenter hispanske kulture v Buffalu, zdaj pa se ponaša z resničnimi združenimi narodi priseljenskih skupnosti in novonastalo umetniško sceno. Grant Street, razmetane viktorijanske koče v Prospect Hill in Zahodna vas postopoma popestrili do nekdanje slave in obalnih parkov na pretek. Na severu so zgodovinske Črna skala in delavski razred Ob reki.
 Južni bivol
Ponosno irski Južni Buffalo, ločen od preostalega mesta ob reki Buffalo, se lahko zdi kot mesto zase: na severu je zgodovinsko Stari prvi oddelek in Cobblestone District in na novo prenovljen Larkinville; na vzhodu prijeten park in mirne stanovanjske ulice; na zahodu žitna dvigala in železniška dvorišča mogočne industrijske preteklosti Buffala; ob obali jezera, prenova Zunanje pristanišče, Najnovejše poletno igrišče v Buffalu.
 Vzhodna stran
Bivoli se hitro posmehujejo vzhodni strani kot geto, okužen z mamili in kriminalom. Tisti, ki so dovolj pametni, da ne bodo upoštevali domačinov, bodo nagrajeni s pogledom, ki mu pade čeljust ogromne, okrašene cerkve zgradili nemški in poljski priseljenci iz 19. stoletja, izobraževalni pogled na afriško-ameriško zgodovino Buffala, kulturne znamenitosti, kot je Muzej znanosti Buffalo, in druga presenečenja v tej resnično prehodni četrti.

Razumeti

Buffalo je drugo največje mesto zvezne države New York, saj ima (od leta 2010) 261.310 prebivalcev v mestu in 1.135.509 prebivalcev v metropolitanskem območju Buffalo-Niagarskih slapov. Buffalo je kulturno in gospodarsko središče zahodne regije New York. Čeprav se je v zadnjih pol stoletja upravičeno štelo za mirujoče mesto delavskega razreda, ki je trpelo zaradi posledic deindustrializacije, se je gospodarstvo Buffala znatno obrnilo, stopnja brezposelnosti je aprila 2014 znašala 5,8% in je bila pod nacionalno stopnjo. za ta mesec 5,9% in državna stopnja 6,1%. Morda presenetljivo glede na svojo zgodovino kot središče težke industrije je Buffalo naveden tudi kot tretje najčistejše mesto v ZDA. Buffalo je Nacionalni sklad za ohranjanje zgodovine leta 2009 imenoval za eno izmed ducatov posebnih destinacij za leto 2009, katere nacionalna konferenca o ohranjanju zgodovine leta 2011 je bila v Buffalu in je bila največja in najbolje obiskana od teh letnih konferenc v zgodovini te organizacije. Med drugimi naslovi, podeljenimi Buffalu, je tudi uvrstitev med "44 krajev za obisk v letu 2009" New York Times, "All-America City Award" za leti 1996 in 2002 in eno izmed 10 najboljših mest v ZDA, ki si želijo ustvariti družino, v skladu s funkcijo iz leta 2010 Forbes revija.

Zgodovina

Velik del privlačnosti Buffala za obiskovalce je še vedno očiten občutek njegove zgodovine kot pomembnega industrijskega središča. Veličastne zgodovinske stavbe in mesta za vsakim vogalom pripovedujejo o mestu, ki je bilo nekoč čudovito in ima na voljo vsa orodja, da bo nekoč spet super.

Mejni začetki

Čeprav so območje Irokezi naselili že pred Kolumbom in so ga občasno obiskovali francoski lovci na krzno, ki so se začeli v 17. stoletju, zgodovina Buffala same po sebi se začne približno leta 1789, ko je Cornelius Winney postavil trgovsko postajo ob izlivu reke Buffalo. Takrat je bilo to območje še daleč čez mejo bele naselbine. Šele leta 1793 je Holland Land Company, združenje vlagateljev iz Nizozemska, kupila trakt divjine zahodnega New Yorka, ki je vključeval Buffalo. Deželni agent Joseph Ellicott, ki je prišel na trgovsko postajo Winney leta 1798, je menil, da bi lahko bilo mesto cvetočega mesta. Vasi, ki jo je tam postavil, je dal ime New Amsterdam, čeprav se je kmalu po sosednji reki preimenoval v Buffalo. (Vprašanje, kje je sama reka Buffalo dobila ime, je še vedno skrivnost - najbolj znana teorija, ki jo francoski raziskovalec Sieur de la Salle vzklika o beau fleuve, ali "čudovita reka", ki jo je videl med plovbo ob jezeru Erie leta 1679, skoraj zagotovo ni resnična; prav tako ni bilo znano, da bi v zahodnem New Yorku od prihoda belega človeka kdajkoli bil prisoten bivol ali bizon, čeprav so francoski raziskovalci iz 17. stoletja našli nekaj sorazmerno blizu na južni obali jezera Erie dan Ohio.) Ellicott je postavil velik radialni vzorec ulic in javnih trgov, ki ga je navdihnil tisti, ki ga je zasnoval njegov brat Andrew za Washington DC.; kljub visokim težnjam pa je Buffalo ostal majhna postojanka, katere glavna trditev o slavi je bila v zgodnji zgodovini mesto več pomembnih vojaških objektov in bitk med vojno 1812 (slavno je, da so vas do tal požgali Britanci. decembra 1813 kot del Niagarske mejne kampanje te vojne).

Od pristanišča preko kanala do "mesta svetlobe"

Status Buffala kot mejnega zaledja se je nenadoma končal, ko je bilo Buffalo Harbor po vročem spornem sporu s sosednjo vasjo Black Rock (kasneje priključena tekmecu) imenovan za zahodni konec Eriejevega kanala, velikega celinskega plovnega pasu ki se razteza zahodno od reke Hudson pri Albany na razdalji 584 km. Do takrat najbolj ambiciozno infrastrukturno delo v ZDA, prekop Erie, je močno znižal prevozne stroške in z enim samim rokom omogočil ekonomsko izvedljivo obsežno naselje dežel zahodno od Apalačev. Velikost komercialnega pomena kanala Erie ponazarja dejstvo, da se je prebivalstvo Buffala v prvih petih letih po njegovem zaključku več kot potrojilo (na 8.668); dve leti kasneje, leta 1832, je bil Buffalo dokončno vključen v mesto.

Nahaja se v senci centra mesta Komercialni listek (videti tukaj) je bil nekoč zahodni konec Ljubljane Eriejev kanal, ki je bil zgrajen leta 1825 in je Buffalo skoraj čez noč iz zaspane obmejne vasi spremenil v eno najhitreje rastočih mest in najpomembnejših pristanišč celinskih celin. Zdaj je osrednji del Canalside sanacija na mestni obali.

Zgodnji nosilec Buffala je bil kot pretovorno pristanišče, kjer je bilo žito iz Ljubljane Srednji zahod je bil raztovorjen iz jezerskih tovornjakov in premeščen v kanalske čolne, namenjene proti New York City; bilo je v Buffalu, kjer je bilo leta 1843 zgrajeno prvo dvigalo za žita na svetu, in okoli pristanišča Buffalo še vedno stoji veliko dvigal. V drugi polovici 19. stoletja je kanal Erie postopoma zastaral, vendar je to komaj vplivalo na eksplozivno rast Buffala. Namesto tega je mesto ohranilo status prometnega vozlišča s prehodom v drugo najpomembnejše železniško središče v ZDA (po Chicago); New York Central, Pennsylvania, Michigan Central, Nickel Plate, Erie, Delaware Lackawanna & Western, West Shore, Baltimore & Ohio in Lehigh Valley Railroads so vsi šli skozi Buffalo na vrhuncu železniške dobe. Poleg tega je jeklarska industrija postala glavni akter v lokalnem gospodarstvu leta 1899, ko je Lackawanna Steel Company svojo bazo dejavnosti preselila iz Scranton, Pennsylvania do mesta južno od mestne črte. Do leta 1900 se je Buffalo ponašal z več kot 350.000 prebivalci in je bil eno izmed desetih največjih mest v ZDA.

Panameriška razstava je bila svetovna razstava, ki je bila leta 1901 v Buffalu, na vrhuncu mestnih dni slave; namenjena je bila med drugim predstaviti tehnološko čudo in gospodarske možnosti električne energije (Buffalova bližina Niagarski slapovi, mesto zgodnjih podvigov za proizvodnjo hidroelektrarn, ki ga je obdarilo z najcenejšo električno energijo v državi v tistem času). Čeprav je bleščeč pogled na sejmišče, ki ga je noč osvetlila s to novo tehnologijo, Buffalu prislužilo trajni vzdevek "Mesto svetlobe", je glavni zgodovinski pomen Panameriške razstave veliko bolj mračen: na razstavi je bil, 6. septembra 1901 je anarhist Leon Czolgosz nekaj trenutkov po zaključku govora v templju glasbe usodno ustrelil ameriškega predsednika Williama McKinleyja.

Zavrni ...

Buffalo je še naprej rastel v prvi polovici 20. stoletja. Vendar so se začeli pojavljati trendi, ki bi do leta 1950 rast mesta upočasnili, ustavili in nato obrnili. Tako kot v drugih ameriških mestih so tudi bogatejši prebivalci začeli zapuščati domove v mestu zaradi tišjih, bolj zelenih primestnih stavb zunaj mestne črte. To se je začelo v devetdesetih in dvajsetih letih prejšnjega stoletja - številna starejša predmestja Buffala, kot npr Kenmore, Eggertsville, Pine Hill, in Snyder, ki segajo do tega časa - in so se v času gospodarskega razcveta po drugi svetovni vojni sprožili v visoko prestavo. Hkrati se je rastoči ameriški srednji razred začel v vse večjem številu seliti na območja na zahodu in jugu z blažjim podnebjem, na nadaljne stroške mest na severovzhodu. Gradnja meddržavnega avtocestnega sistema je spodbudila suburbanizacijo hkrati, ko je prispevala k propadu železnic in pristanišča v Buffalu, saj je bilo blago lahko ceneje odpremljeno s tovornjaki.

Vendar pa je bil najpomembnejši vzrok prostega padca, ki ga je Buffalo utrpel konec 20. stoletja, odprtje morske poti sv. Lovrenca leta 1959. Zgodovinsko gledano je bil pomen Buffala kot pristanišča v veliki meri posledica ovire, ki so jo postavili Niagarski slapovi Dostava. Zaradi širitve Wellandskega prekopa kot dela morske poti pa so tovornjaki, naloženi z žitom in drugim blagom, lahko zdaj dostopali do oceana neposredno po reki St. Lawrence, namesto da bi se ustavili v Buffalu, da bi tovor prenesli v železniške vagone, ki so vozili proti vzhodu. . V desetih letih od otvoritve Seawaya je bila večina žitnih dvigal v pristanišču Buffalo opuščena, pristanišče, ki je bilo nekoč napolnjeno z ladjami, pa je bilo skoraj prazno. Pa tudi jeklarna v Ljubljani Lackawanna leta 1977 zaprl svoja vrata za dober začetek in ni mogel konkurirati cenejšemu tujemu jeklu. Do leta 1980 je bilo število prebivalcev Buffala približno enako številu prebivalcev leta 1900, kar je skoraj 40% manj od vrha 580.132 le trideset let prej.

Da bi škalili žalitev, so se civilni voditelji Buffala v šestdesetih in sedemdesetih letih na poslabšanje družbenih razmer v mestu odzvali z rušenjem (v imenu "obnove mest" in "čiščenja barakarskih naselij") etničnih sosesk v krajih, kot je okrožje Ellicott. in Spodnja zahodna stran, ki je bila, čeprav delavski razred, v mnogih primerih zdrava in živahna. Zlasti čudovite zidane viktorijanske počitniške hiše v nekdanji "Mali Italiji" na spodnjem zahodu so bile skoraj vse izgubljene, medtem ko so novi javni stanovanjski projekti, ki so jih postavili v okrožju Ellicott, kmalu postali stolpne različice revnih četrti. nadomeščena, saj zgolj gradnja novih stavb ni nič pomagala pri reševanju osnovnih socialnih problemov v soseski. Hkrati so hrupne in vsiljive hitre ceste zgradili neposredno skozi Delaware Park in Humboldt Parkway ter uničili zeleni ambient največjega in največjega parkirišča, ki ga je za mesto zasnoval krajinski arhitekt Frederick Law Olmsted; na srečo je silovito nasprotovanje prebivalcev soseske prihranilo podobno usodo zgodovinskemu okrožju Allentown. V središču mesta se je leta 1969 zgodil le eden od številnih primerov nesmiselnega uničenja arhitekturne dediščine Buffala, ko je bilo porušenih več blokov čednih viktorijanskih trgovskih blokov, pa tudi osupljiva, grajska stavba hranilnice okrožja Erie, da bi omogočili pot do glavnega mesta. Tower, nežen modernistični pisarniški stolp s priloženim nakupovalnim središčem v predmestnem slogu, ki popolnoma ni uspelo pritegniti kupcev nazaj v središče mesta v korist tržnih centrov in trgov v predmestjih.

... in ponovno rojstvo

Kljub tem hudim težavam mentaliteta v Buffalu nikoli ni prestopila meje popolnega defetizma, kar je bilo koristno, ko se je Buffalov upad v devetdesetih začel izenačevati. Široko zasnovani lokalni protesti, ki so spremljali odprtje igralnice Seneca Buffalo Creek leta 2007, ki je bila mestu predstavljena kot sredstvo za spodbujanje razvoja in privabljanje turistov, so morda najpomembnejši primer novega pristopa mesta: opirajoč se na enkratne rešitve mestnih problemov, kot je igralnica, "srebrna krogla", je Buffalo začel oblikovati svojo strategijo za uspešno oživitev drugih mest Rust Belt, kot je npr. Pittsburgh in Cleveland - strategija sprejemanja dejstva, da težka industrija ni več dobra, in namesto tega z uporabo dragocenih virov nenavadno velikega števila visokih šol in univerz v Buffalu spodbudila razvoj najrazličnejših industrij visoke tehnologije, kot so medicinske raziskave in biotehnološke podvige, ki so vzklili severno od centra pod okriljem Medicinske fakultete Univerze v Buffalu. Poslovno okrožje, nekoč polno obkritih izložb, po koncu delovnika in ob koncu tedna pa skoraj zapuščeno, je uživalo novo mero vitalnosti, predvsem zaradi pretvorbe zapuščenih pisarniških prostorov v vrhunska stanovanja v centru in stanovanja, blago, po katerem so bili številni bivolonci presenečeni, ko so ugotovili, da obstaja veliko zastarelo povpraševanje. Poleg tega se Buffalo lahko pohvali z arhitekturno dediščino, ki je kljub nesrečam v šestdesetih letih še vedno velika, živahna paleta kulturnih ustanov in trajno nizki življenjski stroški. V zadnjih nekaj letih je ta novi pristop med Buffalovo konzervacionistično skupnostjo vzpostavil novo moč, državljani so se zavzeto posvetili kulturnim znamenitostim, kot sta umetniška galerija Albright-Knox in živalski vrt Buffalo, ter nadaljevali diverzifikacijo lokalnega gospodarstva. Nasprotno pa je tisto, kar je ostalo od tradicionalne težke industrije v Buffalu, koristilo mini oživitvi ameriške proizvodnje po recesiji leta 2008; na primer, kljub finančnim težavam General Motorsa v tistem obdobju je to podjetje veliko investiralo v svoj obrat v bližini Tonawanda leta 2010, v postopku pa dodalo nekaj sto novih delovnih mest. Čeprav Buffalo ni povsem zaustavil izgube prebivalstva in je treba še veliko napredovati, je del očarljivosti, s katero se danes nosijo prebivalci "mesta brez iluzij", dokončno oživljeni po desetletjih propada, nedvomen.

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Podnebje

Buffalo, čeprav najbolj znan po zimah, ima štiri zelo izrazite sezone.

V prvi polovici zime, ki se začne približno novembra, lahko mesto pride jezerski učinek snega: hladni vetrovi, ki pihajo nad toplejšimi vodami jezera Erie, poberejo veliko vodne pare, ki jo takoj, ko pridejo na kopno, odvrže kot sneg. To se običajno konča januarja, ko jezero dokončno zmrzne. V nasprotju s priljubljenim mitom pa Buffalo ni najbolj mrzlo ali snežno mesto v državi - ali celo v New Yorku. Letališče Buffalo na zimo povprečno sneži 236 cm snega. V povprečju ima Buffalo le 3 dni na leto, kjer se zabeležena temperatura spusti pod -18 ° C. Snežni ugled Buffala v veliki meri temelji na nekaterih njegovih najbolj znanih nevihtah: Blizzard iz leta 77, "Oktobrsko presenečenje" iz leta 2006 in snežni metež v letu 2014 so bili vsi deležni velike medijske pokritosti, vendar nobena od teh stvari so običajne pojave v povprečni bivolski zimi.

Pomlad je deževna in se ohladi do konca aprila. Marca in aprila temperature lahko divje nihajo. Nenavadno je videti en dan sneg, naslednji dan pa temperaturo sredi 60. Fahrenheita (skoraj 20 ° C).

