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Buffalo (New York)

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    OMG! Beef on Weck at Mile End Sandwich

    The picture-perfect beef on weck sandwich at Mile End Sandwich. It's something of a black eye that New Yorker City dwellers have never quite figured out how to make a beef on weck sandwich until now. Mainly because it's a particular specialty of our sister metropolis of Buffalo, New York -- both c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Anthony Bourdain Attacks Paula Deen Again; Daniel Boulud Sues Buffalo Restaurant

    Anthony Bourdain was fine form this week -- back to attacking his favorite target, Paula Deen. On Tuesday, he appeared on ABC's Good Morning America and went at Deen again, calling her decision to cook fattening food while hiding her diabetes "in excruciatingly bad taste, unconscionable, and cynical ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2011

    In Praise of Frank's RedHot: A Thumbnail History of Buffalo Chicken Wings

    ​Whoomp! There it is. When I'm making Buffalo chicken wings, do I reach for the Tabasco? No I do not. Sure it's great for zapping a gumbo or shaking on oysters, but it's too damn hot and vinegary for Buffalo wings. Use it, and it will climb right up your nose, eclipsing the chicken flavor w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Win Cyndi Lauper DVDs And Tickets Right Here!

    Here's the drill: Explain why Cyndi Lauper has inspired/entertained/educated you in 150 words or less, and send it to me at musto@villagevoice.com by tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 11:59 p.m. In other words, tell me why you feel "she's so unusual" and amazing.

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Watch Patrick Stump Cover Jeff Buckley's "Everybody Here Wants You"

    On October 18 Patrick Stump will release his solo debut Soul Punk (Island), a fantastic, hooky pop-soul record, full of choruses that soar into the stratosphere and crystalline lyrics. The Fall Out Boy lead singer plays every instrument on the record, and the album lays bare his appreciation for bot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Kitty Lambert and Cheryle Rudd, Two Grandmothers, to be First Same-Sex Couple Legally Wed in New York State

    ​When the New York State Senate was torturing gay rights activists last month by putting issues dealing with Niagara Falls on their agenda before marriage equality, it seemed pointless. But maybe the two were connected after all! According to a press release from New Yorkers United for Marria ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Now Prisoners Have to Watch Commercials in Jail

    ​Pity the prisoner. The one place seemingly protected from the 24-7 marketing blitz that is life in 2011, with all of its product-placement surround-sound digital marketed glory -- that is, jail -- has fallen prey to the great beast of advertising. Inmates at the Erie County Holding Center in ... More >>

  • Theater

    February 16, 2011

    A.R. Gurney Goes Black Tie

    A wedding comedy from the veteran playwright

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, And Nicki Minaj Are Invading Long Island In March

    ​If ever you wanted an excuse to truck out to Long Island's Nassau Coliseum, home to perennial NHL doormats the New York Islanders, this'd be it: Lil Wayne's I Am Music II tour, costarring Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Mixmaster Mike, and indomitable rapper accessory Travis Barker, is coming to town ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Complaining About Snow Is So Passé

    New Yorkers wade through the 1969 "Lindsay" storm.​It's hard to tell if the New York Times is trying to celebrate or condemn all of this snow bitching. But a story on the paper's website today would like to remind you that whining about blizzards, and especially ragging on city officials abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Buffalo Is So Over Carl Paladino

    ​In credence to the adaptability and resilience of the human spirit, Buffalo, hometown to the little governor that wasn't, Carl Paladino, is kinda okay with things. In fact, maybe they never loved him in the first place. And even if they did, they certainly didn't consider him "marriage materi ... More >>

  • Film

    October 20, 2010

    A Portrait of the Muslim-American Hardcore Scene, The Taqwacores Is Not Punk Rock

    ​In credence to the adaptability and resilience of the human spirit, Buffalo, hometown to the little governor that wasn't, Carl Paladino, is kinda okay with things. In fact, maybe they never loved him in the first place. And even if they did, they certainly didn't consider him "marriage materi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Morning Links: Carl Paladino to Make "Major" TV Announcement; Lou Dobbs' Illegal Immigrant Trouble; Verizon iPhone Update

    ​• New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino has bought a block of TV time with the three network affiliates in Buffalo and is expected to make a "major" announcement today at 5:13 p.m. Don't bet that he's dropping out. But is he still angry?[NYDN] • The stream of red, toxic sludge f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Carl Paladino May Be Unsafe At Any Speed: Now it's OSHA Fines on His Buildings

    Morgan Schweitzer​Carl Paladino marked his pledge to turn down his bile dial yesterday by calling Shelly Silver a "criminal" - a word that even bothered the Post's editorial page which has been calling for Silver's head for years. Say this for Buffalo's Have-Mouth-Will-Travel Paladin: He's a n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Carl Paladino: The Dirty Details in His Campaign Filings

    ​The Times and the Daily News ran stories yesterday exposing the shady conspiracy that is the Paladino For The People campaign. The $53,000 tax lien against campaign spokesman Michael Caputo unearthed by the Times got a taunting "so what" from Caputo himself. Stiffing the IRS just proved agai ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 22, 2010

    Carl Paladino's Carefully Crazy Act

    How many nuts win multimillion-dollar state leases?

