Visitors

There are a few good links to Buffalo activities on the links page

 
Buffalo for Visitors   a good place to start would be to check the new to the area page to see how all the bars on-line look and what they have to offer.  You can also find out where they are and how to get there.    Then find out if any events are happening or is coming up.  Find more information on the bars own website.  Buffalo has some of the finest drag performers, and a few of them are listed on the Drag page along with a Pageants page.  In the Gallery you can find a few pictures of various events around Buffalo.
 Compare all the bars to see if they have the dance floor, pool table, drag show, smoking patio etc that you want

Hopefully by reading each bars description, visitors can get an idea where to go to see a drag show, shoot a game of pool or to watch a football game.  These description should eventually also contain information on who has there own bowling teams or dart tournaments 

All the bars in buffalo are very friendly, have very mixed ages crowds, and usually have a mixture of straight, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender and gay.

Check a map of the area to see how to get there
Buffalo Gay Bars are in three groupings.  You should be able to park in one of the three areas and get to the bars you want  1) the Allentown area bars are along Allen St.  These are mostly the neighborhood style bars in older house style building.  Parking is in residential streets.  2) The Chippewa Delaware area  3) The Chippewa Pearl St area.  These last two areas are more of dance or club style bars.  During the week, parking is usually available in lots near each club.  On week ends and Holidays however, parking is hard to get, but, there are parking lots and ramps within a city block of the bars.  The Chippewa area is a popular bar strip and many of the other bars in the area are gay friendly.  Many people seem to get bored of the straight bars and head over to find better music and better men.
Buffalo In General

New York State allows drinking of Alcohol to people 21 and up.   The bars close at 4 am.  Canada (15 minutes away) allows drinking to 18 and over but their bars close at 1 am.  Many people with younger friends head across the border to party and then come back near 1 am.  A few of the Bars allow 18+ in the doors usually with their hands marked by a X.  Buying alcohol for someone under 21 will probably get you immediately arrested and definitely banned from the bar.  The bar Owners are not going to lose their bars just so you can get a guy drunk enough to take him home.  Of course it's hard to tell which 18's came from Canada tipsy or from the nearest parking lot.

Smoking is not allowed in public places including bars in New York State.  Many of the bars have an attached patio or a small area at the door to smoke.  During the Buffalo winters a few of the bars have out door heaters and small awning areas to smoke in.  The smoking ban has had a dramatic impact on bar attendance especially in winter months.

Area Map
# Name address
1 Adonia's 20 Allen Street
5 Miss Kitty's   ??  Main Street
7 Roxy’s 884 Main Street
3 Cathode Ray 26 Allen Street
6 Q 44 Allen Street
9 Fugazi, 503 Franklin
4 Club Marcella 622 Main St
2 Buddies II 166 Franklin St
8 Underground 274 Delaware Ave.
Things to know if you live in Buffalo NY
  • Food

    We call them "wings," or "chicken wings" if you want to be formal. NEVER, EVER "Buffalo wings".  Duffs better than anchor bar.
  • Nobody outside of WNY (that's WESTERN New York - NOT "UPSTATE"!) can make decent wings.
  • It's Beef on "Weck" not "Wick".  Corner of Cayuga and wherle
  • It's "pop" not "soda".
  • They're "subs" not hoagies or heroes or bombers.
  • A large pizza with cheese & pepperoni shouldn't cost more than 12 bucks.
  • Everyone knows someone who works in a pizza joint.
  • Vinegar goes on fries and blue cheese goes with everything.
  • Bison Chip Dip is the only dip worth eating.
  • It's got to be Weber's Mustard.
  • We all know the Louie's to-go hot dog special...buy 5, get one free...is just a way to get the drunks to go home.



    Dining Out

    Everyone knows where "the best fish-fry in town" is.
  • Everyone knows Mighty Taco is way better than Taco Bell.
  • Jim's Steak Out is best served at 3 am to a drunk.
  • The hot dog man on the corner has the best hot dogs in the world.
  • Except for maybe Friday nights, you don't have to wait for a table.
  • There is no public restaurant in town that requires a jacket and tie...if there was, we wouldn't go there.
  • You won't find Grey Poupon on the table.
  • We don't "valet park" unless there is absolutely no other choice.
  • Every bar has "happy hour" prices from 4:30 - 7pm, Monday - Friday.
  • Even though no one orders it, if it doesn't have "Genny" it's not a bar.
  • Anything over $3.00 for a beer is robbery.
  • The bars don't close until 4:00 am.
  • There's a bar every 10 feet.



    Geography & Roads

    You call it "the Scajaquada" but you spell it "198". (It's an expressway for those of you who don't have a clue - NOT a "highway"!)
  • The most famous address is "998 Broadway".
  • You still get queasy driving over the Peace Bridge to Canada in blowing snow.
  • It isn't a real snowstorm unless they ban driving for more than 6 hours.
  • You carry a shovel and jumper cables in your trunk all year round.
  • You think anyone who drives more than 20 minutes to get to work must live in the boondocks.
  • You get mad when you get stuck in "rush hour" traffic and it takes 10 minutes longer to get home.
  • You avoid the "blue water tower" during "rush hour" because of the above.
  • You know Fort Erie is famous for two things: Chinese food and the "ballet" (which I BELIEVE is "code" for "lap dance").
  • The roads and bridges have been paid for since 1968 but they aren't ever taking out the tollbooths.
  • It's inevitable whatever is finally decided on the Peace Bridge issue will no doubt be the wrong choice.
  • You rode Rapid Transit from end to end once just to see what it was like. (and it took all of 20 minutes!)
  • Paying $5 to park all day downtown is robbery.
  • The hookers may be gone, but Chippewa street still isn't for everyone.
  • "LA" is Lackawanna, not Los Angeles.
  • Canada isn't thought of as another country...it's just "over the bridge".
  • Secretly, you like going to Toronto.