Tipičen zimski dan v zgodovinski zahodni vasi v Buffalu.

Poletje je ponavadi zelo udobno in sončno - pravzaprav ima Buffalo več sončnih poletnih dni kot katero koli drugo večje mesto na severovzhodu ZDA. Zmerni učinki jezera Erie so omogočili, da je Buffalo eno redkih krajev v ZDA, kjer je temperatura še nikoli ni dosegel 38 ° C. Buffalo ima v povprečju 60 dni na leto s temperaturami, ki presegajo 27 ° C.

Tudi jesen je topla in lepa. Temperatura običajno ostane dovolj topla do oktobra ali tako, in lahko opazujemo, kako drevesa udobno spreminjajo barve. Dnevi so topli, noči so hladne in prva zmrzal običajno pride šele po noči čarovnic. Lovci na listje bodo zadovoljni s številom dreves (Buffalo je tudi eno najbolj polnih mest v državi!), Pa tudi v okolici.

Preberite

Za več knjig o Buffalu, zlasti tistih, ki se odvijajo v določeni soseski mesta ali so povezane z njo, si oglejte ustrezne okrožje člankov.

  • Buffalo Unbound: Praznovanje avtorica Laura Pedersen (ISBN 9781555917357). Avtor je domačin Buffala, ki je od tega pisanja napisal petnajst knjig ter številne drame in muzikale, od katerih so mnogi postavljeni v njenem domačem kraju v času njene mladosti v sedemdesetih in osemdesetih letih. Od vseh teh del pa Buffalo Brez obvez je tista, ki najbolje zajame zeitgeist. Ta zbirka šaljivih esejev vsebuje barvni komentar za Buffalov vzpon iz močvirja, s pogosto mračnim in utrujajočim tonom (morda neizogibnim glede na časovni okvir njenega življenja) v otroških spominih na prejšnje Pedersenovo delo, umirjeno z zdravo dozo optimizem. Bralci morda sprva težko sledijo nenehnemu toku šal in kulturnih referenc, značilnih za Buffalo, kmalu pa se bodo znašli prilagojeni lokalni kulturi na način, ki ga malo obiskovalcev kdaj doživi.
  • Mesto svetlobe avtor Lauren Belfer (ISBN 9780385337649). Leto je 1901 in načrti za Panameriška razstava napredujejo z vročino. Louisa Barrett je neporočena ravnateljica šole za deklice Macaulay, ženska gibalka in stresalka v svetu, v katerem prevladujejo moški. Njen ponos in veselje je njena botra Grace, katere oče Tom Sinclair je bogat industrialec, ki upa, da bo za vedno spremenil obraz mesta s svojimi sanjami o črpanju električne energije iz Niagarskih slapov. Ko pa glavnega inženirja hidroelektričnega projekta najdejo umorjenega v parku Delaware, se v lokalni eliti začne grdo boriti za moč, da bi ugotovili, kdo bo na voznikovem mestu Buffalove prihodnosti. Sredi vsega - in svoje cvetoče ljubezni do Toma - se Louisa spopada z bremenom temne skrivnosti, katere lovke prodrejo globoko v modrokrvno aristokracijo Buffala. Mesto svetlobe je Belferjev prvenec, a tour de force zgodovinske fikcije, ki je kritično priznana, natančno raziskana in daje živo sliko Buffala na vrhuncu zlate dobe.
  • Gangsterji in organizirani kriminal v Buffalu: zgodovina, hiti in sedež avtor Michael F. Rizzo (ISBN 9781609495640). Ta ohlapno organizirana zbirka trdo kuhanih zgodb o resničnih zločinih se začne dokaj počasi - pripoveduje zgodbe o raztresenih uličnih tolpah in drobnih orožarjih Johna Dillingerja, ki so v dvajsetih in tridesetih letih oropali banke na poljski vzhodni strani - a kmalu vzpostavijo paro, ki kronično povečuje in padec družine Buffalo Mafia in njenega spoštovanega don Stefana "Undertakerja" Magaddina, ki je iz svoje baze na zahodni strani mesta (in kasneje skromna rančurna hiša v predmestju) Lewiston) je nadzoroval obsežno ozemlje, ki se je raztezalo od Ohaja do Montreal na svoji višini. Najboljše od vsega je, da so lokacije vseh umorov, skrivališč, klubov in igralnic, opisane v knjigi, natančno dokumentirane, bolje je, da se odpravljate na raziskovanje in sledenje korakom teh starih gangsterjev.
  • Ugledni gostinec-cum-lokalni zgodovinar Mark Goldman je napisal trilogijo knjig, primernih za akademsko in priložnostno občinstvo, ki skupaj predstavljajo morda dokončni analitični komentar o razlogih za propad Buffala in o tem, kako najbolje pomagati, da si v prihodnosti povrne del svoje pretekle slave.
    • Velika upanja: Vzpon in zaton Buffala v New Yorku (ISBN 9780873957359). Prva knjiga Goldmana, napisana leta 1983, morda najnižja zgodovina Buffala, zasleduje zgodbo o Queen Cityju od njegovega rojstva kot obmejne postojanke, do njenih dni kot brnečega pristanišča in industrijskega velikana do padca po drugi svetovni vojni. V Veliko upanja, Buffalo se uporablja kot vzor klasičnega vzorca urbanega razvoja v 19. in 20. stoletju, njegova usoda pa je neločljivo povezana z ekonomsko blaginjo urbane Amerike kot celote.
    • Mesto na jezeru: izziv sprememb v Buffalu v New Yorku (ISBN 9780879755799). Ta knjiga rudari večino istih površin kot njena predhodnica - in deli svojo obliko diskretnih vinjet, ki se združijo, da narišejo široko kohezivno podobo -, vendar je tu poudarek na prelomnici v zgodovini Buffala, od petdesetih do sedemdesetih let, ko dnevi slave so se umaknili postindustrijski revščini in škodi. Od rasnih napetosti in bega do belih premišljenih načrtov za obnovo mest do gospodarske dezinvestiranja, Mesto ob jezeru analizira vse vidike padca Buffala v 20. stoletju skupaj s preostalim Rust Beltom. Vendar pa je v ostrem nasprotju s pesimističnim tonom predhodnika, ki je ironično naslovljen, splošna nota predskrbno upajoča, da se je že leta 1990 malo drugih komentatorjev še upalo udariti.
    • Mesto na robu: Buffalo, New York, 1900-danes (ISBN 9781591024576). Kljub temu, kar lahko nakazuje podnaslov, Mesto na robu je veliko več kot le ponovitev Goldmanovih prvih dveh tomov - temačna doba, ki jo Buffalo zdaj zapušča, se pripoveduje zgolj kot uvod v tisto, kar pomeni ljubezensko pismo kulturnim institucijam, močne vezi v skupnosti in preživeli duh, ki je preživel nevihte in zdaj služijo kot temelji za gradnjo oživljenega Buffala. Zaključek knjige se loči od izmerjenega akademskega tona preostale serije, slika rožnato sliko Buffalovega najboljšega scenarija prihodnosti in pripravi izčrpen načrt, kako (in kako ne) priti tja.

Pazi

Zgodovina in obseg povezave Buffala z ameriško kinematografijo bosta morda za nekatere presenečena. Zgodaj v filmski zgodovini v središču Buffala Stavba Ellicott Square je bilo dom prvega namensko zgrajenega stalnega gledališkega gledališča na svetu Gledališče Vitascope, ki sta jo 19. oktobra 1896 odprla Mitchel in Moe Mark, ki sta nekaj let kasneje v New Yorku zgradila prvo "filmsko palačo" na svetu. Tudi leta 1896 je Thomas Edison v Buffalo poslal snemalne ekipe, zaradi česar je eno prvih mest v Ameriki, ki se je pojavilo v filmih. Edison je leta 1901 posnel tudi vseameriško razstavo.

Pod okriljem Komisija za film Buffalo Niagara, se je na območju razvila embrionalna filmska industrija, ki začenja proizvajati nekaj kakovostno neodvisnih lastnosti. Ti in več kot 100 drugih filmov, ki so bili na območju Buffala posneti v zadnjem stoletju, vključujejo:

  • Skrij v navadnem pogledu (1980). Po resnični zgodbi. Mož iz delavskega razreda (James Caan) poskuša izslediti svojo ženo in otroke, ki jih skriva program zaščite prič.
  • Naravna (1984). Robert Redford in Glenn Close igrata v adaptaciji romana Bernarda Malamuda o Royu Hobbsu, skrivnostnem igralcu baseballa, ki se od nikoder pojavi, da se obrne v premoženje ekipe iz tridesetih let.
  • Vampiranje (1984). V tej hudomušni indie drami, ki jo je režiral domači sin Frederick King Keller, je Patrick Duffy navdušen igralec saksofona, ki se vmeša v shemo krivega lastnika starinarnice, da oropa dom bogate vdove, nato pa na koncu pade ljubezen do svoje žrtve. Kot film gre sicer za nizkoproračunski, ljubiteljski nered - če pa želite dobro razumeti, kako je izgledal Buffalo v 80-ih, funt za funt je še boljša predstavitev kot Naravna, zahvaljujoč obilnim posnetkom Allentowna, Lincolna Parkwaya, Larkinvillea in takrat na novo zaprtega Centralni terminal Buffalo.
  • Buffalo '66 (1998). Domačin Buffala Vincent Gallo je v tej kritično hvaljeni temni komediji napisal, režiral in igral o moškem, ki se je po izpustitvi iz zapora zaradi kaznivega dejanja, ki ga ni storil, ves čas izsledil posrednik Buffalo Bills, ki ga je postavil tja prisili mlado plesalko tapkanja (Christina Ricci), da se predstavlja kot njegova žena in si zasluži spoštovanje svojih zanemarljivih staršev.
  • Manna iz nebes (2002). Igralska zasedba je podkovana z zvezdami - Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman, Seymour Cassel in Frank Gorshin igrajo vse vloge, to pa je bil zadnji nastop Jerryja Orbacha in Shelley Duvall v filmu pred njihovo smrtjo in upokojitvijo iz šovbiznisa - toda glavna vloga pripada sorazmerno prišleki Ursuli Burton, ki igra nuno na misiji, da prepriča svoje ekscentrične sosede iz otroštva, naj odplačajo božje posojilo, ki je prišlo v obliki skrivnostne plohe dolarskih bankovcev v njeno sosesko v Buffalu 20 let prej .
  • Divjaki (2007). Laura Linney in Philip Seymour Hoffman igrata Wendy in Jona Savagea, odtujenega brata in sestro, ki se znova povežeta in začneta pregledovati svoje disfunkcionalno življenje, potem ko sta skupaj preselila ostarelega očeta v dom za ostarele v Buffalu.
  • Henryjev zločin (2011). Keanu Reeves igra v vlogi nekdanjega pobiralca cestnine Thruway, ki se po tem, ko je preživel čas v zaporu zaradi kaznivega dejanja, ki se ga ni zagrešil, odloči, da se mu bo maščeval, tako da bo v resničnem življenju zadržal isto banko, za katero je bil lažno obsojen zaradi ropanja.
  • Ameriška stran (2016). Matthew Broderick, Janeane Garofalo in Robert Forster so se vsi pojavili v tem no-film filmu, toda zvezdnik je lokalni prvi igralec Greg Stuhr. Igra majhnega zasebnega detektiva Charlieja Paczynskega, ki med preiskovanjem umora striptizeta v Niagarskih slapovih naleti na zaroto na visoki ravni, da bi ustvaril neuresničen izum, odkrit v na novo odkritih "izgubljenih papirjih" Nikole Tesle.
  • Marshall (2017). Chadwick Boseman igra naslovno vlogo v tem delu, ki sledi mlademu Thurgoodu Marshallu, bodočemu prvemu sodniku afriško-ameriškega vrhovnega sodišča, v enem prvih in najpomembnejših primerov v svoji odvetniški karieri: obrambi črnega šoferja (Sterling K. Brown ) obtožen posilstva in poskusa umora njegovega bogatega belega delodajalca (Kate Hudson) leta 1940 Connecticut.

Informacije o obiskovalcih

  • Obiščite Buffalo Niagara, 403 Glavna sv., brez cestnin: 1 800 283-3256, ✉. M-Ž 9:00 - 17:00, Sa 10:00 - 20:00. Uradno združenje obiskovalcev za regijo Buffalo / Niagarski slapovi. Njihova lokacija v centru mesta Zgradba v Brisbaneu ponuja informacije, brošure in spominke. Visit Buffalo Niagara deluje tudi v drugem centru za obiskovalce Mednarodno letališče Buffalo Niagara to je odprto M-Sa 6 AM-7PM, Su 6 AM-6PM. 

Govori

V Buffalu in okolici se angleško govori skorajda univerzalno. Čeprav je West Side dobro poznan kot dom mestne hispanske skupnosti (predvsem Portoričanov in Dominikancev), večina Buffalovih Latinoamerik govori angleško in špansko. Tudi na zahodni strani je raznolika zbirka skupnosti priseljencev prve generacije, ki se osredotočajo na Ulico Grant, od katerih večina poleg svojih maternih jezikov govori tudi določeno stopnjo angleščine (izstopajo amharski, somalski, vietnamski, burmanski in bengalski) ). V vsakem primeru obiskovalci zahodne strani ne bodo imeli pomembnih težav v zvezi z jezikom.

Čeprav soseske Buffala vključujejo številne živahne etnične enklave, lahko le malo prebivalcev teh okrožij (razen morda nekaj starejših posameznikov) govori več kot besedo ali besedno zvezo ali dva jezika svojih prednikov.

Regionalno narečje angleščine, ki se govori v Buffalu - zlasti med Italijani in Poljaki delavskega razreda - sodi v okvir celinske severnoameriške angleščine, s trdim, nosno, rahlo stisnjenim samoglasnikom v besedah, kot sta "avto" in "stop "in defrikativizacijo trdega" th "zvoka (pri čemer" to "in" to "postane" dis "in" dat "), narečje, ki bo takoj znano tistim, ki se spomnijo fantov" Da Bears "iz Saturday Night Live. Kljub temu Buffalov zasuk na narečju celinskega severa vključuje nekatere edinstvene značilnosti, kot je posvečanje glasovnih besednih končnih plosivov ("mraz" postane "žrebec", "preproga" postane "ruck") in navado končati stavke z besedo "tam" (izgovorjeno "drzniti") na približno enak način kot Kanadčani uporabljajo "kajne?" - dva vzorca govora, ki sta znana v poljski skupnosti Buffalo.

Vstopi

Z letalom

Kljub tej fotografiji je Mednarodno letališče Buffalo Niagara je najbolj prometno letališče v zvezni državi New York.

Z letališča je Buffalo dostopen po štirih avtobusnih linijah NFTA:

  • Podzemni avtobus NFTA # 24 - Genesee vozi štiri različne poti, od katerih tri služijo letališču. Avtobus št. 24B in Avtobus št. 24L run between the airport and Canalside via Genesee Street, also serving the Municipal Transportation Center. The latter of the two is advertised as a more convenient service with a limited number of intermediate stops, but in reality the difference in travel time between the L and the B is insignificant (42-43 minutes vs. 47-48 minutes), so it doesn't really matter which one you take. Express service is offered Monday through Friday by Bus #24X, with four inbound trips in the morning (leaving the airport at 6:03AM, 7:03AM, 7:33AM, and 8:03AM) and four outbound ones in the afternoon (leaving Canalside at 3:50PM, 4:20PM, 4:45PM, and 5:20PM). Travel time to and from the airport is about half an hour. Finally, if you plan to take the bus back to the airport at the end of your visit, make sure not to board Bus #24A, whose route ends at the city line in a not-very-nice neighborhood.
  • NFTA Metro Bus #47 — Youngs Road runs 15 times per day from Monday to Friday from the airport through Williamsville to the University Metro Rail Station, from which point downtown is easily accessible via the subway.
  • NFTA Metro Bus #68 — George Urban Express makes one trip in each direction Monday through Friday between the airport and the Buffalo-Exchange Street Amtrak station downtown, leaving the airport at 6:56AM and leaving the train station at 4:38PM. Outbound trips (towards the airport) also serve the Buffalo Metropolitan Transportation Center.

In addition, the Buffalo Niagara International Airport is served directly by a number of intercity bus lines; see the "By bus" section. All buses, NFTA and long-distance, are boarded at the bus lane on the east side of the terminal, on the arrivals level. This is also where Uber in Lyft (see "Ride sharing" section below) pick up.

Buffalo Airport Taxi's stand, as well as a number of rental car facilities, are found directly across from the terminal's main exit, on the arrivals level. For more information on taxi service and car rental, see the "Get around" section below.

For those who are coming by private plane and want to avoid the congestion of Buffalo Niagara International Airport, the closest alternative is Buffalo Airfield v West Seneca. Other general-aviation airports in the vicinity include Buffalo Lancaster Regional Airport v Lancaster, Akron Airport v Akron, in North Buffalo Suburban Airport v Lockport.

Z avtom

The New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) runs east to west and connects Buffalo to other major cities and regions — New York City, the Hudson Valley, Albany, Utica, Sirakuza, in Rochester to the east, and Erie and Cleveland to the west. The New York State Thruway is a toll highway over most of its length, with the sole exception of the toll-free portion between Exits 50 and 55, which roughly corresponds to Buffalo's inner-ring suburbs. The New York State Thruway Authority accepts E-ZPass for toll payment, as well as cash.