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Buffalo Wings: Old Town Bar Versus Bonnie's Grill

    Old Town Bar's buffalo chicken wings​In a 1980 New Yorker article, Calvin Trillin attempted to get to the bottom of exactly who invented buffalo chicken wings, and when. There is no doubt that the snacks were born in Buffalo, New York, and the generally accepted story goes that the Bellissimo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    New York's Indians Try to Fend Off the (Marlboro) Man: A Court Fight Over Smoking Rights

    ​Hasn't America already doled out a terrible hand to the Indians already without trying to make them a part of their eugenics and assimilation? Apparently not. Today, the Seneca Nation Indians have to fight off New York State from taxing cigarette purchases made by non-Indians on their reserva ... More >>

  • Art

    September 1, 2010

    Fall Guide: Ingrid Calame Finds Beauty in the Grime

    James Cohan Gallery hosts the artist's Swing Shift

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Ants on Happy Meals; Deli Meats Recall

    ​Brooklyn artist Elizabeth Demaray is feeding her red harvester ants McDonald's Happy Meals for 30 days instead of their usual seeds as part of an installation at Exit Art. [NY Times] Albany is starting to enforce a state tax law that calls for sliced bagels to be taxed (whereas whole bagels ... More >>

  • Theater

    June 29, 2010

    In The Grand Manner, A.R. Gurney Looks Back at Broadway's Past, and His Own

    Lincoln Center mounts a story of stagestruck youth

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Branded Saloon in Prospect Heights

    Bourbon-glazed wings​Other than the wagon wheel hanging from the ceiling, a cow skull grinning from one wall, and a few other thematic touches, it's hard to see what's so country, or cowboy, or honky tonk about Branded Saloon, the new bar and snack spot on Vanderbilt in Prospect Heights.

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Great American Food & Music Fest: When Food and Celebrity Team Up to Fleece the Hapless and Hungry

    Tom invites you to waste some money and get taken advantage of. ​I hate to say this, but I blame the Anchor Bar in Buffalo. Ever since reading a New Yorker article about the meteoric rise of the Buffalo wing, I'd been meaning to make a pilgrimage out to where it all began. Though controversy s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    That's Carl Paladino, with one "L" -- and boy is he pissed!

    A reader gently notes that we gave Buffalo businessman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino too many L's in his name. So we went to double check. And boy, are we glad we did.

  • Theater

    September 25, 2007

    Family Devalues

    Three plays by white men track America's slipping standards

  • NYC Life

    July 11, 2006

    Mon+Tue 7/24-25

    Three plays by white men track America's slipping standards

  • News

    June 20, 2006

    Letters

    Three plays by white men track America's slipping standards

  • News

    May 30, 2006

    Dem Party Animals

    As New York's Democrats prepare to take charge, reform vows take a backseat

  • Books

    February 21, 2006

    Covert Operations

    What's the matter with Buffalo? A journalist's personal take on the abortion war

  • Music

    February 21, 2006

    Upstate Video Blackjackers Pop a Metalcore Boner

    What's the matter with Buffalo? A journalist's personal take on the abortion war

  • News

    June 14, 2005

    Stirring Up the Toxic Dust

    They turned Uncle Sam's uranium into atom bombs, and the work made them sick. Now they've got a new champion—Hillary Clinton

  • NYC Life

    May 10, 2005

    Boots of Leather

    What rust belt city was it? It wasn't in the rust belt. That's why we left.

  • Music

    June 22, 2004

    Squirt You

    August precedents, timely details, and timeless novelties you will find nowhere else

  • Music

    October 21, 2003

    Rousing Constituencies

    Old dogs singin' slow songs and fairygodmotherfuckers for discerning dilettantes

  • Music

    September 9, 2003

    Sometimes Lyrics Suffice

    Folkies Multiply in a Time When So Many Are Singer-Songwriters and So Few Admit It

  • Specials

    August 5, 2003

    Letters

    Folkies Multiply in a Time When So Many Are Singer-Songwriters and So Few Admit It

  • Film

    May 27, 2003

    Gods and Sea Monsters

    They Call Me Bruce

  • Specials

    April 1, 2003

    Letters

    They Call Me Bruce

  • Music

    January 14, 2003

    Escape Claus

    They Call Me Bruce

  • News

    September 17, 2002

    A Smaller Stick

    Terrorism Investigators Risk Scaring Off Their Best Helpers

  • Music

    September 3, 2002

    A Very Good Year

    Terrorism Investigators Risk Scaring Off Their Best Helpers

  • News

    August 27, 2002

    Northern Closure

    The U.S.-Canada 'Smart Borders' Accord Sells Refugees Down the River

  • Music

    August 15, 2000

    Getting Them Straight

    The U.S.-Canada 'Smart Borders' Accord Sells Refugees Down the River

  • Music

    May 23, 2000

    Music

    The U.S.-Canada 'Smart Borders' Accord Sells Refugees Down the River

  • Music

    November 2, 1999

    Hit It, Now Hold It

    The U.S.-Canada 'Smart Borders' Accord Sells Refugees Down the River

  • Music

    July 20, 1999

    Consumer Guide

    The U.S.-Canada 'Smart Borders' Accord Sells Refugees Down the River

  • News

    April 27, 1999

    The Circus Comes to Buffalo

    Operation Rescue puts on a show in a slain abortion provider's hometown

  • Music

    January 26, 1999

    Y2K Pete

    Operation Rescue puts on a show in a slain abortion provider's hometown

  • News

    May 26, 1998

    Vanity Fare

    A court ruling this month brings the shadowy world of vanity publishing into the open

  • Music

    April 21, 1998

    Consumer Guide

    A court ruling this month brings the shadowy world of vanity publishing into the open

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