    Institutions
  • You threaten to send your kids to Father Bakers' if they don't behave.
  • You can pronounce "Weinstein" correctly on the first try.
  • Even though they haven't done it in about 25 years you're pretty sure Channel 7 still makes reference to "pistol packing punks," and you're pretty sure they don't show the same fire every night.
  • You know Commander Tom's real identity.
  • You can only name three radio stations that have been around longer than five years: WGR, WBEN and WKBW. At least you think WKBW is still around, you just don't know what it plays since they got rid of Danny Neavereth.
  • Everyone says the Albright Knox Art Gallery is a treasure, but a lot of the stuff in there kind of looks like drop-cloths.
  • It's the "Hamburg Fair" not the "Erie County Fair and Exposition."
  • Dingus day is a well-celebrated holiday. (And DON'T forget your pussy willows!!)
  • You know the wrong newspaper folded in 1983.
  • You consider JC Penney to be a relatively "upscale" department store.
  • It's "UB" - not "SUNY at Buffalo, Amherst"
  • The St. Patrick's day parade means winter is officially over, even if it snows.
  • There is some kind of "fest" somewhere, every weekend from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
  • A "fest" is just another reason to drink.



    Sports
  • All-time number 1 - you HATE the Miami Dolphins.
  • We're sure the NFL is out to screw us. So is the NHL. The NBA already did. So did major league baseball. So did the Big East conference.
  • Someone must listen to Bison games on the radio, you just never met him.
  • You know someone who knows someone who really knows "the real story" on Jim Kelly.
  • You have a strong opinion one way or the other on Ralph Wilson.
  • You can't believe that you once really liked OJ.
  • None of the new theme parks is as cool as Crystal Beach was in its' day.



    Unbelievable things about other places

    Everyone doesn't pay 8.75% sales tax OR $3,000 property taxes on a $70,000 house???

    All golf courses aren't flat???

    What's a freeway???

    The rest of the country isn't 90% Catholic???

    What do you mean we have an accent??? We talk exactly like the announcers on television.

    People who live in areas subject to hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, wild fires, mudslides and earthquakes can't believe that we would live in an area that gets so much snow??? Imagine that!!! I guess they would rather drown, burn, get blown away, or buried alive than shovel for a while (after which you do what our former old mayor said - get a six pack and stay home!-again, probably NOT Genny, but hey, if it's all that's left in the store after all this snow, well, you'd even drink THAT!)

    Hey, world, we have snowplows and snow blowers. Most of all we have four seasons. Sometimes all in one day. Top that!!!
     

 

Famous people from Buffalo and western New York

Buffalo NY from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_people_from_Buffalo%2C_NY

People of interest:   funk singer Rick James, Three Dog Night founding member Cory Wells, keyboardist Stan Szelest, bassist Billy Sheehan (of Mr. Big and Talas fame), folk singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco, 90s new jack swing group Joe Public, "American Idol" finalist and recording artist John Stevens, The Goo Goo Dolls (colloquially known as "The Goos"), singer/songwriter Teddy Geiger was born and raised in Buffalo until the age of eight, 10,000 Maniacs (Natalie Merchant is from nearby Jamestown). Spyro Gyra started here and included many natives in its original lineup. Jazz composer Morton Feldman lived and taught here in the latter part of his career.  choreographer Michael Bennett is also from here. His most famous work, "A Chorus Line" features the locally infamous line, "To commit suicide in Buffalo is redundant."  Lucille Ball hailed from nearby Jamestown.   Kyle Chandler, who starred on "Early Edition," was born in Buffalo,   Aretha Franklin lived briefly in Buffalo in her childhood   Jesse L. Martin, currently starring in TV's "Law & Order," is a Buffalo native   Noted TV writers Tom Fontana ("Oz") and David Milch ("NYPD Blue") also hail from here.  Diane English, creator of Murphy Brown is a Buffalo native.  Edward Summer, producer of Conan the Barbarian  R&B singer Brian McKnight was raised in Buffalo   Gary Mallaber, drummer for The Steve Miller Band  Amanda Blake (February 20, 1929 - August 16, 1989), was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired "Miss Kitty"   David Paul Boreanaz (born May 16, 1969) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.   Born in Buffalo, New York, Marchand was known best for her Emmy Award-nominated role of family matriarch Livia Soprano, mother of Tony Soprano, on the HBO series, The Sopranos    Chad Michael Murray  . He attended Clarence High School in his hometown of Clarence, NY   President Grover Cleveland was sheriff of Erie County, mayor of Buffalo, and governor of New York state.  Political satirist Mark Russell tapes his PBS specials in the city.  John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the United States, was born here.  NBA Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, who attended Bennett High, Fillmore Junior High and nearby St. Bonaventure University. NBA player and Duke star Christian Laettner grew up in nearby Angola and attended Nichols high school in Buffalo  "Baby" Joe Mesi, the world famous boxer, grew up in Tonawanda, a suburb of Buffalo  Former tennis player Jimmy Arias who reached the nº5 spot in the world in 1984 was born in Buffalo.  James Allen Whitmore (born October 1, 1921) is an American film actor. Born in White Plains, New York, Whitmore graduated from Amherst High School in Amherst, New York

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