Interstate 190 begins at Exit 53 of I-90 near the city line, extending west into downtown. At that point, it turns northward and mostly parallels the Niagara River, linking Buffalo to Niagara Falls and extending onward to Canada via the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. Interstate 290 links I-90 with I-190 via Buffalo's northern suburbs. Interstate 990 runs southwest-to-northeast through suburban Amherst between I-290 and the hamlet of Millersport, after which point Lockport is easily accessible via NY 263 (Millersport Highway) and NY 78 (Transit Road).

If coming from Ontario, Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) is the best way to access Buffalo. The most direct border crossing into Buffalo, the Peace Bridge, is at the end of the QEW in Fort Erie. Other bridge crossing options include the Mavrični most in Niagara Falls, along with the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge in Lewiston. All of these bridges are easily accessible from the QEW; follow the well-posted signs.

By car, Buffalo is about two hours from Toronto, one to one and a half hours from Rochester, two and a half hours from Syracuse, and six to seven hours from New York City.

Average wait times at the various border entries vary: at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo/Fort Erie and the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, wait times over 30 minutes are unusual on most days other than holiday weekends, whereas at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge, the norm is 30-60 minutes, more on holiday weekends.

Z vlakom

Buffalo is accessible from the east and west by Amtrak, which services two stations in or near Buffalo.

  • Buffalo-Depew (BUF) is at 55 Dick Rd. in the suburb of Depew, about 8 miles (12 km) east of the city. The Buffalo-Depew station can be reached by cab or (with considerable difficulty) via NFTA Metro Bus #46 — Lancaster.
  • The Buffalo-Exchange Street (BFX) station is downtown at 75 Exchange St., near the Buffalo Metropolitan Transportation Center, and is directly accessed by a number of NFTA Metro Bus routes. Unlike Buffalo-Depew, there is no QuickTrak Machine and the ticket office is not open for certain departures. Passengers needing to purchase or pick up tickets for a departure when the ticket office is closed will need to do so in advance of the date of departure, or print out an e-ticket from online. Tickets can also be mailed to you, but this option is slower and more expensive. Fares, schedules, and reservations are available through Amtrak.

Buffalo is served by the following Amtrak lines:

  • The Empire Service runs from New York City via Yonkers, Croton-on-Hudson, Poughkeepsie, Rhinecliff, Hudson, Albany (Rensselaer), Schenectady, Amsterdam, Utica, Rim, Syracuse, and Rochester, and continues past Buffalo to Niagara Falls.
  • The javorjev list, which runs from Toronto via Oakville, Burlington (Aldershot), Grimsby, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, USA, then continues to New York City along the same route as the Empire Service.
  • The Lake Shore Limited, which, unlike the Empire Service and Maple Leaf, samo serves Buffalo-Depew. Eastbound trains on this route travel from Chicago via South Bend, Elkhart, Waterloo, Bryan, Toledo, Sandusky, Elyria, Cleveland, and Erie. Westbound trains begin either at Boston or New York City; trains from Boston proceed to Albany via Framingham, Worcester, Springfield, in Pittsfield; with trains from New York City making stops at Croton-on-Hudson and Poughkeepsie. At Albany, the two routes converge and trains follow the same route as the Empire Service, stopping at Schenectady, Utica, Syracuse, and Rochester.

Z avtobusom

The Buffalo Metropolitan Transportation Center, at 181 Ellicott St. downtown, serves as Buffalo's hub for intercity buses, a stop on most NFTA Metro Bus routes, and the city's main taxi terminal.

The following bus routes serve the Buffalo Metropolitan Transportation Center:

Service from Jamestown prek Fredonia, Dunkirk, and various points in between.
Service from Olean prek Franklinville, East Aurora, Buffalo Niagara International Airport, and various points in between.
Service from DuBois prek Sveta Marija, Bradford, Olean, Salamanca, Ellicottville, Springville, and various points in between.
Service from Cleveland via Ashtabula and Erie (not all runs stop at all intermediate cities).
Service from New York City via Newark, Binghamton, Cortland, Syracuse, Rochester, Batavia, and Buffalo Niagara International Airport (not all runs stop at all intermediate cities).
Service from New York City via Scranton, Binghamton, Itaka, Ženeva, Rochester, and Batavia.
Service from Boston via Worcester, Springfield, Albany, Schenectady, Amsterdam, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Batavia, and Buffalo Niagara International Airport (not all runs stop at all intermediate cities).
Service from Toronto via Mississauga, Burlington, Grimsby, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, and Fort Erie (not all runs stop at all intermediate cities).
Service from New York City via Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
Service from Toronto via St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, and Fort Erie (not all runs stop at all intermediate cities), and onward to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
Service from Washington, D.C. via Baltimore and Philadelphia.

Moj čoln

As the place where the Erie Canal met vast Lake Erie, Buffalo's early growth came thanks to the Great Lakes shipping industry. Nowadays the canal has been rerouted to end downstream in Tonawanda, but that's not to say that the canal and the lake aren't still a fairly common, if novel, way to arrive in Buffalo. The West Side, downtown, and the Outer Harbor boast a variety of places for boats to dock. For visitors, the best place to dock is:

  • Erie Basin Marina, 329 Erie St., ☏ 1 716 851-6501. Season lasts May 1st-Oct 15th. The Erie Basin Marina is not only one of the premier venues in Buffalo for locals and visitors to moor their boats, it's also a true waterfront destination in itself — the marina boasts two restaurants (The Hatch for burgers, hot dogs, and the like, and William K's for more upscale fare), the verdant Erie Basin Marina Gardens, an observation tower boasting stunning views of Buffalo's downtown and waterfront, and even a waterfront boardwalk that leads to a small swimming beach. As well, the Ship Store at the base of the observation tower (M-F noon-6PM, Sa-Su 10AM-7PM in season) stocks a full range of snacks, boating supplies, and essentials such as sunscreen, and there's also a fueling station. The Erie Basin Marina is within easy walking distance of Canalside in Naval and Military Park. Transient slip rental based on length of boat, $1.90 per foot per day. 

Obiti

For most visitors to Buffalo, access to an automobile will prove extremely useful, if not quite utterly necessary. Buffalo's public transportation system provides access to the majority of the metropolitan area. Travelling around the city proper by public transit can be relatively hassle-free, especially on weekdays; however, transit riders travelling to the suburbs should be prepared for service that is infrequent (and, on the weekends, often non-existent).

The Kensington Expressway approaches its western terminus in downtown Buffalo.

Z avtom

In addition to the Interstate highways mentioned in the "Get In" section, Buffalo has several intraurban expressways useful to visitors:

  • The Kensington Expressway (NY 33) begins at the airport on Genesee Street, proceeding westward through the suburb of Cheektowaga and the East Side before turning southward and concluding downtown at Oak Street.
  • The Scajaquada Expressway (NY 198) is a short highway that connects the Kensington Expressway with Interstate 190. The Scajaquada is a convenient route to the neighborhoods of Parkside and the Elmwood Village, the popular commercial strips of Hertel Avenue and Grant Street, as well as attractions like Delaware Park, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Buffalo History Museum, the Darwin D. Martin House, and the Burchfield Penney Art Center.
  • The Buffalo Skyway (NY 5) begins downtown at I-190, extending southward parallel to the shore of Lake Erie with access to Gallagher Beach, Tifft Nature Preserve, and other Outer Harbor attractions. After passing over the Union Ship Canal via the Father Baker Bridge, the divided highway ends, but Route 5 continues as a wide, busy six-lane surface road (variously known as the Hamburg Turnpike, Lake Shore Road, or simply Route 5) that passes through the suburban areas of Lackawanna and Hamburg and continuing southward along the lake shore.

Buffalo's highway system was designed for a city twice its size (a reflection of the population loss the area has undergone between the 1950s and today); as a result of that, the city does not suffer nearly as much from traffic congestion as other U.S. cities. Rush hour, such as it is, occurs on weekdays roughly from 6:30AM-9AM and from 4PM-6:30PM. A good rule of thumb the locals know is that, even at the height of rush hour, it generally takes no more than 30 minutes to drive from downtown to the outer edge of suburbia.

Rental cars

Rental car facilities can be found mainly at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Alamo, Avis, Proračun, Dolar, Enterprise, Hertz, in Državna all have offices directly on airport property, while the Buffalo locations of ACE in Fox Rent A Car operate out of the Quality Inn across the street.

Poleg tega Hertz, Proračun, in Enterprise all operate smaller car rental facilities at various locations in the city itself. See the various okrajni članki for more information on those.

Car sharing

Člani Zipcar car-sharing program can access vehicles in the Buffalo area from various locations in the city, as well as from the North Campus of the University at Buffalo in nearby Amherst. Glej okrajni članki for further information.

Ride sharing

After what seemed like an eternity of political wrangling, New York's state legislature fully legalized ride-sharing in June 2017, whereupon both Uber and Lyft immediately started operating in Buffalo. As of November 2017, pricing for both includes a booking fee of $2.15, plus a base fare of $1.10, plus 22¢ per minute and 95¢ per mile on top of that, ali a minimum total fare of $7.35 (Uber) or $5.20 (Lyft). There's also a $3.00 surcharge for service to and from the Buffalo Niagara International Airport for Lyft, but ne Uber. Surge pricing comes into effect during certain periods of high demand, and can inflate the above prices drastically.

By public transportation

Buffalo's public transportation system is operated by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA). They run a single-line light rail system (the Metro Rail) as well as an extensive bus network. The NFTA system is focused around three main nodes. From largest to smallest, these nodes are located in downtown Buffalo, at University Station (at the outer end of the Metro Rail), and at the Portage Road Transit Center in Niagara Falls. Most of the buses whose routes begin and end downtown access the Buffalo Metropolitan Transportation Center directly; many also service the Buffalo-Exchange Street Amtrak station.

The Metro Rail extends along Main Street from the University at Buffalo's South Campus at the northeast corner of the city southward to Canalside in downtown Buffalo, a distance of 6.4 miles (10.3 km). With nearly 25,000 riders per day, the Metro Rail boasts the third-highest number of passengers per mile (km) among light-rail systems in the United States. The northern portion of the system is below ground. As the subway enters the downtown core, at the Theater District, it emerges from the tunnel and runs at street level for the remainder of its length. Rides on the above-ground portion of the Metro Rail are free of charge. To ride in the underground portion of the system, it costs $4 for a round-trip ticket, or $2 for a one-way ticket. The Metro Rail is a popular mode of transportation for employees and residents who live along the line and north of the city to commute downtown, and also for attendees of downtown events who want to avoid paying high prices for parking.

The NFTA eliminated the zoned fare system in October 2010. Generally speaking, rides on a single bus or light rail vehicle now cost $2.00 regardless of length. The exception is the "Enhanced Express" service introduced by the NFTA in September 2012 and applied to Routes #60 — Niagara Falls Express, #64 — Lockport Express, and #204 — Airport-Downtown Express, as well as to selected runs of Routes #69 — Alden Express and #72 — Orchard Park Express. An additional 50¢ surcharge per trip applies on Enhanced Express buses.

There are no free transfers between buses. Passengers who will need to transfer from the bus to the Metro Rail, from the Metro Rail to a bus, or between bus lines should consider purchasing a day pass for $5. For further information on public transit in Buffalo including schedules and maps of individual routes, visit the NFTA Metro webpage.

S taksijem

In Buffalo, taxis can generally be dispatched quickly and with ease; however, in general, the only places where they can be hailed on the street are at the airport and around the Metropolitan Transportation Center, the various downtown hotels, and (at certain times, and with some luck) Allentown, the Elmwood strip, and around the colleges and universities.

S kolesom

As in many cities, bicycling as an alternative method of transportation is growing more and more popular in Buffalo. However, in terms of the development of infrastructure such as dedicated bike lanes on city streets and bike parking areas, Buffalo lags behind many other "bikeable" cities such as Minneapolis, Portland, and Boston. Despite this, scenic bike routes such as the Shoreline Trail in Scajaquada Creekside Bike Path are immensely popular with locals, and under the aegis of the city's newly adopted "Complete Streets" program, dedicated bike lanes and other rights-of-way are being added to more and more of the city's streets.

GO Bike Buffalo is the local organization that promotes and advocates for cycling and other sustainable transportation alternatives in Buffalo. The Community Bicycle Workshop they operate at 98 Colvin Ave. in North Buffalo offers used parts and complete refurbished bikes for sale, as well as special programs periodically throughout the year.

Reddy Bikeshare has about three dozen bike racks around the city, including this one on Delaware Avenue downtown.

Bike sharing

After a three-year pilot program that was a smashing success, the erstwhile Buffalo BikeShare relaunched in July 2016 as Reddy Bikeshare, with Independent Health newly on board as a corporate sponsor. Almost instantaneously, the bright red bikes and racks became a ubiquitous sight along city streets. Today, Reddy has 200 bikes to tool around town on, each GPS-equipped with Social Bicycles (SoBi) technology. Rates are $8.50 for a 30-day membership or $55 for an annual membership, after which point use of the bikes costs 6¢ and 1¢ per minute, respectively.

To use a Reddy bike, sign in to the SoBi mobile app to find and reserve an available bike at any of the various Reddy racks around the city (or simply walk up to a rack and enter your account number and PIN on the bike's keypad to unlock it). Then, when you're finished, simply lock your bike up at any Reddy rack, or else at any public bike rack within one of Reddy's free parking zones (Elmwood Avenue, Allen Street, Main Street downtown, and two locations on the South Campus od UB). There's a $2 fee for locking a Reddy bike up anywhere other than a Reddy rack or free parking zone. If you need to stop off somewhere along the way, you also have the option to "hold" your Reddy bike, which will enable you to lock it temporarily without incurring the $2 parking fee and without the bike becoming available for reservation by other users. When you're ready to take off again, simply enter your PIN number on the bike's keypad and you're good to go.

Glej okrajni članki for the locations of individual Reddy bike racks.

Glej

For individual listings of attractions, please see the respective okrožje člankov.

Muzeji

Buffalo's wealth of cultural attractions is surprising given the city's somewhat small size. The museums here are many and varied, and are a point of pride for Buffalo's citizens. Arguably the most interesting among them are a great number of institutions that focus on the area's past. Those who are curious about Buffalo's rich history are advised to first stop in at the gargantuan Buffalo History Museum which focuses on the city's history in a general sense, then take your pick of the smaller, more specialized museums — the Lower Lakes Marine Historical Society Museum to learn more about the Great Lakes shipping routes that gave Buffalo its importance as an inland port, the Colored Musicians Club Museum ali Nash House Museum for African-American history in Buffalo, the Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum for the story behind Buffalo's importance in the early-20th century automotive industry, the Buffalo Fire Historical Society for the history of firefighting in Buffalo, and more.

Buffalo City Hall is seen in this view down Court Street from Lafayette Square. Built in 1931 from a design by the local firm of Dietel & Wade, it is widely considered one of the world's finest examples of Art Deco architecture.

Umetnost

More so even than its range of cultural attractions, Buffalo's art scene is ogromno for a city its size, with galleries large and small to suit all tastes. The Museum District at the north end of the Elmwood Village is the site of Buffalo's two largest art galleries, the beautiful Albright-Knox in Burchfield-Penney. The Buffalo Religious Arts Center is an off-the-beaten-path gem in Black Rock, dedicated to preserving the statuary, icons, stained glass, and other objets d'art from the many churches and other houses of worship that have closed in the wake of Buffalo's late-20th-century population losses.

Smaller storefront galleries are plentiful, and are concentrated in some of Buffalo's more interesting areas, such as Allentown, Gledališko okrožje, in Hertel Avenue — as well as, increasingly, emerging artistic communities on the Lower West Side, v Grant-Amherst, and just south of the Theater District in the 500 Block of Main Street.

Arhitektura

More and more, Buffalo's exquisite and well-preserved architecture has grabbed the attention of locals and tourists alike. Buffalo's architecture took center stage when the 2011 National Preservation Conference was held in the city to unanimous acclaim. Buildings from almost every decade of Buffalo's existence are still preserved, with more being restored each year.

An enormous wealth of information about Buffalo's rich architectural heritage is available at the award-winning website, Buffalo Architecture and History.

Outdoors

Buffalo is a great place to enjoy the outdoors — especially in the warm months. A side effect of Buffalo's notoriously nasty winters is that locals really make the most of the warm-weather months. Predictably, in March or April on the first nice day of the year, the streets are thronged with pasty-skinned locals, dressed in shorts and tank tops despite the still-chilly temperatures, ravenously drinking in the fresh air and sunlight after the long, bleak winter. Autumn is also a pleasant time to be outdoors in Buffalo, with the crisp, fragrant air a perfect complement to the crunch of fallen leaves underfoot.

