BUFFALO RESTAURANT GUIDE

[9/14/15]
It is with some sadness, but also some relief, that I announce the closing of my Buffalo Restaurant Guide.

I began it in 1988—long before the Web was a glimmer in anyone's eye—as a 2-page handout for an international conference that I hosted at UB.

I am gratified that it has grown to have a loyal following and many reviewers. But I have retired from UB, moved out of Buffalo, and now have other obligations to fulfill.

In addition, there are now many other Buffalo restaurant websites and Facebook pages.

To my readers and reviewers, many thanks! I apologize for a large backlog of as-yet-unpublished reviews. I will contact those reviewers privately and urge them to send their reviews elsewhere.

The guide will remain accessible on the Web unless its host, the UB Department of Computer Science & Engineering, decides otherwise.

Bon appetit!

-Bill

Introduction & History
What's						Restaurants
SEND US A REVIEW!!
LISTINGS:
Alphabetical						Cuisine				Location
Outdoor Dining				Catering				Private Dining			On the Waterfront
Good Things about Buffalo and Western New York
Key to Contributors						Key to Ratings

Kudos: "…provides deep reads and dialogues on a huge variety of eateries." Kevin Purdy, "Life in the WNY Cloud", Buffalo Spree 45(5) (June 2011): 82–83. "This is the go-to site for local restaurant reviews." Block Club Magazine 20 (July/August 2010): 13. "Your site is great, and the only other local food resource we really care about. The editorially vetted, user contributed review content is valuable…. Keep up the great work." BuffaloChow.com "popular", Beebe, Lydia (2009), in Block Club 14 (July/August): 17. "one of the best resources available", Seychew, Christa Glennie (2007), "The Rapaport Report", Buffalo Rising Magazine #6 (April): 44. "homegrown wonder…a breeze to navigate" The Buffalo News (5/24/01) Cited in "These Sites Put WNY on the Web" The Buffalo News (7 March 2000). "... has ... brought a lot of good will to WNY ..." Internet Guys, "WNY sites on the Internet" (3 October 1995) "Slowly but surely becoming the definitive local guide." Buffaloha Links Cited in the Wall Street Journal, 9 July 1998 (and reprinted in the Abilene (TX) Reporter-News). 2-star recommendation from britannica.com's "The Web's Best Sites"

Some Statistics: Almost 900 restaurants are listed. This figure only includes one branch of multiple-branch restaurants. So it underestimates the total considerably! Almost 1000 reviewers have contributed since we began. And there are almost 3100 reviews, though some are only of historical interest. More reviewed restaurants in the area begin with the letter "S" than any other letter. No reviewed restaurants begin with the letter "X" :-) We have reviewed Black, Blue, Golden, Green, Pink, Red, White, & Rainbow restaurants But not yet any that are Brown, Gray (or Grey), Indigo, Orange, Purple, Tan, Violet, or Yellow. Trattoria Aroma has the most reviews (40, for all 3 branches); Shango New Orleans Bistro & Wine Bar has the most reviews for a single restaurant (32)

This page has been accessed uncounted times before 17 October 1998, and at least
times since then—that's almost 1600 hits per week.
(Although, during the past month, it was only about 1500 hits per week :-( :-(

We reached a half-million hits on 5 November 2007 at 10:17 A.M.
(That's about 9 years since the counter began.)

We reached a million hits on 7 March 2012 at 10:38 A.M.
(That's only about 4½ years since we hit a half-million!!)
Thanks a million!