Hi everyone,

Looking for rec's for a company Christmas party around buffalo or south towns. 35 people ish. Something actually fun and not super boring lol.
TIA!

https://www.buffalorising.com/2024/11/construction-watch-main-street-lofts-3/

Another example of Buffalo developers being shown up by outside entities. Good addition of density to an otherwise pretty bleak portion of Main.

Hi there! I'm looking for recommendations for a general contractor who can help with home repairs and updating while preserving the historic features of an old home, city of Buffalo.

Essentially the title. I once bought wegmans harissa which is a sad excuse for the real thing so I need to know what stores/markets I can find the actual good stuff at

https://youtu.be/7LCY0JUzZK4?si=iN6VSjY2kXeLhpJQ

The City of Buffalo has ordered 184 of the 460 short-term rental units in Buffalo to be shut down because they units don't have proper licenses.

Looking to get my brakes done and I already have some calipers. Any good recommendations of a place that will use my parts?

Hi Buff crew!
My bf just bought a house in Tonawanda but needs way more work than expected before he moves in - and has to be out of his old place next week. Does anyone have or know of any short term furnished rentals available? Thanks so much!! 💕

Are there recreational dispensaries in Buffalo? The last I visited New York state, dispensaries were still operating as “sticker shops”. Is this still the case?

I live on the upper west side,near Gypsy Parlor. This is my first year living in this specific area of the city. I had my lights on and halloween decorations out,and i got maybe 5 total trick or treaters the entire night. :( Wtf????? The weather was beautiful,everyones posting about having hudreds of kids,and i live in a very dense residential area with plenty of kids nearby. where are they all???? I just wanted to share the magic of halloween from my modest little west side apt :,(

I just received my reminder that my Model 3 is due for inspection in November. Can’t believe it’s been a year since I have owned this car. Any suggestions on where I can get this done? Tesla Service center is quoting ~$90 which I think is outrageous so looking to see what options I might have.

So I have been wondering why Juicy took the old Lago restaurant location on the lake. It’s an impossible property in the winter months. The insurance must be through the roof. Now I went to their website and they are closed for the season. Weird. I didn’t think that was the plan. The plan was they were going to try to be open all year

Honestly the owner should just move juicy into Carter Blanche since they own that too.

Hello everyone,

I grew up in the Buffalo area and I've had a lifelong interest in comic books, pulp literature, model kits, old action figures, "swords and sorcery" movies, D&D-type roleplaying games and classic monster films.

About 25-30 years ago, there were at least four awesome shops in the Buffalo area that specialized in all of this stuff. Visiting them was a thrill.

As much as I appreciate the convenience of online shopping in 2024, I find myself missing the treasure hunt atmosphere of those brick-and-mortar collectibles shops. You never knew what you'd come across!

Does anyone remember "Fantasy World" on Hertel? It was run by a guy named Norm who could have been a wizard himself. The walls were lined with glass cabinets full of model kits from the 1950s and 1960s: Universal Studios monsters, knights, vikings, mythical creatures. It was mesmerizing to go in there and just stare at everything.

I also recall a shop on Delaware Avenue on a corner, right next to Condrell's Ice Cream Parlor. I can't remember the name, but I think it included "Collectibles." It was like a neverending garage sale of cluttered shelves, but everything was exceptionally cool. Lots of Dracula and Frankenstein merchandise from the 70s and 80s.

Kenmore also had Collector's Inn--where I first learned about the Sandman series--and Sealy and Kane's (spelling?) at the corner of Delaware and Kenmore Ave, next to the Louie's Texas Hots. They stocked a lot of manga before it became more mainstream in the U.S.

If anyone else here remembers these places, or is lucky enough to have photos of them, I'd love to hear about it!

Thanks for putting up with my rambling. Halloween nights always spark some happy memories for me!

Stay well, Buffalo.

I love it!

The last few years have been a bust. Climate change is bad, obviously, but I like this 70 degree, non-raining Halloween night

Has anyone been a patient of Dr Burke or Falco at ECMC for reconstruction surgery. I can't seem to find much about either online

My new kitten has developed eye infections in both eyes. Anyone have any recommendations or advice for low cost treatment/ vet clinics? Thanks 🙏

If anyone can find these and ship them back to me I’ll send you some $ pls… I was at this Hotel while on Vacation and left around the 21st. I did call the hotel and let them know. The air pods go from this location to the right side of the parking lot. Pls I’ll reward you! I thought if they needed up in the trash they’d be gone by now but they look like they’re still there somehow!

Anyone have word of why it closed? Drove by and all of a sudden it’s all blocked off. Was a cool spot

does anybody know where I could go to get a camera screen repaired? dropped it and now theres white bars on the screen, its an old sony camera

Saw a news article they’re closed indefinitely

Im planning on coming Nov 1st to Buffalo with ny wife,, technically Amherst I guess for the shopping. We've been to the Amherst buffet for the crab, but we're wondering if there's any other places a canadian couple have to try? Texas roadhouse lit up like Christmas on the ride back last time, but I think insaw a sonic too

Too many options, not enough stomach. Any way to help determine best places?.

