How would you rate the City of Buffalo, on a scale of 1 to 5 (New York: neighborhood, live)

[Buffalonian4life]

Originally Posted by Canerican

I wish you would have made a 0 star option, because 1 isn't low enough to describe how much Buffalo sucks in every way.

Ouch! Just a tad bit childish?

[IRONSHIRT]

One or two. Its cold, cloudy, economically depressed, old and run down looking and soon to lose its football team. Nice place to visit briefly, but would never choose to live there.

I had decent wings at the Anchor Bar.

[Krisps]

I gave a 2. Yes it does have potential (forever potential it seems) but that's only because it's been on the decline for so long. Though it does have some good spots, generally it's not too attractive, so many vacant decaying shells. The climate is ok, I normally find it too windy and wet in the winter and a little too hot in the summer, but it's not a big deal. I do really like Buffalo cuisine. My main interest in Buffalo is the Bills (and tailgating), Sabres, and the airport (very nice airport too). I hope better days are ahead but I don't expect much change.

[Canerican]

Buffalo cuisine?

I consider that an oxymoron.

But I guess living in Montreal for 12 years will do that. I have honestly never found any good fine dining, even a decent steak house. Whenever I am taking someone out, if I actually like them, I take them to Niagara Falls Canada, because the food in Buffalo is embarrassing.

[cheese9988]

Originally Posted by Canerican

Buffalo cuisine?

I consider that an oxymoron.

But I guess living in Montreal for 12 years will do that. I have honestly never found any good fine dining, even a decent steak house. Whenever I am taking someone out, if I actually like them, I take them to Niagara Falls Canada, because the food in Buffalo is embarrassing.

See thats where you lost me. In the entire Buffalo metro area there is not one decent restaurant? And that one good restaurant is in Canada? If you said you had to drive 20 minutes to find one, that would be different, but there has to be a thousand restaurants in and out of the city.

[Buffalonian4life]

Originally Posted by Canerican

Buffalo cuisine?

I consider that an oxymoron.

But I guess living in Montreal for 12 years will do that. I have honestly never found any good fine dining, even a decent steak house. Whenever I am taking someone out, if I actually like them, I take them to Niagara Falls Canada, because the food in Buffalo is embarrassing.

Are you kidding!?!?!?

Embarrassing, huh? You need to get out of your suburban hut and discover Buffalo's vast array of savory foods found most abundantly in the city, where there are few chains, and thousands of local restaurants and eateries, found only here in this awesome city.

[Canerican]

Besides Russells (which just opened recently), I had never found a good steak in the city. Steak and Ale (or whatever it's called on Maple near Bailey) is expensive and not good.

If you go to Montreal you can go to any part of the city and find some of the best dining outside of Paris. I don't know why, but in the Northeast and upper midwest, good steaks are very hard to find. I went to Omaha, to two different restaurants, which were hands down the best I'd ever had.

[garmin239]

Yea, there are plenty of good choices for food in Buffalo. Some people let their bias take over and blind them.

[Canerican]

Originally Posted by garmin239

Yea, there are plenty of good choices for food in Buffalo. Some people let their bias take over and blind them.

OK... if I'm biased give me some steak houses that are ~$40 for meal, and aren't total crap.

[garmin239]

I could name places, but you'd probably just say they suck as you seem to do with most things Buffalo related.
One of the main things out of towners say about Buffalo is how good the food is there. Its not just homers trying to hype the area up.