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2017 COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT VISITORS’ GUIDE Buffalo!Welcome to e couldn’t be more excited to welcome college hoops fans to Wour resurgent destination. Since the last time Buffalo hosted this tournament in 2014, the city has undergone a once-in-a-lifetime transformation, featuring a revitalized waterfront, restored architecture, renewed neighborhoods and an influx of new attractions, hotels, restaurants, breweries and distilleries. We hope you have the time in between games to take a look around and experience all these wonderful changes in our city. If you’re looking for information on where to stay, play, shop and eat while you’re in town, check out visitbuffaloniagara.com. You can also call 1-800-BUFFALO or stop at the Buffalo Niagara Visitor Center at the corner of Clinton and Washington Streets in downtown Buffalo. You will also find Visit Buffalo Niagara information booths at host hotels throughout downtown as well as Buffalo ambassadors on the streets of the city who will be carrying “Ask Me” signs. We encourage you to do just that — ask them! And feel free to ask us questions on Twitter using #HoopsBUF — we’ll have an army of Tweet Team volunteers eager to respond to your query. Pulling this tournament off wouldn’t be possible without a wide variety of community stakeholders, including KeyBank Center, the Buffalo Sabres, City of Buffalo, Canisius College, Niagara University, the MAAC Conference, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Buffalo Police Department, the Buffalo Niagara Sports Commission and Visit Buffalo Niagara. We’re eager to make this a great stay for you — make sure to tell your friends back home about our city’s exciting rebirth. Enjoy your time in Buffalo! Patrick Kaler President and CEO Visit Buffalo Niagara This Visitor’s Guide is a publication of The Buffalo News Marketing Department, One News Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14203. Produced with the cooperation of Visit Buffalo Niagara. ©2017 The Buffalo News BU-1295555 e know you are here for BOWLITOS NACHOS SALADSTACOS BURRITOS FAJITAS W the wings, but we’ve got some other joints you might want to check out too. ASLAMDUNK But first the wings. Here are places that serve up great wings with unique local flair. EVERYTIME! Visit the home of the Original Chicken Wing — THE ANCHOR BAR (1047 Main St. • anchorbar.com) — where you , can eat wings and see an eclectic array Beer of motorcycles and memorabilia. In Allentown, GABRIEL’S GATE (145 Allen St. • 886-0602) serves wings meaty wings, best ordered hot. FAT BOB’S SMOKEHOUSE (41 Virginia Pl. • fatbobs.com) serves barbecued smoked chicken wings & as well as Southern favorites. more The Elmwood Village is home to two iconic Buffalo taverns —COLE’S (1104 Elmwood Ave. • colesbuffalo.com) where wings are standard, Sicilian (Italian and Ceasar dressings with Parmesan cheese) and barbecue. Beer selections are outstanding. Right next door, MR. GOODBAR (1110 Elmwood Ave. • mrgoodbarbuffalo. com) serves a large variety of wings with a huge selection of beer. Live music makes it a great place to hang out. MACKY’S ESSEX STREET PUB (530 Rhode Island St. • essexstreetpub.com) dry rubs, smokes and fries the wings before serving with a smoked bourbon barbecue. In the Black Rock neighborhood the classic SPORTSMENS TAVERN (326 Amherst St. • sportsmenstavern. com) is known for its live music and Kyle Style wings “extreme but tasty barbecue” and Greg Wings, char- grilled “hot, but not too spicy.” 14 BuffaloAreaLocations (Continued on page 6) mightytaco.com 4 BU-1297614 Beer, wings & • Next door, MELTING POINT Last but not least, a few places worth • To more enjoy COMMUNITY BEER the ride from downtown Buffalo: WORKS beers, head to the Hydraulic Hearth (244 Allen St. • buffalomeltingpoint.com) turns grilled cheese into an art form. DUFF’S FAMOUS WINGS has five (716 Swan St., hydraulichearth.com). Saturday locations (duffswings.com). Listed on the mornings features a Bagels & Brooze Brunch. • Visit the brick and mortar location menus sauce chart, “medium is hot,” “medium • RESURGENCE BREWING of local food truck fave LLOYD hot is very hot” and “hot is very, very hot.” (1250 Niagara St. • resurgencebrewing. TACO FACTORY (1503 Hertel South Buffalo’sNINE-ELEVEN com) is a great place to hang out. They’ll St. • whereslloyd.com) or simply • Along Seneca Street BUFFALO TAVERN (9 Bloomfield St. • 825-9939 even let you order pizza and wings from look for its bright green trucks. DISTILLING (860 Seneca St. • Facebook) wings defy description. For Buffalo’s famousLANOVA PIZZERIA • Another truck-turned-brick-and years, customers have asked for the 30-year • bflodistilling.com) recently (371 W. Ferry • lanova-pizzeria.com). mortar restaurant is MARBLE & old secret sauce recipe with no luck. opened a tasting room in the old • THIN MAN BREWERY (492 Elmwood Duchmann & Sons building. RYE (112 Genesee St. • marbleandrye. For those who like their suds or Ave. • thinmanbrewery.com) has superb net). M&B serves unique food, rye something a little stronger, here beer as well as food by chef Bruce Wieszala. Like quirky places? Try these: whiskey and creative cocktails. are some places to enjoy Buffalo’s craft beers and spirits: For those who like their cocktails, here • RU’S PIEROGI (295 Niagara St. • Enjoy Buffalo’s other staple food, are some places to enjoy Buffalo’s booze: Beef on Weck at ULRICH’S 1868 • BIG DITCH BREWING (55 E. Huron • ruspierogi.com) serves this Polish dish St. • bigditchbrewing.com) was named Best • LOCKHOUSE DISTILLERY in ways you probably couldn’t even TAVERN (674 Ellicott St. • ulrichstavern. Craft Brewery in New York by TAP NY. (41 Columbia St. • lockhousedistillery. imagine, along with great craft beer. com) along with other German faves. • You cannot miss the nearby BUFFALO com) is one block from KeyBank Center. • If fries are your thing, • A Friday fish fry? TryHAMLIN RIVERWORKS complex (359 Ganson • Nearby LAKEWARD SPIRITS ALLEN STREET POUTINE (242 Allen HOUSE (432 Franklin St., hamlinhouse.) St. • buffaloriverworks.com) right next (65 Vandalia St. • barrelfactory.com) St. • allenstreetpoutine.com) serves up deep com) which serves up a few versions in to the giant blue Labatt beer cans. is located in an old barrel factory. fried spuds topped with just about anything. addition to traditional beer battered. BU-1297792 6 BU-1297789 MEET THE UNEXPECTED FRICK ERIC E’STALL, DARK AND FURRY. , And he lovesintroducing visitors to his hometown. He’ll help youexplore the restaurants and bars at Canalside,Bualo’s reinvigorated waterfront district. He’ll even split an order of Bualo wings at the Anchor Bar or join youfor acold beer at one of Bualo’s 24 craft breweries. A little extra time on your hands? Join him forawalk around NiagaraFalls State Park whereyou can soak in one of the wonders of the world. That’s the Unexpected Bualo foryou – genuine, welcoming, and wonderfully surprising. 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