The city of Buffalo contains over 200 parks, both large and small. Among the largest and most interesting of Buffalo's parks were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, unquestionably the greatest landscape architect of the 19th Century, in conjunction with his then-partner Calvert Vaux. Buffalo's Olmsted parks are an interconnected network of six large parks and six smaller green spaces (three of the latter survive today), linked to each other by wide, tree-lined thoroughfares called parkways modeled after the grand boulevards of Pariz. Though he would go on to design similar park systems for other cities, Buffalo's is the oldest and one of the best-preserved Olmsted park systems in existence — and the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, the not-for-profit that's been in charge of maintenance of the Olmsted park system since 2004, is hard at work repairing and restoring elements that have been lost over the years to put the parks in even better shape than they are now.

Nearly 150 years after it was constructed, Delaware Park continues to fulfill the intent of its designer, allowing citizens of Buffalo to escape into nature without leaving the city limits.

The Olmsted parks that will be of the most interest to visitors are Delaware Park, Buffalo's largest at 234 acres (93 ha) which boasts amenities including the Buffalo Zoo, a Rožni vrt in a Japanese Garden, and public art installations, and South Park, which contains the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens. Additionally, though it's not an Olmsted park, LaSalle Park has an outdoor amphitheater, baseball and soccer fields, a dog run, and walking and jogging trails in a beautiful waterfront setting overlooking Lake Erie.

Speaking of which: as if to defy the ugly, intrusive Interstate 190 in Buffalo Skyway that run along the shoreline, Buffalo's waterfront is becoming more and more of a focal point for outdoor recreation. Situated in the heart of downtown, Canalside is ground zero for waterfront recreation in Buffalo, with summertime concerts and festivals held seemingly every day in the midst of preserved remnants of the historic Canal District. A number of harbor cruise lines are also based at Canalside, as is the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park.

Parkland is also abundant on Buffalo's waterfront. In addition to the aforementioned LaSalle Park, Broderick Park is a small green space at the southern tip of Unity Island that's most famous as the northern end of the Bird Island Pier, a 1.3-mile (2 km) walkway with an unparalleled view of the mouth of the Niagara River, lower Lake Erie, and — at its southern tip — the Erie Basin Marina and downtown. Further north, Riverside Park is an Olmsted park at the far northwest corner of the city, adjacent to the Niagara River. Deserving of special mention is the Outer Harbor, a vast expanse of former industrial land south of downtown that became a state park in September 2013. The Outer Harbor features Gallagher Beach, a pebble beach popular with boaters and windsurfers, as well as Times Beach Nature Preserve in Tifft Nature Preserve, where walking trails meander through wetland habitats filled with migratory birds and native fauna.

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Festivali in prireditve

Buffalo's calendar of annual festivals, parades and events is huge and growing. Ethnic pride festivals such as the Buffalo Greek Fest, Buffalo Italian Heritage Festival, in Dyngus Day play a preeminent role, though a diversity of events of all kinds is enjoyed by citizens. Naturally, the lion's share of these festivals take place during the warm months, but efforts have been made to expand the slate of offerings in winter as well.

The festivals and events listed in this section take place at multiple venues city- or regionwide. For events specific to a particular venue or neighborhood, see the respective okrožje člankov.

  • Buffalo Pride Festival. The gay rights movement emerged later in conservative, blue-collar Buffalo than it did in many other American cities. However, every year since 1991 in early June, the Buffalo Pride Festival has been helping LGBT Buffalonians and their straight allies make up for lost time, with a festive atmosphere of fun and entertainment infused with a message of tolerance for all people. The Buffalo Pride Festival is multifaceted and multi-venue: it kicks off with a flag-raising ceremony in Niagara Square proudly attended by Buffalo's best and brightest, continues with a "Gay 5K" footrace through the streets of downtown, picks up intensity in Allentown with the Dyke March and a raucous street festival (21 admitted) that sees Allen Street awash in rainbow flags, live music and performances, and street activism, and culminates with the Pride Festival itself in Canalside, a family-friendly event featuring food and drink, entertainment, and information booths. The festival closes out each year with a beach party at Woodlawn Beach State Park v Hamburgu. 
  • National Garden Festival. This "five-week-long garden party" has, since its inception several years ago, turned Buffalo into one of the premier destinations in the U.S. for garden tourism. Under the aegis of the National Garden Festival fall not only Garden Walk Buffalo, the centerpiece of the festivities that Atlantik magazine cited as the best event of its kind in the nation, but also many other garden walks throughout the various neighborhoods of Buffalo (and, beginning in 2012, even in the suburbs!) where participating residents design and maintain beautiful gardens in their front yards for walkers to enjoy. In addition, there are bus tours of the area's various urban farms, nurseries, and community gardens, weekday Open Gardens, speakers, symposia and the popular Front Yard Garden Competition. The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, Erie Basin Marina Gardens, Delaware Park's Japanese Garden in Rožni vrt, and even the Elmwood-Bidwell Farmer's Market are, understandably, replete with visitors during the National Garden Festival. Garden Walk Buffalo na Wikipediji 
  • Buffalo Infringement Festival. This celebration of genre-defying, boundary-pushing DIY art and spectacle by artists who may not have the straight-world cachet or blockbuster budgets of those who display at the Allentown or Elmwood Avenue festivals takes place annually on the last week of July and the first week of August. Displays of music, dance, theater, and visual arts, as well as more offbeat genres such as puppetry, fire art, mime, and "miscellaneous insurrection", can be seen at a multiplicity of venues around the city free or for a nominal price. 
  • Jack Craft Fair. Lovers of everything artisanal, take note: since 2014, the Jack Craft Fair has been at the service of Buffalonians and visitors alike with a panoply of decorative and functional objets d'art — the handiwork of over 100 different artists and artisans — for sale every mid-August at a different venue each year. But this is far from your average junk sale: aside from the live music performances, interactive public art displays, and roster of about a half-dozen workshops for those who'd like to try their hand at their own DIY project, the Jack Craft Fair's lineup of vendors is carefully and rigorously curated by founder and lead organizer Sam Epps, the better for visitors to experience the true crème de la crème of the Western New York and Southern Ontario creative community. prost. (updated Dec 2017)
  • Buffalo International Film Festival. Founded in 2006, the not-for-profit Buffalo International Film Festival is presented yearly by the Buffalo Film Society in late September and early October with a mission of highlighting the cinematic contributions of individuals of the past and present who hail from Western New York. Furthermore, the Buffalo International Film Festival's focus also includes exposing people in Buffalo and the surrounding region to exciting works of film by lesser-known individuals around the world who represent a diverse array of cultures, ethnicities, and educational backgrounds. An exciting array of workshops and symposia are also presented. Mednarodni filmski festival v Buffalu na Wikipediji 

Šport

Make no mistake about it — Buffalo is a sports town. Buffalonians are doggedly loyal to their teams despite the fact that the city hasn't won a national championship in any of the big four American sports since 1965 — the four fruitless trips to the Super Bowl by the Buffalo Bills and two to the Stanley Cup Finals by the Sabres in the intervening years are losses that local fans have been looking to avenge for a long time.

Major-league sports are played downtown at the KeyBank Center, where the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres have their home ice, and at New Era Field in suburban Orchard Park kje za Buffalo Bills play for the National Football League.

Buffalo has a number of teams in smaller leagues as well. These teams tend to be more successful on the field than the big-league clubs. Baseball's Buffalo Bisons have won seven pennants in the AAA-level International League and American Association, most recently in 2004; they play at Sahlen Field downtown. The Buvoljski razbojniki play indoor lacrosse at the KeyBank Center and have won four NLL championships. Soccer fans will want to check out the NPSL's FC Buffalo; matches take place at All-High Stadium on Main Street. Finally, the city's newest sports team, the Buffalo Beauts, play their National Women's Hockey League opponents at the HarborCenter.

In the world of college sports, the University at Buffalo's Buffalo Bulls reign supreme. Bulls football and basketball games are played on the North Campus in Amherst, at Stadion UB in Alumni Arena oz. Canisius College's Golden Griffins, who play at the Atletski center Koessler on Main Street and the HarborCenter downtown, also have a sizable local following.

Golf

Golfers visiting the area might want to check out the suburbs first; public and private courses are plentiful outside the city limits. However, those who want to hit the links in Buffalo itself can do so in style. No fewer than three of Buffalo's Olmsted parks — Delaware, Cazenovia, in South Parks — boast golf courses (the former has 18 holes, the latter two have nine), and the Grover Cleveland Golf Course in University Heights is famous as the site of the 1912 U.S. Open. Glej okrožje articles for more details on individual courses.

Anglers cast their lines into the Upper Niagara River at Broderick Park.

Ribolov

Buffalo is a hotspot for freshwater fishing, with a remarkable diversity of species thanks to its location at the junction of Lake Erie and the Niagara River, which each feature different scenarios for anglers.

In Lake Erie, the marquee catch is smallmouth bass: the Queen City has been recognized by Bassmaster magazine as one of the top three bass fishing destinations in the United States. If you're angling from shore — say, at Buffalo Harbor State Park ali Ship Canal Commons in South Buffalo — the prime times are early May through mid-June and October through November, just after the lake thaws and before it freezes again. The bass move to cooler waters in midsummer, but if you have a boat, they're still easily catchable at those times in the deeper parts of the lake. Most of the bass you'll catch will be between 2 and 4 pounds (1 and 2 kg), though it's not unheard of to reel in whoppers of 6 or 7 pounds (3 kg) from time to time. Aside from bass, Lake Erie has some of the best walleye fishing you'll find anywhere, with average catches ranging from 5 to 8 pounds (2.5 to 3.5 kg), as well as muskellunge (especially around the mouth of the Buffalo River) and yellow perch.

The Buffalo River boasts its share of fishing spots too — notably RiverFest Park, Conway Park, Mutual Park, Seneca Bluffs, and other green spaces in the emerald necklace of the Buffalo River Greenway. Despite generations of heavy industry that once left it an ecological dead zone, the river was cleaned up enough by the early 1980s for fish to filter their way in once again, and today a typical catch might include bullhead, largemouth bass, yellow perch, and steelhead trout.

The upper Niagara River, meanwhile, is a great place to catch steelhead, lake trout, and northern pike which teem in its cool, fast-flowing waters all season long. This is also a place to find smallmouth bass in the summer months, when the shoreline areas of Lake Erie are too warm for them. Unity Island is the place to be for river fishing in Buffalo — folks from the West Side's Burmese refugee community reeling in dinner for their families are a regular sight at places like Broderick Park, Bird Island Pier, in Unity Island Park. (But think twice before you follow their lead in eating your catch: though the Niagara River and Lake Erie have come a long way in terms of pollution, it's advised to severely restrict if not completely avoid eating fish caught in local waters. For more specific information, see the New York State Department of Health Fish Advisory.)

Igre na srečo

It's no Vegas, but gamblers have a number of options in and around Buffalo.

The $130 million permanent home of the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in the historic Cobblestone District opened in 2013 and expanded only four years later; it boasts over 1,100 slot machines and 36 table games. The Buffalo Raceway, on the grounds of the Erie County Fair in the suburb of Hamburg, has slot machines, video poker, and, in season, live harness racing.

Further afield, there are several other destinations for fans of horse racing, slots, and other gaming (Niagara Falls foremost among them). Glej Pojdi naprej section for more on those.

The heart of downtown Buffalo's Gledališko okrožje, with its great variety of performance venues, restaurants, and other attractions.

Gledališče

For a city its size, Buffalo has a surprisingly large, active, and diverse theater scene. Even after the closure in 2008 of the biggest producing theater in town, the Studio Arena Theatre, the Gledališko okrožje, bounded roughly by Washington, Tupper, Franklin, and Chippewa Streets, has remained vibrant, with Curtain Up!, the gala event that marks the opening of the theater season, drawing larger-than-ever crowds downtown each September.

There are plenty of theaters outside the Theater District as well, many of which are connected to the theater programs of the various colleges and universities in the area. Glej okrožje articles for details.

Live music

For listings of individual venues, see the various okrajni članki.

Despite the many directions in which it has evolved over the decades — from the soulful, R&B-influenced "Buffalo Sound" of the '60s exemplified by local acts like Raven and The Vibratos (the latter featuring a young Cory Wells, later lead singer of Three Dog Night), to a thriving punk, hardcore and new wave scene in the early '80s, to a ragtag brotherhood of vaguely jangly alternative acts in the '90s, to the kaleidoscopic diversity of today — one thing that's always remained the same about Buffalo's music scene is its tight-knit camaraderie, its loyalty to its hometown fan base, and, despite the occasional native son or daughter that's gone on to greater fame (notably Rick James, Ani DiFranco, Brian McKnight, the Goo Goo Dolls, and most recently the Griselda Records hip-hop collective), its relative obscurity outside the confines of the local area. Buffalo may not have the reputation of Austin, but as a live music town it's worthwhile for locals and visitors alike.

Major national touring artists usually take the stage downtown. The biggest of the big stars — your U2's, your Rolling Stones — usually play at the KeyBank Center, or occasionally at New Era Field out in Orchard Park. But downtown also has a handful of midsize concert venues such as the Town Ballroom, Mohawk Place, in Rec Room that play host to second-tier acts. Visitors from north of the border might be surprised to see many Canadian groups that haven't yet "made it big" in the States playing to packed houses at places like the Town Ballroom — long lacking decent homegrown rock radio, local fans have taken a shine to Toronto stations and, as a result, bands like the Tragically Hip are huge draws in Buffalo. As well, summertime brings well-known names to the outdoor Canalside Live concert series, and Babeville, on Delaware Avenue on the northern fringe of downtown, is both the headquarters of Righteous Babe Records, the label helmed by Buffalo's own Ani DiFranco, and the site of Asbury Hall, a concert venue situated in a former church that regularly hosts shows by Righteous Babe's stable of folky indie singer-songwriters and other artists of the same ilk.

Če iščete lokalno glasbo, sta dve soseski vročih točk Allentown in Grant-Amherst. Allentown palice kot Duke's Bohemian Grove in v nadstropju Nietzschejevega so odlični kraji za ogled domačih rockerjev in kantavtorjev, ki delajo svoje - ponavadi ista dva ducata bendov, ki med prizorišči igrajo "glasbene stole". Čeprav je to nenavadno, boste v teh krajih občasno videli celo nacionalko znano ime (zdi se, da se to najpogosteje dogaja pri Duke's). V Grant-Amherstu boste bolj verjetno ujeli countryja, bluesa ali koreninsko-rock zasedbe - jedro glasbene scene Grant-Amherst, Taverna športnikov, se imenuje "najbolj pošten, najbolj tonski pivski lokal v mestu".

Ljubitelji drugih vrst glasbe tudi na mrazu niso izpuščeni: blues nastopa v Main Streetu Central Park Grill so lokalno legendarni, ljubitelji jazza se lahko udeležijo odličnih koncertov v zgodovini Klub barvnih glasbenikov ali si oglejte razstave o lokalni glasbeni zgodovini v priloženem muzeju in Glasbena dvorana Kleinhans, kjer sodi sodišče Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, je nacionalno registrirano zgodovinsko mesto, ki sta ga s popolno akustiko zasnovala arhitekta Eliel in Eero Saarinen.

Nauči se

V Buffalu živi veliko število zasebnih in javnih šol in univerz. Največja šola na tem območju je Univerza v Buffalu (UB). Eno od štirih "univerzitetnih središč" Univerze v Ljubljani Državna univerza v New Yorku (SUNY) sistem, UB slovi kot velika javna raziskovalna univerza. Zaradi tega je eden od 62 izvoljenih članov prestižnega združenja ameriških univerz. UB ima dva kampusa: manjši Južni kampus je v soseski University Heights na severovzhodnem vogalu mesta in večja Severni kampus je v predmestju Amhersta, približno 6 km severovzhodno od južnega kampusa.

Državni kolidž v Buffalu, ki je prav tako del sistema SUNY, je nasproti umetniške galerije Albright-Knox, na severnem koncu vasi Elmwood. Canisius College je največja zasebna šola v Buffalu, ki se nahaja v bližini križišča Humboldt Parkway in Main Street. Vključujejo tudi druge fakultete in univerze v mestu in okolici Šola Trocaire, Medaille College, Šola Villa Maria, D'Youville College, Daemen College, in trije kampusi v Erie Community College.

Univerza v Buffalu ima letnik Serija uglednih zvočnikov, ki je gostil Billa Clintona, Al Gorea, Michaela Mooreja, dalajlamo, Stephena Colberta in dr. Sanjaya Gupto. Ti dogodki se odvijajo v severnem kampusu in so odprti za javnost; vstopnice so na voljo na blagajni univerze. UB ima brezplačna serija poletnih predavanj na voljo javnosti, država Buffalo pa jo redno ima dogodkov odprto za obiskovalce.

Nakup

Za sezname posameznih trgovin glejte ustrezne okrožje člankov.

Buffalo ima številne zanimive nakupovalne četrti, vsaka s svojim okusom.

Elmwood Avenue, ki je hrbtenica vasi Elmwood, je prenatrpana ulica ljubkih butikov, umetniških galerij, pločnikov in izvrstnih restavracij.

