Nickel City Eats ...Buffaloed in Buffalo

In an attempt to familiarize LTH readers with Buffalo, New York's culinary delights and culinary hazards, I will bring to you in a very humble manner my thoughts on chowing down in Buffalo. This will be part one in a series (hopefully).

We are some 536 miles from Chicago, Route 90 all the way..so it may not be Milwaukee , Madison or Indiannapolis, but it could very well be worth your time.

Some of the greatest architecture, http://buffaloah.com, a world class Art Gallery (The Albright Knox), one of the most acoustically profound music halls, (Kleinhan's), Niagara Falls, Lethchworth State Park, Wineries in the Finger Lakes, proximaty to Toronto, (90 minute drive)..The Chauatuqua Institute, are just a few of the wonderful reasons to visit this fine city!

Now on to the food...

Lebonese..
Natalie's on Millersport Highway serves some of the most delictable Kibbe, fried cauliflower, lentil burgers and vegetarian soups this side of the falls.

www.http://nataliescafedeli.com
I will return with more tomorrow..

If you are going to advertise Buffalo as a travel destination, you could also mention that Buffalo is often a $59 OW flight from Chicago-Midway on Southwest. You could also mention that Megabus offers frequent service between DT Buffalo and the airport and DT Toronto.

You could mention the TWO Karpeles Manuscript Museums, one that is currently featuring an exhibit on Arthur Conan Doyle and Mysticism and the second is exhibiting an exhibit of Russian documents. Both are located adjacent to the Museum Campus.

jlawrence01 wrote:You could mention the TWO Karpeles Manuscript Museums, one that is currently featuring an exhibit on Arthur Conan Doyle and Mysticism and the second is exhibiting an exhibit of Russian documents. Both are located adjacent to the Museum Campus.

I visited Karpeles Manuscript Museum in Fort Wayne, Indiana last week. I found it an interesting visit to a rather unique museum fully funded by the owner and collector Mr. Karpeles. Soon Illinois will have its own Karpeles Manuscript Museum at Rock Island.

Regards,

Thank you for pointing out the Karpeles Museum on Porter Avenue.
The Scene – This is one of Buffalo's most frequently overlooked gems. Housed in a converted church on the city's lower west side, the museum includes a stunning array of artifacts documenting world history. – – The Collection – There's a page of the Gutenberg Bible's first printing of the Ten Commandments, a transcription of Handel's Messiah in Beethoven's hand and the Final Declaration of Allegiance Treaty signed by every Indian tribe in the U.S. Documents chronicling the Russian-American space race, the Declaration of Independence and Richard Nixon's resignation

This above is a quote from CITYSEARCH..as far as I know there is only one such museum and it is featuring both exhibits that you mentioned...

Buffalo does not have a museum campus..sadly.. the Karpeles Museum is on Porter Avenue, very close to Kleinhans Musical Hall!
http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/buf.html


Wish we had a "Museum Campus" like Chicago does!!!

OPPPS..there are indeed two Karpeles Museum Buildings..NORTH HALL and PORTER HALL...

Hi,

Karpeles Museums rotate exhibits every 16 weeks. It is likely the documents referenced above have already rotated out.

Last week at the Fort Wayne location, also in a church, they had an exhibit of stereoscope images and documents. For instance, a stock certificate signed by John D. Rockefeller accompanied by his stereoscope image. By week's end, they were expecting a box with materials for their next exhibit. The curator said it is like Christmas when the box arrives, because they have no idea what their exhibit will be until they check out the materials.

In my brief association with small museums, I never heard of curators not knowing what to expect next.

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:In my brief association with small museums, I never heard of curators not knowing what to expect next.

Regards,

Most of the Karpeles museums are staffed by part-timers and generally, they do NOT know what is coming next. I have been to nearly ALL their museums EXCEPT for Buffalo from Shreveport to Jacksonville to Tacoma.

Generally, they have about 10 roving exhibits at a time. If you see one you like in a remote location, it will come to your local Karpeles eventually.

Oh, by the way, admission is free. Contributions are welcome.

jlawrence01 wrote:

Cathy2 wrote:Contributions are welcome.

If what I heard at Fort Wayne was correct, contributions are declined. When I learned this, I told them they were truly blessed to not have to seek donations to get their work done. Wholely funded by Mr. Karpeles is what I understood.

When I see you next, we need to exchange impressions on this institution.

Regards,