It’s a touch bizarre that one of the highest honors bestowed upon an American chef is the chance to cook at a former catholic school turned “culinary salon.”

But that’s just what Seabar, Mike A’s Steakhouse and Cantina Loco owner…

If the shrill shrieks of machinery are any indication, there’s tangible progress being made in downtown Buffalo.

Countless conversations with Buffalonians meander to the bustling of Canalside, the potential of HarborCenter, the absurdly promising medical…

The seventh annual Taste of Culinary presented by The American Culinary Federation of Greater Buffalo New York was held on Sunday afternoon at Hotel @ The Lafayette in downtown Buffalo. The event is held each year to promote culinary education, competition, and scholarship…

The biannual celebration of Buffalo’s locally-owned restaurants is upon us again, as Local Restaurant Week runs from April 22 to 28 throughout Western New York. Nearly…

Nearly 2,000 aficionados and lovers of everything chocolate jammed the halls and ballrooms of the Hotel at the Lafayette to experience chocolate desserts, chocolate drinks, taste luscious local wines, sample Paula's Donuts and much much more all while enjoying live…

Buffalo’s winter doldrums are in full effect, even if they’re a little weirder than usual. There are either piles of muddy slush, icy gusts of wind, coatings of ice, horizontally-blowing snow and random 60 degree weather that inflates our hopes for spring…

The world of James Bond 007 invaded Hotel Lafayette on New Year's Eve, much to the delight of the hundreds of Western New Yorkers in attendance. Layers upon layers of Bond-themed fun was abound in every nook and cranny of the hotel. Playing off of the event's name Lafayette…

When it comes to making New Year’s Eve plans, there’s the kind of people that dig big boozed-up crowds, and then there are those of us liking low-key gatherings. End 2012 in the fashion of your choosing, because there’s no shortage of New Year’s…

Buffalo was once a brewing haven, housing major beer companies that have since faded into the city’s history. Now, there are plans to revive Buffalo’s beer days with brand new breweries and event spaces.

Executives from Pearl Street, which encompasses

Until about two months ago, I thought Tom and Jerry were two obnoxiously quick and violent cartoon animals who sought destruction upon each other—I didn’t believe the duo had anything to do with a warm holiday drink that keeps popping up all over Buffalo.…

On Wednesday, it will be exactly 79 years since the Prohibition Act was repealed, when drinking alcohol slipped from speakeasies back into a worthy part of the social fabric.

To celebrate—it seems like Buffalonians can find any reason to celebrate—the…

In 8,507 words, Grantland guest writer Ben Austen has perfectly encapsulated what it is to be a Buffalo sports fan, a story of hope, forgiveness, passion and the emotional well-being of a fan-base that all of us in the Queen City can relate to.

In his piece…

Feed Your Soul Productions and Christa Glennie Seychew brought No Reservations' Zamir Gotta to Mike A's Steakhouse in the Hotel @ the Lafayette for INdustry night, a bimonthly celebration with Buffalo's food celebrities. Buffalonians slugged Double Cross Vodka, and…

As you’ll find, No Reservations’ Zamir Gotta plays into a lot of stereotypes that Americans give to Russians, regardless of their accuracy. He adores vodka, speaks with…

New Year’s is certainly still in the distance—it hasn’t even snowed yet—but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t start preparing.

Mike A’s Steakhouse, 391 Washington…