The Elmwood Village se razprostira vzdolž avenije Elmwood od Buffalo State College proti jugu do ulice North Street. Na tem območju je veliko majhnih trgovin z zelo "neodvisnim" občutkom - tukaj ne boste našli veliko trgovin z nacionalnimi verigami ali restavracij. Posebnost avenije Elmwood so vrhunski oblačilni butiki, ki skrbijo za modne urbane prebivalce; to je tudi dober kraj za iskanje lokalno proizvedene umetnosti in nakita, domiselnih daril in nekaterih najboljših restavracij, ki jih ponuja Buffalo.

Allentown je osredotočen po celotni dolžini ulice Allen od glavne do ulice Wadsworth, predvsem pa zahodno od avenije Linwood. V bližini in na nek način podoben vasi Elmwood, ima Allentown bolj boemsko in umetniško vzdušje v primerjavi s študenti in japiji, ki pogosto obiskujejo Elmwood. Med širjenjem hipsterskih barov boste videli veliko trgovin s starinami, majhnih umetniških galerij in trgovin z oblačili v bolj urbanem slogu.

Hertel Avenue, med mestoma Delaware in Parkside Avenue v severnem Buffalu, je dom vse večjega obsega majhnih trgovin. Hertel je kraj, kjer lahko brskate po umetniških galerijah, kupujete starinsko in sodobno pohištvo ter opremo za dom, obiščete glavne trgovine, kot so Postaja Terrapinin poskusite bližnjevzhodne jedi v različnih restavracijah in bodegah na zahodnem koncu pasu, blizu avenije Delaware.

Ulica Grant, ki poteka od severa proti jugu skozi zgornjo zahodno stran, je glavna prometnica dveh na novo oživljenih nakupovalnih predelov na tem hitro gentrificirajočem območju mesta. Odsek med (približno) avenijo West Delavan in ulico Hampshire, s središčem na ulici West Ferry Street, je nov komercialni pas, znan kot Grant-Ferry. Pravi "talilni lonec", v katerem se Hispanic, ki so tu že leta, pridružujejo Somalci, Jugovzhodni Azijci, Arabci, Vzhodni Evropejci in študentje Buffalo State College, je Grant-Ferry zato dom skromne, a naraščajoče zbirke etničnih skupin. trgih hrane, trgovinah z oblačili itd. Prav tako Grant-Amherst, na kratki razdalji severno na vogalu ulice Amherst, je bil na natečaju "Best of Buffalo 2011" v Buffalu proglašen za "najboljše sosedstvo" Artvoice. Grant-Amherst se ponaša z majhno, a naraščajočo zbirko umetniških galerij, starinarnic in restavracij, ki so nedaleč stran od Buffalo State College. Obiskovalce pa je treba opozoriti, da so soseske okoli ulice Grant kljub nenehnemu vzponu še vedno precej bolj "peščene" kot kraji, kot sta Elmwood Village in Allentown.

V 'burbs je mogoče najti običajno vrsto trgovskih centrov in plaz. Največji nakupovalni center na tem območju je Walden Galleria, na aveniji Walden v mestu Cheektowaga, 10 minut od centra skozi avtocesto Kensington in / ali Interstate 90. Druge vključujejo Nakupovalni center Boulevard v Amherstu McKinley Mall na meji med Hamburgom in Parkom sadovnjakov ter Nakupovalni center Eastern Hills v Clarence. V samem Buffalu je majhno območje med avenijama Delaware in Elmwood na severnem robu mesta, kjer lahko najdete nakupovalne trge, trgovine z velikimi škatlami in verižne restavracije.

Jej

Buffalo je raj za odlično hrano.

Lokalne specialitete

Kanonična krila Buffalo: krila, zelena, modri sir, pivo in vlažne brisače.
  • Noben obisk ni popoln, ne da bi poskusili nekaj Buffalo krila. Oh, seveda, vsi razmišlja poskusili so jih, a nič se ne more primerjati s tistimi, ki jih lahko dobite v Buffalu. (Ampak prosim, ne pokličite njih "bivolja krila"; tukaj so samo "krila".) Klasični recept, ki je nastal leta 1964 pri Sidrna vrstica na Main Streetu je piščančje krilo, ocvrto hrustljavo, nato pa mešano v mešanici masla in pekoče omake (Frank's Red Hot za najboljše rezultate) v različnih razmerjih glede na toleranco začimb, nato pa po želji dodelajte na žaru za malo dodatnega oglja. Razprava o tem, kdo streže najboljšim krilom v mestu, je neskončna in pogosto vroča, a praviloma se odpravite v eno izmed številnih vogalnih palic v Buffalu.
Če niste ljubitelj bivolje omake, bo skorajda kjerkoli s krili v meniju kot alternativo ponudil omako za žar. Druge sorte, na katere boste pogosto naleteli, vključujejo česnov parmezan, limonin poper (še posebej priljubljen med afroameriško skupnostjo Buffalo), medeno gorčico in "italijanski slog" (tj. panirano in dušeno v omaki marinara). Ali za kaj resnično edinstven, se odpravite v South Buffalo, ki ima - kdaj pa nenavadno sosesko - svojega domači slog kril ne boste našli nikjer drugje v zahodnem New Yorku, kaj šele po svetu.
  • Približno v isti smeri: če uživate v piščančjih prstih, je malo boljše mesto za obisk kot Buffalo. Kot vsako drugo mesto jih tudi tu zagotovo postrežete kot obrok, tukaj pa pridejo tudi sesekljani in uporabljeni kot prelivi za pico, v tacosu, na solatah in predvsem v obliki piščančji prstni podstavki, celi piščančji prsti so bili omakani v omaki iz krila Buffalo in uporabljeni kot nadev v podmorskem sendviču, dopolnjenem ne samo s standardnimi dodatki začimb zelene solate, paradižnika in čebule, temveč pogosto tudi s prelivom iz modrega sira. Različica je stinger sub, v bistvu zrezek hoagie plus piščančji prsti. Vsaka prodajalna ali picerija v mestu bi vam lahko omogočila, da vam pripravijo piščančje prste, toda za stingerja je najljubša lokalna veriga Jim's Steakout, kjer je bil izumljen.
  • Zunaj področja ocvrtega piščanca je še ena lokalna posebnost govedina na wecku, sendvič, ki je sestavljen iz rezin nežne, sočne počasi pražene govedine, naložene na kümmelweck zvitek (Kaiserjev zvitek, prelit s kuminami in košer soljo) in tradicionalno okrašen s hrenom, bolj ko je. V vseh krajih, kjer strežejo vroče sendviče, je na jedilniku verjetno govedina, vendar sta dve restavraciji, katerih govedina na weku ima najboljši ugled med domačini Schwablove (na Srednji cesti v zahodni Seneki) in Mesar Charlie (glej spodaj).
  • Teksaški žari, kljub njihovemu imenu, niso bili izumljeni v Ljubljani Teksas, vendar v Buffalu, kjer so začeli kot edinstvena ponudba v grških restavracijah na tem območju (Seneca Texas Hots trdi, da jim je prvi na uslugo, čeprav gre tu za spor). Texas hot je hrenovka z omako iz gorčice, čebule in začinjene mesne omake ali čilija; končni izdelek je nekoliko podoben hrenovkam "Coney Island", ki jih strežejo v Detroitu, čeprav je čilijeva omaka na teksaških žariščih lažja in tanjša.
  • Ko smo že pri tem: grška hrana je v ZDA seveda komaj neznana, toda v Buffalu je to kuhinja, ki ima presenetljivo dolgo zgodovino in obseg - obstajajo Grška večerja v skoraj vseh soseskah od šestdesetih do sedemdesetih let. Toda Buffalo nima posebej velike grške skupnosti, kaj torej daje? Vse se vrača k Theodorju Liarosu, ki je odprl prvo lokacijo ljubljene lokalne verige hrenovk Tedova leta 1927, pa tudi častena priseljenska tradicija etničnih skupnosti, ki so se združevale, da bi pomagale novim prihodom: s časom je vedno več Grkov - nekaj daljnih sorodnikov družine Liaros, nekaj starih prijateljev iz njegovega doma - Buffalo, se je pri Tedu naučil restavracijskega posla, nato pa so se lotili sami. Tudi danes je seznam lokalnih grških restavratorjev še vedno zapletena mreža družinskih odnosov in medsebojnih porok. Kar zadeva hrano, so v teh krajih tradicionalno stregli amerikanizirane različice grških uličnih živil, kot so souvlaki, žiroskop in spanakopita poleg običajnih jedi, kot so hamburgerji in topljeni sendviči. Ta model še vedno prevladuje v predmestjih, kjer je tudi večja verjetnost, da boste naleteli na tistega, ki upošteva staro tradicijo, da ostanejo odprti 24 ur, kar je vedno bolj na poti, ko izginejo tovarniške službe, ki temeljijo na izmeni. in študentje postanejo bolj pripravljeni preživeti pozne noči, ko se natepajo za test kot zabave. Vendar pa veliko grških restavracij v mestu - še posebej Pano's, Mythos, in Akropola na aveniji Elmwood; Allentownov Restavracija Towne je izjemna izjema - preoblikovali so se v bolj vrhunsko obliko, z vedno bolj kreativnimi elementi v meniju, lažjim dekorjem in višjimi cenami.
Če želite vzorčiti piščanca Chiavetta, je najbolje, da imate oči olupljene za znake, kot je ta.
  • Ključ do Chiavetta piščanec (običajno skrajšana na samo "Chiavetta") je marinada, pripravek na osnovi česna in jabolčnega kisa, prežet s skrivno mešanico zelišč in začimb (izobražena ugibanja običajno vključujejo črni poper, Worcestershire omako in morda ingver, čebulo v prahu in začimbe za perutnino), pri katerem meso sedi približno štiri ure, preden se peče na žaru na oglje. Rezultat je nežen in neverjetno sočen, z le kančkom hrustljavega koša na koži. Če to zveni mamljivo, imate na voljo številne možnosti: Naravni habitati Chiavette so cerkvene travnike, kuhanje zbiranja sredstev za gasilce in drugi takšni neformalni dogodki ali če ste v mestu med Sejem okrožja Erie, se odpravite do lastne kabine podjetja Chiavetta Catering Company, da pridete naravnost od vira. Mnogo težje ga boste našli v restavracijah: če ne morete priti do Lockporta, da ga obiščete Chiavettina hrana za žar, lahko poskusite Wing Kings na aveniji Elmwood, katerih več deset sort omak piščančjih kril vključuje precej natančen Chiavetta knockoff. In če vse drugo ne uspe, boste marinado našli na polici večine lokalnih supermarketov (če si jo pripravite sami, za najboljše rezultate uporabite stegna s kostmi; tudi prsi ne absorbirajo okusa).
  • Negazirana, temno vijolična brezalkoholna pijača z okusom, ki bi jo lahko opisali kot močno sladko in splošno sadno, loganberry ni ravno domače - jagodičje je bilo hibridizirano v Ljubljani Kalifornija leta 1883 so bili pijače, želeji in koncentrati sirupa, ki so bili narejeni iz njih, na prelomu stoletja kratek čas po vsej državi - a le v Buffalu je imel moč. Queen-O je bil velik lokalni polnilnik večji del 20. stoletja, toda povprašajte starodobnike o njihovih spominih na loganberry in najverjetneje bodo govorili o Kristalna plaža, zabaviščni park iz nekdaj, kjer so ga postregli ne samo kot pijačo, temveč tudi v obliki lizik in bonbonov z okusom loganberry. Dandanes Teta Rosie je najbolj znana blagovna znamka z receptom, ki temelji na formuli Crystal Beach, v lasti in izključno distribuciji lokalnega podjetja za polnjenje Pepsi-Cola (ne Sama PepsiCo, ki je daleč pri razlagi pomanjkanja razpoložljivosti zunaj Buffala). Teta Rosie je na voljo samo pri lokalnih vodnjakih s sodo, zato, če želite steklenico odnesti domov iz supermarketa kot spominek, poiščite Johnnie Ryan blagovna znamka, ustekleničena v Niagarskih slapovih.
  • Ribje mladice je glavna vrsta Buffala, ki svoj obstoj dolguje tradicionalni prevladi rimokatoličanstva med lokalnim prebivalstvom - nekdanjim katoličanom je bilo ob petkih prepovedano jesti rdeče meso in perutnino. Čeprav ta prepoved ne velja od šestdesetih let prejšnjega stoletja, se je tradicija uživanja ribje mladice ob petkih zvečer ohranila. Tradicionalni recept vsebuje masivne fileje vahnje ali polenovke, prevlečene z moko, pivsko prepraženo in ocvrto do zlato rjave barve, nato pa z vinsko omako in / ali limoninim sokom ter postrežene s stranicami, ki lahko vključujejo pomfrit, solato ali makarone. solata. Če želite, lahko v nekaterih lepših restavracijah v Buffalu jeste ribje mladice, vendar je to po srcu še vedno delavska hrana in zato, tako kot krila, najboljše ribje mladice postrežejo z manjšimi luknjami v soseski in mastnimi žlicami. Pričakujte, da bodo vrstice za mladice rib še posebej dolge v sezoni postnega obdobja (običajno od februarja do aprila, čeprav se spreminja glede na leto), ko še vedno velja staro pravilo, da ni mesa ob petkih.
  • Buffalo ima tudi svojo skrivnost bonboni, pecivo in sladkarije lokalne provenience:
    • Spužvasti bonboni, čeprav je (v nasprotju z lokalnim prepričanjem) ne edinstven za območje Buffalo, je najbolj znan med njimi, našli pa ga boste v kateri koli lokalni trgovini s sladkarijami, ki je vredna soli. Rjavi sladkor, koruzni sirup in sodo bikarbono zmešamo v gost sirup in nato spečemo, pri čemer se iz slednjega sprostijo mehurčki plina ogljikovega dioksida, ki se v zmesi ujamejo in strdijo v karamelo, kar ustvari hrustljavo, mrežasto notranjost. . Nato je vse skupaj prekrito s čokolado. The Fowlerjeva veriga trgovin s čokolado menda prodaja najboljše, čeprav tekmece Watsonovo in Parkside sladkarije prosil, da bi se razlikoval.
    • Ljubitelji sladoleda, ki obiščejo Buffalo, se ne bi smeli spraševati o izvoru Mehiške sunde, ki so zaviti v nejasnost, vendar bi morali izkoristite priložnost, da se pokopljete v ta slano-sladki favorit vanilijevega sladoleda, prelitega z vročo kremo, stepeno smetano in - to je ključna sestavina - kožni španski arašidi. V poletnih mesecih je na meniju katera koli lokalna stojnica za sladoled, ki jo boste našli po mestu; če ste na obisku v hladnejših mesecih, je najbolje, da se odpravite na Sladkarije Nicka Charlapa na hribu v zahodni Seneki.
    • The Charlie Chaplin, v katerem se raztopljeni kokos in sesekljan indijski orešček dodajo topljeni čokoladi in nato prelijejo čez kepe puhastega marshmallowa in posuta z grobo soljo, domnevno je nastal med obiskom istoimenske filmske zvezde leta 1917 v Buffalu za premiero njegovega filma Pustolovec. Jagodni otok, v Broadway Market na vzhodni strani je dober kraj za njihovo iskanje; svoje postrežejo na palici, v nasprotju s hlodi ali grudki kot drugje.
    • Končno, peciva srca, poznan tudi kot angelska krila, so ploščati, v obliki srca koščki listnatega testa, prevlečeni z debelo lupino belega sladkornega ledu, ki je zunaj idealno trda in suha, znotraj pa mehka, prhka in prijetno sladka. So posebnost lokalne poljske skupnosti; Mazurekova pekarna v Starem prvem oddelku in Pekarna Beli orel v prej omenjenem Broadway Market so dobra izbira, kje jih dobite.

Restavracije

Za sezname restavracij si oglejte ustrezne okrožje člankov.

Medtem ko je bilo to območje nekoč večinoma domiselno domiselnih restavracij z verigami piškotov in "mastnih žlic", se lokalni prebivalci strinjajo, da je jedilnica v Buffalu v zadnjih dvajsetih letih daleč napredovala. Vse bolj inovativni in kakovostni obrati so se pojavljali vse pogosteje in obiskovalci - tudi tisti, ki so bili v Buffalu v preteklosti - so lahko prijetno presenečeni nad vrsto možnosti.

Podobno kot pri maloprodajnih trgovinah se zdi, da ima vsaka soseska v Buffalu svojo posebnost, kar zadeva restavracije. Na splošno glava v središču mesta za najfinijo fino jedilnico, ki jo lahko zahodni New York ponudi Elmwood Village za Grški gostinci in športne palice dudebro, do Allentown strezniti se nad krožnikom "pijane hrane" po noči poskakovanja, Hertel za krepko domačo italijansko kuhinjo ali Vzhodna stran za žar in dušo. In če ste ljubitelj prijetnih okusov Azije, si oglejte to Zahodna stran ali v predmestju, v kvazi kitajski četrti, ki se je v Amherstu združil med dvema kampusoma UB.

Ko že govorimo o: Burmanska kuhinja je težko najti drugje v državi, toda zahvaljujoč živahni skupnosti priseljencev in beguncev združil na zahodni strani od preloma tisočletja je v Buffalu precej priljubljen. Dva najbolj znana dobavitelja sta West Side Bazaar na ulici Grant in lokalni verigi Sonce (prvotna lokacija na ulici Niagara v Black Rocku; veje v središču mesta, dne Hertel Avenue, in v Williamsvilleu), čeprav sta oba trdno na radarju zahodnih newyorških sladokuscev, je verodostojnost različna. Kulinarični puristi bi se morali odpraviti na Ob reki, kjer bodo našli številne druge možnosti.

