Andre Reed took a break from signing autographs and mingling with fans to talk to Don Burtless, blogger behind BuffaloEats.org.

Let’s face it—if you tailgate for a Bills’ game, it’s the go-hard-or-go-home mentality.  Cheddar bratwursts line the grill, bacon cheeseburgers drip with fat (half of the Buffalo.com content team just gagged) and baby back ribs sizzle nicely in the fall weather, signaling a Sunday morning before a home Bills football game.  This is all wonderful—and my stomach is growling—but what…

It’s all over the Canadian news: Tim Hortons coffee shops are beefing up the size of beverage cups, and customers will have to adjust their orders accordingly.

In some Canadian markets, Tim Hortons is straight-up deleting the 8-oz. small cup from the menu and replacing it with a 10-oz. cup—what was formerly known by Canadian customers as a medium. See where this is going? What…

OK, so maybe the ubiquitous Canadian donut chain doesn’t need to throw the emergency switch in the command centre just yet, but the competition for Western New Yorkers’ coffee-and-sandwich dollars continues to fiercen. 

Fifteen new Corner Bakery Cafe franchises, part of the “swiftly growing fast-casual concept…featuring a wide variety of egg scramblers and oatmeals for breakfast,…

Talk about close competition: Wasabi on Elmwood sits almost directly across the street from Blue Fin Asian Bistro, a sushi restaurant we’ve already covered on our pleasant “Sushi stRoll.” 

Both places offer an identical menu of hand/classic rolls, so Deandra, former Buffalo.com staffer, and Ben T. decided to branch out with a few special rolls at Wasabi.  The best way to ensure…

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I grew up in Western New York.  I called Pepsi and Coke and 7Up “pop” until I matriculated at the University at Buffalo.  The shame heaped upon me by downstaters for using such a hick term forced me to change to a “soda” man.  I was weak, OK?  I JUST WANTED TO FIT IN.  And frankly, I kind of like the retro feel of “soda” compared to the flat, nasal…

South Buffalo isn’t synonymous with Belgium, but the Irish-centric part of town does know a thing or two about throwing back a pint. With that said, it makes perfect sense that Gene McCarthy’s Pub will host “Belgian Meets Buffalo,” a three-hour beer tasting from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday.

Bryce Link, a representative from Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown, will lead a discussion on Belgian…

Follow BuffaloEats.org founder Donnie Burtless on a spicy adventure to Coca-Cola Field, home of the annual National Buffalo Wing Festival.

Donnie, on the hunt for the best local wing offerings, ends up finding some new favorite sauces created by out-of-town wing joints at the festival. He also interviews Ryan Hohman, better known as the Ultimate Wingman, and he talks sauce with…

At Lloyd’s birthday gathering last Friday, head chef Chris Dorsaneo and co-owner Pete Cimino released a few new menu items as part of the celebration.  Unlike the massive chicken burritos and braised beef tacos we’ve come to love, the new options were slightly outside-the-box and more authentic in nature.  After prying Cimino’s brain for details, here’s what we learned:

Lengua…