Kissing Bridge Ski Resort in Glenwood sold - Buffalo Business First (bizjournals.com)

Kissing Bridge Ski Resort in Glenwood has a new owner.

Kissing Bridge All Seasons Resort Inc., a company registered in Wyoming, purchased 10 parcels totaling just over 584 acres on Glenwood Road and Abbott Hill Road for $1.06 million, according to documents filed Tuesday with the Erie County clerk's office.

The seller was Kissing Bridge Corp., which is registered at the resort's address.

The board of directors for Kissing Bridge Corp. unanimously approved the sale Oct. 1, according to documents filed with the clerk's office. Further details about the transaction and what it means for the longstanding ski resort were not immediately available.

Kissing Bridge President Richard Fanelli, who signed the sale agreement, declined to comment on the deal, though he said he would remain employed at the resort under the new ownership.

According to mortgage documents, the managing member of Kissing Bridge All Seasons Resort Inc. is Rhett McNulty, a California-based founder of several startups. McNulty did not return a request for comment on Oct. 30.

Habitat for Humanity aims for new heights in Buffalo (buffalonews.com)

There is something different about the new, two-story house that recently went up on Busti Avenue on the Lower West Side.

But it is a difference passersby wouldn't notice – unless they had seen the house arrive.

This is a modular home, built in a factory in Pennsylvania, trucked to Buffalo and installed on a foundation on an empty lot. Once assembled, it looks like any other new house. There is even a front porch.

A new modular home was recently installed by Habitat for Humanity Buffalo on Busti Avenue. Using modular homes allows the nonprofit to build homes more efficiently.

Habitat for Humanity Buffalo sees this type of home as one solution to help meet the city’s urgent need for more affordable housing. The nonprofit is considering plans to launch its own production of modular homes, which are not to be confused with manufactured homes.

Developer converts Buffalo office space into coworking site (buffalonews.com)

Developer Rocco Termini is introducing another coworking option to the Buffalo marketplace, taking up a significant chunk of office space on Chandler Street that was vacated after the former technology tenant switched to fully remote work.

The former Utilant office space at 155 Chandler St., to the left of Buffalo Cider Works, will be converted into a coworking facility under the Spaces Buffalo brand, an affiliate of Regus.

Spaces, an affiliate of international coworking giant Regus, will occupy the 35,000 square feet of space at 155 Chandler that has formerly been taken up by Utilant, a software developer.

“35,000 square feet in today’s environment is just too big to rent to anyone, and coworking really works in that space,” Termini said.

Buffalo blocks demolition of Cobblestone District buildings (buffalonews.com)

The owner of a pair of fire-ravaged buildings in the Cobblestone District tried again Thursday to get city approval to tear them down.

And once again, the city said no.

The Buffalo Preservation Board on Thursday unanimously rejected yet another attempt by owner Darryl Carr to tear down the the historic structures, giving the buildings another reprieve during Carr’s 15-year battle to demolish them so he can pursue his plan to put up a 55-story residential tower instead.

Cedarland plans affordable housing on Buffalo's East Side (buffalonews.com)

Fresh off the success of two new large-scale housing complexes near the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Cedarland Development Group is looking to do more of the same on the city’s East Side.

The Buffalo-based developer has unveiled a plan to build affordable housing single-family and double homes in neighborhoods that are a patchwork of homes amid a sea of empty spaces. In doing so, the 9-year-old firm says it wants to help revitalize those underdeveloped neighborhoods, particularly near its existing projects.

Grand Island Radisson project in limbo (buffalonews.com)

The planned renovation of the former Radisson hotel along the Niagara River into an apartment complex remains on hold and in limbo – an apparent victim of financing challenges that have left the developers unable to complete the project on their own.

Developers Michael Conroe of Orchard Park-based Elev8 Architecture and Justin Earl of JB Earl Co. in Utah still hope to complete a renovation project valued at $25 million to $30 million when it was approved in 2022, said project attorney Marc Romanowski.

Chautauqua County IDA keep tax break details from public (buffalonews.com)

Fresh off a $250 million rebuild of its Chautauqua County frozen-treat production facility, ice-cream giant Wells Enterprises is ready to embark on its previously announced $175 million expansion to add a new chocolate manufacturing plant to the complex.

The project would mark the third phase of what is ultimately a $500 million investment in Dunkirk.

The company, a major employer in Chautauqua County, wants tax breaks to complete the project.

But the county’s Industrial Development Agency isn’t ready to detail what the company is asking for.

The Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency said it will not release details of the company’s application until it sets a public hearing – even though the agency’s board already included it on its posted agenda for its October meeting and discussed it.

(Note: this seems really dumb to hide the info when its eventually going to come out)