Lokalne verige

Lokacije večine restavracij z nacionalno verigo najdete v Buffalu. Vendar pa se Buffalo ponaša tudi z več lokalnimi in regionalnimi verigami, ki jih imajo radi zahodni Newyorčani in služijo kot sponka lokalne kuhinje.

  • Sidrna vrstica. Ljubitelji trdih kril lahko romajo v "Dom Original Buffalo Chicken Wing"na Main Streetu severno od centra mesta, da poberemo vse vrste majic s piščančjimi krili in drugo blago, toda spodnja stran je, da je to morda edino mesto v Buffalu, ki ga lahko upravičeno imenujemo" turistična past ", z vsemi nepazljivost na kakovost hrane in storitve za stranke izraz pomeni. Dobro pravilo za tiste, ki se preprosto želijo zatakniti v krožnik kril, je, da se držijo lokacij podružnic (dve v Amherstu, ena v Niagarskih slapovih, sezonska stojnica na Dariensko jezero tematski park in obmorska stran ob Mednarodno letališče Buffalo Niagara v Cheektowaga): razlika je res noč in dan. Poleg kril ponujajo tudi različne solate, sendviče (vključno s tistimi, ki izstopajo iz zahodne newyorške kuhinje, govedina na wecku) in preprosta, a krepka italijanska vozovnica. Sidrna vrstica na Wikipediji (posodobljeno mar 2017)
  • Andersonovo. Družina Anderson od leta 1946 upravlja to verigo pogonov, ki so pri Buffalonijcih zelo priljubljeni, zlasti v poletnih mesecih. Ena od Andersonovih posebnosti je pečena govedina; po lokalnem ugledu njihov govedina na wecku je sprejemljive kakovosti, vendar v primerjavi z Mesar Charlieje in Schwablove. Prava moč Andersona pa je v izbiri sladic, v ponudbi pa so vrtoglave vrste zamrznjenih krem, mlečnih napitkov, aromatiziranih sladoledov, trdi in mehki sladoledi ter sončnice. Na sedmih lokacijah Andersona je restavracij v severnem Buffalu in predmestjih Amherst, Cheektowaga, Kenmore, Lancaster, Lockport in Williamsville. 
  • Bagel Jay's. Nekdanji lastniki Bagel Bros., ki so se pred prodajo podjetja ponašali z dvema ducatoma lokacij, so se vrnili z istimi slastnimi vrečkami, ki so jih Bivolonci vzljubili. Na treh lokacijah Bagel Jay's (ena na aveniji Delaware v Severnem Buffalu in dve v predmestju Amhersta) je na voljo široka paleta vrečk v newyorškem slogu - tradicionalne sorte, kot so sezam, mak in čebula, pa tudi inovativne takšni, kot sta paradižnikova pesto in brusnična pomaranča - z enako široko paleto navadnih ali aromatiziranih kremšnitev "shmears". Na voljo so tudi številni sendviči z zajtrkom in temno pražena kava, medtem ko je v času kosila priljubljena impresivna lestvica sendvičev, juh in solat. 
  • Mesar Charlie. Charlie Roesch ni bil izumitelj govedine na plano - ta čast pripada Schwablove, ki se je odprl leta 1837 na Bližnji vzhodni strani in se kasneje preselil v predmestje Zahodne Seneke - toda on in njegovi potomci so zagotovo največ naredili za popularizacijo te specialitete iz bivolov zunaj neposredne krajevne okolice. Mesnica Charles E. Roesch and Company je bila ustanovljena leta 1914 in je več kot osem desetletij delovala v Ljubljani Broadway Market, z naslovnim lastnikom, ki je bil tudi župan Buffala od leta 1930 do 1934. Njegov vnuk Charles W. prvotno opravlja družinsko podjetje Mesarska kuhinja Charlie v Williamsvilleu, Mesar Charlieja Carvery v vasi Elmwood in štiri Charlie the Butcher Express lokacije v središču mesta, pa tudi v predmestjih Amhersta, Orchard Parka in East Aurore. 
Lokacija v Allentownu Jim's Steakout.
  • Jim's Steakout. Kredo Jimovega zrezka - "Če si gor, verjetno smo odprti" - je to verigo spodbudil klaberjem, študentom in raznim nočnim sovam po vsem območju Buffala. Burgerje, tacose, zavitke, piščančja krila in prste ter podobno hrano postrežejo pri Jim'su, vendar gre za njihove znane zrezke (klasična sorta, ki je oblečena s solato, paradižnikom, topljenim sirom, ocvrto čebulo in Jim's Secret Sauce), ki je to mesto resnično postavilo na lokalni radar. Jim's Steakout ima pet lokacij v mestu Buffalo (v Allentownu, zabaviščnem okrožju Chippewa Street, vasi Elmwood, University Heights in North Buffalo), pa tudi pet primestnih lokacij (dve v Amherstu in po eno v Tonawandi, zahodna Seneca, in vzhodna Aurora). 
  • Louie's Texas Red Hots. Louie's, ustanovljen leta 1967, je verjetno najbolj znano mesto v Buffalu, specializirano za žarišča v Teksasu, v meniju pa so tudi druge standardne sponke za hitro hrano, kot so običajni hrenovke, burgerji, milkshake, piščančji prsti, pomfrit in podobno. . Izvor teksaških žarišč med Buffalova grška priseljenska skupnost se pokaže tudi na jedilniku - cheeseburgerji s feto so zanimiva možnost, pita kruh je naveden kot stransko naročilo, na voljo pa so tudi grške sladice, kot sta rižev puding in baklava. Louie's ima tri lokacije v mestu (v Severnem Buffalu, Kensington-Baileyju in vasi Elmwood), pa tudi štiri primestne lokacije (West Seneca, Depew, Orchard Park in Severna Tonawanda). 
  • Marco's Italian Deli. Marco Sciortino, dolgoletni kuhar Marcova italijanska restavracija na zahodni strani je v zadnjem desetletju prehranil ljubezen zahodnih Newyorčanov do krepke, okusne italijanske kuhinje s svojim vedno večjim seznamom Marcovih italijanskih franšiz. Tu so pravi okusni sendviči, ki se ponašajo z najboljšimi vrhunskimi deli mesa in sirov Boar's Head, pa tudi z nepozabnimi posnetki, kot so "Don Corleone", "How-You-Doin '" in "Forget About It". Postrežejo se tudi juhe, solate, burgerji in panini. Poleg prvotne restavracije, ki streže širok spekter predjedi, najdemo lokacije na aveniji Hertel v severnem Buffalu, pa tudi dve v predmestju Amhersta. 
  • Mogočni Taco. Morda največja in najbolj znana verižna restavracija lokalne izvornosti, Mighty Taco je mehiška restavracija za hitro prehrano, ki je bila ustanovljena leta 1973 in se zdaj ponaša z 21 lokacijami po vsem območju podzemne železnice. Priljubljenost tega kraja med domačini je tako velika Taco Bell je bil zaprt s trga Buffalo do poznih devetdesetih let, številke prodaje Mightyja pa so še vedno manjše od veliko večjega večnacionalnega tekmeca. Posebne posebnosti so El Niño Burrito in njihova bogata linija "Roastitos", pa tudi sezonska ponudba, kot sta Chipotle Chili in BBQ Beef Burritos. Mighty Taco je znan tudi po edinstvenih, nekoliko psihedeličnih reklamah, ki jih vodijo na lokalni televiziji, zlasti v poznih nočnih urah. Mogočni Taco na Wikipediji 
  • Rachelin Sredozemlje. "Všeč mi je Chipotle za mediteransko hrano ", po besedah ​​enega ocenjevalca: pri Rachel's izberete svoje favorite na videz neskončen seznam mesa, zelenjave in dodatkov, ki jih boste prilagodili svojemu zavitku, solati ali riževi skledi. Žiro in souvlaki sta na točka, toda puristi upoštevajo: ta kraj ima čudno in očitno napačno definicijo šawarma (njihova različica je v bistvu piščančji suvlaki, pretlačen s praženim krompirjem). Dodajte na strani - humus in tabbouleh so priljubljene možnosti - in že ste pripravljeni. Poleg prvotne lokacije, ki je še vedno močna na Main Streetu v Williamsvilleu, obstajajo še lokacije na UB North Campus v Amherstu, na ulici Chippewa v središču mesta ter v Cheektowagi in Hamburgu. 
  • Tedovi hrenovke. Hrenovke, ki jih na tem mestu že od leta 1927 strežejo tri generacije družine Liaros, so Teda uvrstile med najbolj ljubljene lokalne tradicije Buffala. Psi, prepečeni z ogljem, so na voljo s standardnimi začimbami iz kečapa, gorčice, čebule in kumaric, pa tudi s čilijem in sirom za nominalno doplačilo - vendar je treba opozoriti, da se Tedova čilijeva omaka bistveno razlikuje od tiste, ki jo imate Našel bom na žariščih v Teksasu. Burgerji, pomfrit, čebulni obročki, mlečni napitki in brezalkoholne pijače (vključno z loganberryjem) zaokrožijo ponudbo. Na žalost se je Tedova prvotna lokacija na obali West Side zaprla v devetdesetih letih, vendar se veriga še vedno ponaša z devetimi lokacijami v središču mesta in v predmestjih Amherst, Cheektowaga, Lancaster, Lockport, North Tonawanda, Orchard Park, Tonawanda in Williamsville - ali hop online in poglejte, ali se bo Tedov tovornjak s hrano "Charcoal Chariot" pojavil blizu vas. Tedovi hrenovke na Wikipediji 

Za dodatne verige, ki nimajo mest v samem mestu, glej ustrezen odsek v našem članku o Niagarska meja.

Tovornjaki za hrano

Tovornjaki s hrano so končno prispeli v Buffalo in so senzacija. Danes v Buffalu deluje več deset tovornjakov s hrano, ki strežejo vse od običajnih hrenovk in tacosov do bolj nenavadnih izbir, kot so elegantne sladice iz prask, gurmanska fuzijska kuhinja in karnevalska ponudba. Rast tovornjakov s hrano v Buffalu kljub vsemu ni ostal brez dela: leta 2013 je bil v skupnem svetu, podprt s številnimi uglednimi lastniki lokalnih "stacionarnih" restavracij, predlog za pralni seznam novih pristojbin in predpisov za tovornjaki s hrano so bili le intenzivno poraženi zaradi intenzivnih množičnih prizadevanj. V zadnjem času pa se je meja med tovornjaki s hrano in restavracijami z opeko in malto zabrisala: veliko slednjih je pristopilo "če jih ne moreš premagati, se jim pridruži" in ustanovilo svoje tovornjake s hrano, medtem ko je nekaj najbolj priljubljenih tovornjakov svoj uspeh razširilo z odprtjem lastnih restavracij, ki so hkrati tudi pripravljalne kuhinje za njihovo mobilno delovanje.

Spodnji seznam vključuje nekatere bolj priljubljene tovornjake s hrano v Buffalu (razen tistih, ki so spinoffi iz restavracij z opeko in malto, vključno s tistimi, ki so se začeli kot tovornjaki s hrano in kasneje odprli restavracije). Tovornjake s hrano lahko najpogosteje najdete v središču mesta ali v Allentownu, vasi Elmwood, severnem Buffalu in Larkinvilleu; če ste v predmestju, so pogosta mesta še parkirišča za pisarniške komplekse. Številni tovornjaki s hrano vzdržujejo Facebook strani in / ali Twitter feeds, ki oboževalce obveščajo o tem, kje bodo ustanovili trgovino.

  • Cheesy Chick, ☏ 1 716 418-2241. Sir na žaru je ime igre tukaj, vendar to niso vaši običajni sendviči: Cheesy Chick jedi izdelujejo na videz neskončne permutacije te klasične otroške rezine z najsvežjimi kakovostnimi sestavinami v ponudbi. Bivoli, ki iščejo udobno hrano na poti, lahko izbirajo med nenehno spreminjajočo se in osupljivo bogato paleto specialnih sendvičev; pripravki Cheesy Chicka zajemajo kombinacije sirov od običajnega cheddarja do brieja in havartija, kruha od italijanskega do kislega testa do cimetove rozine do paninijev in prelivov, ki so ustvarjalni kot pršut, zelja in sveža jabolka in hruške. Skromna ponudba ponudbe sira brez žara vključuje vrsto sladic, solat in (v sezoni) vročih juh. Trajna ahilova peta Cheesy Chicka je njihova storitev, ki sega od hitrih in prijaznih do počasnih in brezbrižnih. 
  • Plamteča riba, ☏ 1 716 279-9725. Flaming Fish se je leta 2014 začela odzivati ​​na poziv ljubiteljev morskih sadežev, ki iščejo tovornjak s hrano Buffalo, da bi poklicali svojega, in to z aplombom: to je eden najbolj cenjenih tovornjakov na lokalni sceni. Na splošno so morski sadeži tukaj v dveh oblikah: panirana in ocvrta sorta (kozica po 'boy je priljubljen izdelek na sendvič deski, fileji vahnje pa so uporaben približek Petkov mladic rib Buffalonians uživajo že več generacij, čeprav so tukaj porcije za dotik manjše) in kot sveži, aromatični ribji tacosi, ki so v resnici izstopajoči v meniju The Flaming Fish. Cene so poštene, storitve za stranke so neprimerljive - edina slaba stvar, ki jo lahko rečete, je, da njihovo spletno mesto pretirava glede raznolikosti ponudbe za ljudi, ki ne marajo morskih sadežev (v tem primeru izberite med quesadillas in zrezek hoagie). (posodobljeno junij 2018)
  • Frank Gourmet hrenovke. "Gurman" v imenu ni šala - čeprav vam bodo z veseljem postregli s standardnim priborom za kečap / gorčico / čebulo / slast, srce in duša tega kraja je v umetniških stvaritvah, kot je ognjeni "Sveti moli", kjer toploto srirache in jalapeñosa nekoliko umirjajo sveži guacamole, sladko-slana "Violet Beauregarde" s sirom, hrustljavo ocvrto čebulo in (uganili ste) borovničevo glazuro ter zvest prevzame Chicago hot dog. De rigueur v mestu, kjer Tedova je kralj hrenovk, Frankovi psi so pečeni na žaru in uporabljajo samo sveže sestavine, zaradi česar je izdelek, ki se lahko drži s ceno v tej dolgoletni lokalni verigi. Če bi se raje usedli za mizo in stole, kot da bi na poti pojedli katero od teh grdih zvarkov, se odpravite v samostojno frankovo ​​restavracijo v Kenmoreju. (posodobljeno april 2019)
  • Hiša Munch, ☏ 1 716 866-0106. Leta, preden so se začeli pojavljati na drugih prireditvah ali preprosto potovati po mestnih ulicah, so bili karnevali eno mesto, kjer je bilo zlahka mogoče najti tovornjake s hrano - in še danes so karnevalski tovornjaki s hrano značilna izkušnja, skoraj njihova žanrska kulinarika. Kaj storiti za obiskovalce Buffala, ki ne bodo v mestu Sejem okrožja Erie ali drugi takšni dogodki, vendar še vedno želite popraviti ocvrto testo (hišna posebnost), navadni ali naloženi krompirček, bombaž, koruzni psi in podobno? House of Munch je odgovor. The food is reliably good, house-made birch beer to drink is an authentic nod to an old-fashioned hometown favorite, and though prices are high, they're the only game in town for those looking to mine this offbeat culinary vein. (posodobljeno april 2019)
Take your pick of Buffalo's best mobile cuisine at Food Truck Tuesdays, held weekly at Larkin Square from May through October.
  • Lloyd Taco Truck, ☏ 1 716 863-9781. The original and still the undisputed king of Buffalo food trucks, Lloyd made its mark on the local scene with astonishing speed: just a few years after its launch in 2010 in service of a citizenry who barely knew what food trucks were and where their legal status was uncertain, it found itself a local culinary institution in a town where Mighty Taco long ruled the taco roost. Lloyd's fleet now comprises not only four trucks but also two brick-and-mortar locations, on Hertel Avenue and in Williamsville respectively. Wherever you choose to indulge in Lloyd's "high-end food and service at street-level prices" — staples include tomatillo pork tacos, braised beef burritos and "tricked-out nachos" — you can rest assured you're getting free-range, antibiotic- and hormone-free meats and locally grown produce. Wash it all down with an ice-cold Jarritos soda or HFCS-free Coke imported from Mehika. (posodobljeno april 2019)
  • The Louisiana Cookery, ☏ 1 716 202-8787. Southern food (in all its myriad subgenres) has been enjoying something of a renaissance in Buffalo — and at the vanguard of that renaissance is this food truck, which has been dishing out some of the most authentic specialties Buffalo has to offer since 2014. Crawfish étouffée, shrimp and grits, the ever-popular jambalaya, and other downhome fare stay true to traditional Creole and Low Country recipes. A bit pricey for the portion size, but worth it. Louisiana Cookery is another one of those food trucks that's made the jump into the "stationary restaurant" industry, serving up the same limited but delicious menu in their brick-and-mortar home on Walden Avenue in Pine Hill. (posodobljeno junij 2018)
  • Maria's Bene Cibo, ☏ 1 716 322-7314. Launched in 2017, Maria's Bene Cibo is a new kid on the block in the Buffalo food truck scene that's already receiving rave reviews for its short but well-curated menu of Italian-inspired sandwiches, panini, and homemade cannoli for desert. You're in almost equally good hands no matter what you order — after an 11-year career at Tim Hortons in Tops supermarkets, the eponymous Maria Freyne Price really knows her stuff — but customers tend to gravitate toward the Sicilian panini (Italian cold cuts topped with provolone, roasted red peppers, spinach, pesto, and Italian dressing) as well as the muffuletta sandwich (regular or spicy). If none of those are to your liking, they offer a build-your-own option as well. (posodobljeno junij 2018)

Pica

Of course, nothing goes better with a big plate of chicken wings than a hot, fresh pizza, and Buffalonians are justifiably proud of the pizza served in their city. You'll find a lot of pizzerias here, but one thing you won't find a lot of are big national outfits like Domino's ali Papa John's. Instead, the scene in Buffalo is dominated by neighborhood mom-and-pop pizza places and locally based chains, each of whose individual variation on the classic recipe inspires fierce loyalty — and rivalry.

Buffalo pizza features a crust that's thicker than New York-style but not nearly as much so as Chicago deep dish, with a slightly nutty flavor and an airy sponginess that struggles to support the heaping mass of toppings that generally get piled on. Cheese comes in a thick, gooey layer that spreads out almost to the edge of the crust, the sauce has a noticeably sweet tinge, and pepperoni is invariably of the "cup and char" variety: smaller and more thickly sliced than elsewhere, they curl up into a bowl shape as they cook, blackened on the edges and with a pool of hot grease in the middle.

Of course, locals swear that the pizza here is the best in the world, but the Buffalo style takes some getting used to and definitely has its detractors among visitors. That's probably why in areas with dense concentrations of out-of-towners — i.e. the downtown hotel district and near the large university campuses — the script is flipped, and national chains are more numerous than local joints. (Also, with student populations that draw heavily from downstate, university-adjacent neighborhoods are good places for lovers of New York-style pizza to get their fix.)

Below are listed some of Buffalo's better-known pizza chains:

  • Bocce Club. The Bocce Club is a small operation, barely worthy of the term "chain" — it only has two locations, both in Amherst — but it merits inclusion here due to its outsize reputation among Buffalonians. Though there are some who say Bocce's is not quite as good as it used to be, the Pacciotti family's secret recipe is still often cited as the gold standard of Buffalo pizza. The key is the freshness of the ingredients, with dough made from scratch on the premises and only 100% whole-milk mozzarella cheese, which makes up for the fairly modest range of toppings offered. The usual array of wings, subs and sides are also offered, along with a decent fish fry. Also on Transit Road in East Amherst is the Original Bocce's Pizza, run by a different branch of the same family; local consensus says it's not as good. 
  • Franco's. The happy medium of Buffalo pizza, Franco's pies are offered with a respectable variety of toppings, but they're not as creative as Just Pizza; fresh-tasting and well-balanced, but not as artfully executed as Bocce's. Though the quality here can sometimes be inconsistent, Franco's is generally agreed to be above-average on the Buffalo pizza hierarchy. Where they truly excel, however, is the accompaniments — the garlic bread here is soft, moist and has a pleasantly sharp garlic flavor, the wide variety of subs on offer are all large and delicious, and the hot wings pack a spicy punch. Franco's pizzas stand out from the rest of the pack thanks to their square(-ish) shape; as the slogan goes, "Franco's doesn't cut any corners"! Locations are concentrated in Buffalo's northern suburbs, with two Tonawanda outlets and one each in Amherst, Kenmore and North Tonawanda. 
  • Just Pizza. The closest thing to "gourmet" that you'll find in the realm of Buffalo pizza delivery, the creativity and endless variety on Just Pizza's menu have earned it comparisons to a homegrown version of California Pizza Kitchen — the online menu even suggests wine pairings to accompany their more popular specialty pies. Retaining the classic Buffalo crust and sauce but reinventing everything else, the dizzying selection of toppings, cheeses, and fourteen different crusts offered here are such that even the most diehard pizza fanatic will never be bored. Despite the name, they also serve respectable chicken wings (with, true to form, your choice of 20 sauces), subs, tacos, and the like. By far the largest chain of pizzerias in the area, Just Pizza boasts nine locations, three in Buffalo and one each in Amherst, Clarence, Grand Island, Lancaster, Tonawanda, and West Seneca. 
  • La Nova. Kot Bocce Club, the extent of La Nova's reputation belies the small size of the business, with only two locations: one on the Upper West Side and another in suburban Williamsville. But this truly is among the best Buffalo has to offer — not only to citizens but to the whole country; they do a brisk business shipping all over the continental U.S. (a testament, again, to that outsize renown). La Nova's crust tends to be thicker and doughier than the average Buffalo pizza, the better to support the generous portions of toppings and mounds of cheese piled on top. And the wings are in the same league as Duff's in Anchor Bar. (Those who'd like to try both the pizza and the wings — highly recommended — should opt for a Combo Pack). 

For additional chains that neither are located in nor deliver to the city proper, see the corresponding section in our article on the Niagarska meja.

Živila

Buffalo's range of grocery stores is comparable to other U.S. cities its size. Naturally, the lion's share of them can be found in the suburbs, but unlike the infamous "food deserts" of other Rust Belt cities like Detroit, even the most forlorn inner-city precincts usually have at least one full-service supermarket.

Among the three major players on the Buffalo grocery-store scene, locally based Tops has the most stores, but the upscale, just-this-side-of-pretentious Wegmani chain, based in Rochester, enjoys by far and away the most loyalty and devotion among locals. Walmart, meanwhile, has greatly expanded its slice of the pie since its first Buffalo-area "supercenter" opened in 1997.

Wegmans has traditionally been the local go-to for upscale specialty groceries, and though Amherst now has a location each of Trader Joe's in Whole Foods, that largely remains the case. An exception to that rule is the Lexington Co-op, a cooperatively-run purveyor of upscale natural, organic, and often locally sourced foods with locations in the Elmwood Village and on Hertel Avenue in North Buffalo.

Budget shoppers can choose from Aldi, Save-a-Lot, in PriceRite, each of which have a handful of stores in Buffalo that sell a more limited range of items in a no-frills environment, for costs considerably lower than the major grocery chains. Of these, PriceRite boasts an especially good selection of fresh produce including an abundance of tropical fruits and vegetables, and Save-a-Lot's offerings in the realm of meats is equally impressive — they're the only discount supermarket in Buffalo that employs their own butchers. Dash's is another small, locally based chain, though with higher prices than the aforementioned three. As a last resort, "dollar stores" such as General dolarja in Family Dollar usually stock a limited range of canned vegetables, dry groceries, snacks, and occasionally milk, eggs, and frozen foods, but not fresh produce or meat.

Finally, the latest craze in Buffalo among aficionados of fresh, locally-grown foods are the farmers' markets which have exploded in number and size over the past decade or so. There are about two dozen of them all over the metro area, where local farmers, vintners, cheesemakers, and producers of other artisanal food products come to sell their goods directly to the public. Farmers' markets usually take place on a weekly basis during the growing season, and many of them double as full-fledged street festivals, with live music, games, and other entertainment.

Pijte

For bar listings, please see the respective okrožje člankov.

As a historically (and enduringly) blue-collar town, Buffalo has traditionally had a fairly dense concentration of bars and taverns. In fact, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, Buffalo is among the top ten cities in the United States in number of bars per capita.

Drinkers in Buffalo aren't limited to rough-and-tumble working-class watering holes, though — although there are plenty of those, Buffalo has quite a number of more upscale nightlife districts, each with a distinct character. There's truly a bar scene in Buffalo for every taste, from the thumping dance clubs of Ulica Chippewa, to the cooler-than-thou hipster dives of Allentown where local rock bands gig, to the chichi cocktail bars in the Gledališko okrožje that fill with theatergoers before and after shows, to the chill yuppie hangouts of the Elmwood Village, to the historic taverns of the Cobblestone District in Stari prvi oddelek where it doesn't take much imagination to picture the canal boaters, grain scoopers, and railroadmen of a century ago relaxing at the bar with a frosty mug after a long workday.

Weekend nights usually see the police out in force in Buffalo's nightlife districts, searching for drunk drivers. As mentioned in the "Get around" section, you can often find taxis lingering around the bars, but competition for a cab can be fierce and rates are often high. Uber and Lyft are often a better option in these cases.

Last call in Buffalo is 4AM. For this reason, many bars in Buffalo don't get going until sometime after midnight on weekends. As elsewhere in the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.

Coffee shops

Coffee culture is alive and well in Buffalo. Pa čeprav Starbucks outlets are a dime a dozen here as elsewhere in the country, locally owned mom-and-pop cafés have always been where it's at for Buffalo's trendy set, and there are three principal neighborhoods where you'll find them. Downtown — particularly the Theater District and the 500 block of Main Street — sports a handful of grab-and-go places for office workers in need of a quick caffeine fix, Allentown's coffee shops are great places to lounge in an ambience that's trendy yet not stiflingly pretentious, and at the far end of the spectrum, the off-the-beaten-path coffeeshop scene on the Zahodna stran cranks the hipster factor up to 11, with an atmosphere and clientele such that you might wonder whether you're in Buffalo or Brooklyn.

There are a couple local coffeeshop chains of note:

  • Ashker's. Born in 2008 in the Elmwood Village, today Angelo Ashker's eponymous chain of cafés counts four locations (the original as well as branches in Delaware Park, Grant-Amherst, and the Buffalo Athletic Club building downtown). Each location has a slightly different menu, but broadly speaking, you can expect a copious slate of smoothies in both regular (various combinations of puréed fruits), "Fusion" (a healthier alternative where vegetables such as kale, golden beet, and spinach enter the picture), and "Fortified" (in full health-food mode here, featuring chia seed, turmeric, maca, and other trendy "superfoods") varieties, as well as cold-pressed fruit juices, espresso drinks, and other beverages. For those who are hungry rather than thirsty, a similarly healthy selection of sandwiches, salads, and an all-day breakfast menu are also available. (posodobljeno november 2017)
  • SPoT Coffee. It's not exactly a lokalno coffeeshop chain — the company has been Canadian-owned since 2004 — but Buffalonians still claim SPoT as their own based on the fact that Western New York is where you'll still find the vast majority of locations (despite ambitious plans to expand into the Canadian market, their two Toronto-area shops only lasted a few years). High-quality house-roasted coffee is the name of the game, along with a range of sandwiches and panini, healthy salads, and other gourmet lunch fare; pricey but worth it. You'll find locations in the Elmwood Village, the Chippewa Strip, North Buffalo, and the suburbs of Williamsville, East Amherst, Orchard Park, Hamburg, and Kenmore, as well as two additional SPoT Express counters downtown at Waterfront Village Center and in the lobby of Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Additional locations in Niagara Falls and North Tonawanda are set to open soon. SPoT Coffee na Wikipediji 

Spi

For hotel listings, please see the respective okrožje člankov.

The Hotel Lafayette is one of a growing number of new or newly remodeled hotels that are mushrooming in downtown Buffalo.

There is a wide range of high-quality lodging to choose from in both Buffalo and its suburbs, encompassing hotels, motels, B&Bs, hostels, and guest houses. In particular, downtown Buffalo is in the middle of a boom in hotel construction, with about a half-dozen new properties opened or nearing completion. Much of this is the product of the preservation of architectural heritage that has come into vogue in Buffalo, with beautiful but vacant old buildings restored and repurposed — so if you're staying downtown, particularly at the Lofts on Pearl ali Hotel Lafayette, be prepared for a real Gilded Age treat. Of course, not all hotels downtown are old — the 205-room Marriott that opened in 2015 is the centerpiece of the HarborCenter development in burgeoning Canalside, and existing hotels such as the Hyatt Regency have been renovated extensively. Elsewhere in the city proper, Delaware Avenue in Allentown is the site of the luxurious Mansion as well as the grand old Hotel Lenox, and several B&Bs can be found peppered here and there catering to travelers in search of a distinctive, quirky urban experience.

In suburbia, the usual range of budget and mid-priced chains can be found clustered mostly around highway interchanges and in various other places. Two especially big clusters of hotels exist just south of the University of Buffalo's North Campus in Amherst, as well as around the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, where the arrival of discount airlines in Buffalo, cheap airport parking, and the highest airfares in North America out of Toronto have combined to spark a hotel boom comparable to downtown's.

Povežite se

The area code for the entire Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area (as well as Chautauqua in Cattaraugus Counties to the south) is 716. It is not necessary to dial the area code for local calls.

Publicly accessible wireless Internet is mainly limited to coffee shops, bookstores, and other such establishments; Internet cafés are virtually unknown in Buffalo. Še posebej, McDonald's, Starbucks, SPoT Coffee, Tim Hortons, in Barnes & Noble offer free WiFi and boast many easy-to-find locations throughout the region. Public libraries also usually offer Internet access.

Buffalo's main post office and mail processing facility is at 1200 William St. in the city's Lovejoy neighborhood.

Ostani varen

The reputation of Buffalo's East Side as a rough part of town can be over-exaggerated by locals, but it's not entirely undeserved. Generally speaking, the East Side is the city's poorest residential district, with widespread urban blight and high crime rates plaguing many parts of the district (especially the Bailey Avenue corridor). To a lesser extent, some parts of the West Side also have these problems. That being said, crime rates in Buffalo have fallen to levels not seen in half a century. What violent crime does occur is usually drug- and gang-related and does not target tourists. Follow general precautions that would apply in any urban area — locking car doors, keeping valuables out of sight, being aware of your surroundings, etc. — and you should be fine pretty much anywhere.

Panhandlers can be found occasionally on Chippewa Street downtown and in Allentown and the Elmwood Village, though not nearly to the degree of most other cities. Aggressive panhandling is virtually unknown.

Spopadite se

Newspapers and print media

Ker je Courier-Express went bankrupt in 1982, the Buffalo News has been the city's sole daily newspaper. With a circulation of nearly 155,000 daily and over 235,000 Sunday, the Buffalo News is the most widely circulated newspaper in Upstate New York. Journalists employed by the Novice have won three Pulitzer Prizes, two for Editorial Cartooning and one for Local Reporting; in 2009, the New York State Associated Press Association named the Buffalo News New York State's "Newspaper of Distinction" for that year in recognition of the quality of its journalism. These facts may come as a surprise to locals. Listings for concerts, movies, theatre productions, and other events around town are published in Gusto, a weekly supplement to the Buffalo News published on Thursdays.

Buffalo Rising is an excellent online publication whose "beat is New Buffalo" and which features "original content written by fellow Buffalonians knowledgeable and passionate about their city". Buffalo Spree is a monthly magazine that features articles on dining, events, and the arts in the local area.

The African-American community of Buffalo is served by the Challenger Community News, which celebrated its 50th year in operation in 2013. La Ultima Hora in Panorama Hispano publish news relevant to Buffalo's Latino community in both English and Spanish, and also serve the Hispanic communities in the nearby cities of Dunkirk, Jamestown, and Rochester. The Am-Pol Eagle is a weekly paper featuring news and commentary of interest to the Polish-American community in the area. The weekly Karibu News serves Buffalo's growing immigrant and refugee community with local news, commentary, and event information in a variety of languages including English, French, Arabic, Swahili, and others. Also, many of Buffalo's neighborhoods boast community newspapers of their own, such as the Allentown Neighbor in North Buffalo Rocket.

Radio

In the field of radio broadcasting, Buffalo's history is one of the longest in the nation; its oldest radio station, WGR, has been on the air since 1922. Sadly, though, Buffalo radio leaves much to be desired now, a fact that has led many locals to become listeners of radio stations based in Toronto and elsewhere in Southern Ontario. As of autumn 2018, Buffalo's highest-rated radio stations are WBLK, WYRK, and WHTT on the FM dial, and WBEN and WGR on the AM dial.

Radio stations serving the Buffalo area include:

  • Novice / pogovor: WBFO 88.7 FM (NPR), WBEN 930 AM (conservative), WLVL 1340 AM (conservative).
  • Šport: WGR 550 AM, WHLD 1270 AM, WWKB 1520 AM.
  • Oldies/Classic rock: WBUF 92.9 FM, WGRF 96.9 FM, WHTT 1120 AM/104.1 FM, WECK 1230 AM/100.5 FM/102.9 FM (light oldies), WEBR 1440 AM (nostalgia and big band).
  • Top 40/Adult Contemporary: WMSX 96.1 FM, WKSE 98.5 FM, WTSS 102.5 FM/104.7 FM.
  • Urban: WBLK 93.7 FM, WUFO 1080 AM/96.5 FM (classic R&B, hip-hop and gospel), WWWS 1400 AM/107.3 FM (soul).
  • Država: WYRK 106.5 FM, WXRL 1300 AM.
  • Alternativni rock: WEDG 103.3 FM, WLKK 107.7 FM.
  • College radio: WBNY 91.3 FM (Buffalo State College).
  • Klasična: WNED 94.5 FM.
  • Verski: WBKV 89.9 FM (Christian rock and pop), WZDV 92.1 FM, WDCX 99.5 FM/970 AM, WLOF 101.7 FM (Catholic)

Televizija

Buffalo's television stations represent all major American television networks. In addition to these, many Canadian television stations based in Toronto are available through Spectrum cable system; however, over-the-air reception of these stations is generally very poor.

Television stations serving Buffalo include:

  • WGRZ Channel 2: NBC.
  • WIVB Channel 4: CBS.
  • WKBW Channel 7: ABC.
  • WNED Channel 17: PBS.
  • WNLO Channel 23: The CW.
  • WNYB Channel 26: Tri-State Christian Television.
  • WUTV Channel 29: Fox.
  • WDTB Channel 39: Daystar Television Network. Christian television.
  • WNYO Channel 49: MyNetworkTV.
  • WPXJ Channel 51: Ion Television.
  • WBXZ Channel 56: Cozi TV.
  • WBBZ Channel 67: Me-TV.

Bolnišnice

In case of medical emergency, Buffalo is well-served by a wide variety of hospitals and other medical facilities. The Erie County Medical Center on Grider Street is Buffalo's largest hospital and is a teaching facility for students of the University of Buffalo Medical School. Kaleida Health operates Buffalo General Hospital, Oishei Children's Hospital, and (in the suburbs) Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in DeGraff Memorial Hospital. Catholic Health Systems of Buffalo operates Mercy Hospital in Sisters of Charity Hospital, which each have one city location and one suburban location.

Mesta bogoslužja

The foundation of St. Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr in 1872 gave rise to the Polish community centered in Broadway-Fillmore. Unlike most East Side Catholic churches, St. Stanislaus is still an active and vibrant parish.

For more information on specific places of worship, please see the respective okrožje člankov.

From early in its history, Buffalo's population has been predominantly Roman Catholic, a trend that still holds true today. The seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo je Katedrala svetega Jožefa, at 50 Franklin St. downtown. Buffalo has some truly magnificent Catholic churches, particularly on the East Side, where 19th-century German and Polish immigrants built a bevy of massive, ornate stone churches and cathedrals, some still in use, most not. Outside of Buffalo proper but still worthy of note is Lackawanna's Our Lady of Victory Basilica, a massive marble structure that is a testament to the charitable institutions headed by Father Nelson Baker.

Protestant churches are far more numerous in the suburbs than in Buffalo proper; however, there are a few large and active congregations in the city, especially in neighborhoods such as Allentown, the Elmwood Village, and Parkside that still contain significant numbers of old-money WASPs. Notable Protestant churches in Buffalo include St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral at 125 Pearl St. downtown, the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York as well as a Nationally Registered Historic Place and a National Historic Landmark, and E. B. Green's Prva prezbiterijanska cerkev on Symphony Circle, the oldest religious congregation in Buffalo.

Black churches are numerous on the East Side, and the most well-known among them is the Michigan Street Baptist Church, whose roots stretch back to the very beginning of Buffalo's African-American history. Though it no longer hosts regularly-scheduled services, it is still of great importance to connoisseurs of local history as a former "station" on the Underground Railroad and the modern-day centerpiece of the Michigan Street African-American Heritage Corridor. As for congregations that remain active today, you have everything from huge modern megachurches like True Bethel Baptist Church to historic congregations almost as old as Michigan Street Baptist, like Bethel A.M.E. Cerkev.

Those of Eastern Orthodox faiths are served by the Delaware District's Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in St. George Orthodox Church in Park Meadow. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has a location near downtown as well as suburban churches in Amherst, Lancaster, and Orchard Park.

Buffalo's modest-sized Jewish community is found primarily in the suburb of Amherst. Congregation Shir Shalom (Reform), Temple Beth Tzedek (Conservative), and Young Israel (Orthodox) are all located there. Temple Beth Zion, situated in a boldly modernist building on Delaware Avenue, is the largest Jewish congregation in the area and also one of the oldest and largest congregations of Reform Jews in the United States. As well, North Buffalo contains several Orthodox shuls left over from its bygone days as Buffalo's Jewish stronghold.

The Jaffarya Islamic Center of Buffalo is Buffalo's largest mosque, a Shia congregation on Transit Road in Swormville, about 20 miles (30 km) northeast of the city. Sunni mosques can be found just south of the city line in Lackawanna — a place that's well-known locally for its growing Muslim population — and also on the East Side.

Adherents of other religions may be interested in the ̈Chùa Từ Hiếu Buddhist Cultural Center of Buffalo at 647 Fillmore Ave., the Buffalo Zen Center in suburban West Seneca, the Hindu Cultural Society of Western New York in Amherst, and the Buffalo Gurdwara Sahib, a Sikh temple at 6569 Main St. in Williamsville.

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Suburbs and exurbs

Unlike the faceless cookie-cutter residential tracts surrounding other American cities, many of Buffalo's suburbs have real character — individual identities of which their residents are fiercely proud. More than that, suburbia's range of attractions, festivals and events, and other items of interest to visitors can hold its own with the urban core.

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  • Tonawanda — a 19th-century lumber port turned middle-class residential community, Tonawanda is the western terminus of the modern-day Eriejev kanal.
  • Amherst — Buffalo's most populous suburb contains the gargantuan UB North Campus, the charming village of Williamsville, and rural farmland in the far north.
  • Cheektowaga — postwar suburbia at its most banal, but also shopping galore, including the area's largest mall. As the site of the Mednarodno letališče Buffalo Niagara, Cheektowaga is likely on the itinerary of most visitors to Buffalo whether they actively seek it out or not.
  • West Seneca — a proud German heritage dating to the town's foundation in the 1850s by the religious Ebenezer Society, and natural beauty that inspired watercolorist Charles Burchfield.
  • Lackawanna — a rough-and-tumble company town that fell on hard times after the closure of the steel plant that gave the city its name, now the home of a vibrant Yemeni community and the magnificent Basilica of Our Lady of Victory.
  • Veliki otok — once a summer retreat for Buffalo's turn-of-the-century aristocracy, now the site of riverfront parkland and wide-open spaces a stone's throw from the bustle of the city.
  • North Tonawanda — Tonawanda's sister city has a grittier and more working-class feel, but also a restored downtown with lively nightlife.
  • Lancaster — an upper-middle-class second-ring suburb east of Cheektowaga in whose lovely town center stands the historic Lancaster Opera House.
  • Orchard Park — the home of the Buffalo Bills has something for everyone, from bustling strip malls to a charming small-town downtown to the forests and hills of Chestnut Ridge Park.
  • Hamburg — birthplace (allegedly) of the hamburger, Hamburg is also home of the Erie County Fair and boasts beautiful views over Lake Erie.
  • East Aurora — the almost too-cutesy-for-its-own-good village that's home to the Roycroft Community of artists and artisans, an important exponent of the early 20th-century Arts and Crafts Movement.
  • Clarence — tony exurb about a half-hour's drive from downtown Buffalo. Hit up the antique shops in Clarence Hollow if that's your thing, or tool around the exclusive Spaulding Lake neighborhood to gawk at the lifestyles of the Niagara Frontier's rich and famous.
  • Lockport — Niagara County's seat makes the most of its history as an important Erie Canal port, with attractions such as the Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises in Lockport Erie Canal Museum on offer.

And of course, no trip to the Niagara Frontier would be complete without checking out...

  • Niagarski slapovi, which lies a short 30-minute drive from Buffalo. Compared to its counterpart in Ontario, the American side might seem at first like just another down-at-the-heels industrial burg of the Rust Belt, but those who look beyond that will come to appreciate charms such as the revitalized Mala Italija along Pine Avenue, the world-class Aquarium of Niagara, and the attention that is finally being paid to the historic downtown area, centered around Old Falls Street. As for the falls themselves, Niagara Falls State Park is understated and even serene, with no hoopla to distract attention away from the main attraction. Fans of Niagara Falls, Ontario-style neon glitz need not be completely disappointed, either: the Seneca Niagara Hotel and Casino has been in operation on the American side since 2003.

Further afield

  • Lewiston is a historic village on the Niagara River about 40 minutes north of Buffalo via Interstate 190. Aside from the cute boutiques, restaurants, and B&Bs in the charming business district, Lewiston contains Earl W. Brydges Artpark, the only state park in the U.S. devoted to the arts. Water Street Landing, on the riverfront, is the site of the Freedom Crossing Monument, where many escaped African-American slaves staged their final push toward Canada, and the Whirlpool Jet Boat, which takes passengers on a thrilling ride through the Niagara River rapids.
  • Darien Lake is a theme park resort in rural Genesee County, about 40 minutes east of Buffalo. "Western New York's Coaster Capital" contains over 40 rides, plus a hotel, campground, and laser light show, and is hands-down the most popular amusement park for Buffalonians in the summer. Also, the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center is one of Western New York's premier venues for live music.
  • The hills south and southeast of Buffalo bear the brunt of the lake-effect snow that falls in early winter; as such, this is Buffalo's ski country. The closest ski resort to Buffalo is Kissing Bridge, on Glenwood-East Concord Rd. in the town of Colden. Kissing Bridge gets 180 inches (450 cm) of snow per year on average — about twice as much as Buffalo itself gets — creating perfect conditions for its 36 slopes. More ski resorts can be found in Chautauqua County and in Ellicottville, discussed below.
  • The beaches along Jezero Erie south of Buffalo are popular summer day trips for locals. Though many are privately owned or restrict admission to residents of their respective towns, several are accessible to the general public. The most popular of these is Evangola State Park, just before the county line in the town of Brant, offering not only one of Western New York's finest beaches but also picnic shelters, campsites, and recreation facitilies. Other public beaches further afield can be found in Chautauqua County, in Silver Creek (Sunset Bay) and Dunkirk (Wright Park in Point Gratiot Park).
  • Genesee County is located along I-90 about midway between Buffalo and Rochester. Batavia, the county seat, is one of the oldest and most historic towns in Western New York; visitors to Batavia may be interested in Batavia Downs Casino, which features harness racing, slots, and video gaming. Other Genesee County attractions include Darien Lake, described above, and the JELL-O Gallery, a kitschy roadside museum dedicated to the gelatin dessert in the town of Le Roy, where it was invented.
  • A 45-minute drive north of Buffalo, Youngstown is a small village with a huge role in local history: it's the site of Old Fort Niagara, a state park and National Historic Landmark with a history that goes back to 1678, when it was established as a French trading post and military base. The fort's centerpiece, the "French Castle", is the oldest building in the U.S. between the East Coast and the Southwest, erected in 1726. Today 100,000 visitors each year come to take tours, see historical reenactments and other events, and peruse a museum of archaeology and local history.
  • Chautauqua County is southwest of Buffalo and is easily accessible via Interstate 90. A place of farms, forests, mountains, and beaches, Chautauqua County contains the Chautauqua Institution, a historic retreat on the shores of Chautauqua Lake offering performances, lectures and workshops in a charming Victorian setting. A bit south of Fredonia, Lily Dale is a center of the Spiritualist movement and boasts psychic mediums, fortune-tellers, and the like. Peek 'n Peak Resort in Clymer is a year-round destination in Chautauqua, with 27 ski slopes, downhill tubing, and golf.
  • Located southeast of Buffalo, the "Enchanted Mountains of Cattaraugus County" include several notable sites. Ellicottville is a year-round destination best known for its two ski resorts, Holiday Valley in HoliMont. Griffis Sculpture Park in East Otto is the oldest sculpture park in the country, founded in 1966. Next to the state line is Allegany State Park, the "wilderness playground of Western New York", offering camping, skiing, hiking, and natural beauty. Nearby is the Seneca Allegany Hotel and Casino, v Salamanca.
  • New York State's third-largest city, Rochester, is a short drive of 60 to 90 minutes eastward along Interstate 90. Museums, art galleries, street festivals, exciting professional sports, and more are to be had in a perfect combination of big-city amenities and small-town intimacy.
  • The Finger Lakes region is between Rochester and Syracuse, about two hours east of Buffalo along Interstate 90. Named for the series of eleven long, slender lakes found there, the region offers natural beauty and small-town charm, but is best-known among locals for its status as the most important wine-producing area in the Eastern U.S. Over 100 wineries can be found in the Finger Lakes, many of which offer tours and tastings in season.

North of the border

Everyone, including U.S. citizens, is required to produce a passport or an enhanced drivers' license, both upon crossing the Canadian border and reentering the United States. Vehicles may be stopped and searched, but more often travellers will be sent on their way quickly after showing their passports and answering a few brief questions about the purpose of their trip and the planned length of their stay (this is especially true of U.S. and Canadian citizens).

There are four border crossings in Western New York: the Peace Bridge, by which travellers cross from Buffalo to Fort Erie, Ontario for a toll of $3.00 (payable in either U.S. or Canadian funds), the Mavrični most in Niagara Falls (toll $3.25 U.S. or Canadian), the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge also in the Falls (open only to NEXUS members; toll $3.25 U.S. or Canadian), and the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge furthest north (toll $3.25 U.S. or Canadian). For travellers to most Canadian destinations other than Niagara Falls and Fort Erie, the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge offers the most direct route, but is also the one that is most prone to delays.

  • Fort Erie is a small city of about 30,000 just west of Buffalo, easily accessible via the Peace Bridge. Attractions here include Old Fort Erie, a reconstructed garrison where several War of 1812 battles were fought. From May to October, Fort Erie Racetrack is the scene of thoroughbred races including the Prince of Wales Stakes, the second jewel in the Canadian Triple Crown. Uncle Sam's Bingo Palace in Golden Nugget Bingo offer games of chance. Also near town are some of Canada's finest freshwater beaches, such as Crystal Beach, Waverly Beach, in Bay Beach.
  • Niagara Falls, Ontario is directly across the river from Niagara Falls, New York, and accessible via the Mavrični most. In sharp contrast to its U.S. counterpart, the views of the Falls from Ontario are almost unanimously considered to be better, but rather than the greenery that abuts the falls on the American side, in Ontario can be found Clifton Hill, a gaudy, Vegas-like neon jungle of high-rise hotels, casinos, restaurants, nightclubs, and gimmicky tourist traps like the Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum in Movieland Wax Museum. It's considerably quieter outside of the main tourist district, with romantic B&Bs, parkland, and (further north) wineries lining the Niagara Parkway, a scenic drive stretching from Fort Erie to Niagara-on-the-Lake.
  • Niagara-on-the-Lake is an hour from Buffalo, at the mouth of the Niagara River. The provincial capital was briefly located here in the late 1700s, and the town was of strategic importance during the War of 1812 — historic Fort George is still open for tours. Today, visitors to the Falls often make the short drive north to take in the charming streets and stone buildings here, a scene straight out of a prim British village. Niagara-on-the-Lake is also home of the Shaw Festival; vsako leto od aprila do novembra v treh zgodovinskih gledališčih odigrajo izbor iger Georgea Bernarda Shawa in drugih.
  • The Polotok Niagara se razteza med jezerom Erie in jezerom Ontario, takoj zahodno od Buffala. Poleg plodnih kmetijskih zemljišč v regiji in zgodovinskega pomena kot bojišča med vojno 1812 je polotok Niagara med turisti najbolj priljubljen kot najproduktivnejša kanadska vinogradniška regija. Na obeh straneh reke Niagare je na ducate evropskih kleti, ki so v sezoni odprte za obiskovalce. Edinstvena mikroklima na polotoku Niagara je še posebej primerna za proizvodnjo ledeno vino, izredno sladka sorta, priljubljena kot desertno vino.
  • Toronto je približno dve uri od Buffala (ob predpostavki idealnih prometnih razmer in brez zamud pri carini). Z več kot petimi milijoni in pol prebivalci, ki živijo na območju Velikega Toronta, je največje kanadsko mesto vznemirljivo in dinamično velemesto, ki ponuja vse razburjenje v velikem mestu.
Poti skozi Buffalo
KONEC ← Niagarski slapovi (New York) ← W Amtrak Empire Service icon.png E → Depew → Albany (Rensselaer)
Niagarski slapovi (Ontario) ← Niagarski slapovi (New York) ← W Amtrak Maple Leaf icon.png E → Depew → Albany (Rensselaer)
Niagarski slapovi ← Tonawanda ← N I-190.svg S → Cheektowaga → Konča se ob WI-90.svgNYS Thruway Sign.svgE
Niagarski slapovi (Ontario) ← Trdnjava Erie ← Aigamigration.svg ← W Ontario QEW.svg E → Konča se ob I-190.svg
Niagarski slapovi ← Tonawanda/Amherst ← N ZDA 62.svg S → Lackawanna → Warren
Erie prek PA-5.svg ← Lackawanna ← W NY-5.svg E → Amherst → Auburn
KONEC ← N NY-16.svg S → Zahodna Seneka → Olean
KONEC ← W NY-33.svg E → Cheektowaga → Rochester
KONEC ← N BPH routebox.gif S → Lackawanna → Salamanca
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