Name that Food Shack!

May need a longer sign for this suggested name:
"Ten Years of Development Hot Dog Stand"

who's the operator?

Does it really need to have a name? Really?

>One entry per person, but each person can make several suggestions

huh?

Get pouring rights from Coors, and call it the "Silver Bullet" isn't that what we need at the wharf?

lol, when they said it was to be built with reclaimed wood from a barn in akron, I thought it would be something with interesting styling.

instead we have an underwhelming standard shack but with 100 year old barn siding.

better than nothing but I hope it either gets well integrated later on or taken down at some point

Better than Baltimore's....

or

40 years and all we've got to show for it is this silly concession stand.

Anyone with any knowledge of what may have sat on that exact site back in the day?

Subway...I mean Skyway

God I have to completely agree here, the fact that someone produced a rendering of the shack makes it that much more awful.......A nice start to the inner harbor but a food shack, Is this Tom Dees idea? all of those credentials and we are having a name contest on a shack?
Uggghhhh

needs something as spiffy and original as the design.
how about 'Food Shack'.

'Minnow Pro'

How many people will this place employ?

Appeasement

The least we can do dog stand

Gullshit

Travesty Dogs

Committee's

Lemmings

Dug's Other Dive

The "Shake Shack" helped transform Madison Sq Park in NYC. Now it is a New York staple.

Minnow Pro is very good from rb09.

I'd vote for that, or my idea is 'Future Historic Food Shack'.

The shaq

Bass Pro

"Tim Tielman's Tater Tots and Tasty Treats"

I kid, I kid. It really doesn't need a name at all.

Better than nothing but they could have just contracted with a couple food trucks.

The Shack of Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and International Stand of the Holy Innocents

Since we never got the arch built down there.

How about "Ted's Charcoal Hots"????

So apparently I am in the minority here, but I am very excited to be able to go down to the waterfront and have a cold glass of beer on a warm summer evening. We need to start somewhere.

Uncle Urkels

They offer Bass Pro 65 million to come here and this is what we get in the end? Looks like something from Farmville. Maybe thats where they got the idea as that is probably what these planners do all day as it certainly does not look like they play cityville.

Name it the Anchor Bar, Dinosaur Barbecue, or something else worth coming to. We already have the Hatch for burgers and fries.

How about 'Crap Shack'...Seriously, all these years of beautiful sketches of old style buildings and THIS is what we end up with....REALLY???????

One word.....Disappointment!

stopm whining and be positive for cryin out loud. you people need alife.

Latrine's

The Half Moon (read: 'Half Ass').
Seriously, is that rendering drawn on a napkin? Inspiring. Please tell me it's planned as a temporary structure.

How 'bout the "Lighter, Faster, Cheaper Cafe"?

What happend to the Indoor Market plan? A mix of RETAIL and restaurants. NOT cheap looking shacks. I don't ever recall hearing SHACKs requested for the waterfront. Our voices are definitely NOT being heard loud enough.

I agree with Daniel and SenecaFire - "Bass Pro Snack Shaq."

Seriously Buffalo Waterfront Planners - is this the best you could do?

Is this just a temporary food option to fulfill people's desire to eat while construction is in progress?

Name: "I look nothing like my childish crayon rendering" or "my food will taste nothing like the childish crayon rendering menu"

This is actually a slap in the face to all of those who have been waiting for and activiated waterfront. I was down there a few weeks and ago, and people were there, wondering like zombies, but THEY CAME! Imagine if there was a REASON to be there... My point is, quit this band-aid crap and develop. The people of this region are STILL waiting for it!

Whether it is The Shack, The Food Shack, Food Shack or just Shack, it seems apparent that eatery is already publically named!

Remember when The Hatch, (or just Hatch) did not have that enclosed area? It was not long before it became enclosed.

On a hot, breezeless inland day it is cool along the waterfront and usually a bit breezy if there is no breeze anywhere else.

On a chilly day it is a mite chillier at the waterfront and a breeze will be there.

On a windy day away from the waterfront it is even more windy at the waterfront, so, forget about those table umbrellas which could end up flying up, up and away, and set up what eaters can enjoy as being outside but still protected.

Isn't "Shaq" some sports hero's name or the name of a foreign person, place or thing? And, boy, folks surely (or sure) are having a difficult time with that Bass Pro mindset!

And as for the new name, Doug's Dive, the food is yummy and it is not a dive at all...

Arch>"quit this band-aid crap and develop"
Lego>"What happend to the Indoor Market plan? A mix of RETAIL and restaurants. NOT cheap looking shacks."
bobbycat>"Name it the Anchor Bar, Dinosaur Barbecue, or something else worth coming to. We already have the Hatch for burgers and fries."

While the ECHDC deserves criticism & mocking for several reasons over the years, and they've done some goofy things related to this shack (overhyped it way way too much, old barn wood gimmick, naming contest)....
... what I don't get is complaints from some that they're choosing this shack instead of viable development options. Seriously?

Doesn't all evidence for now indicate there are no viable options for developing something that would be year-round at that site?

How much customer flow do any of you think would happen to eat at an "Indoor Market" every week in Oct-Nov-Dec-Jan-Feb-March every year? How would there be enough customer $ to justify it? Even during summers, there might still be real doubts about what lego demands "mix of RETAIL and restaurants" being able to break even long term near there. Political/public pressure might tempt them to build something like that, but would it make sense if they can't find businesses willing to sign up to open in it?

Why would Anchor Bar want a 2nd location near our downtown as bobbycat suggests they would? Where's evidence that Dino BBQ wants to develop at Canalside and the ECHDC is refusing to allow them? Where's proof to indicate any private sector willingness to develop anything there?

It's possible that will change some day and real private sector interest will happen. Unless it does, don't those who demand it sound detached from (what's another word for reality? Some people tune out if that word is used).
If any restaurants, or any "RETAIL", had wanted to develop at Calanside so far, don't you all suppose the ECHDC would have been thrilled for even one step like that?

As to bobbycat saying the shack is redundant to the Hatch being at the marina, time will tell.

Lines at the Hatch during June-Aug weekends often seem long. Maybe depending on month, day, events, etc., some days there might be plenty of customers for both. It's possible customer response to the shack will encourage a more substantial private sector eatery near there in the future - maybe still seasonal or maybe some business will take a chance for something year-round. Or not. We'll see.

Year-round won't work unless it is a boat you want to dock in the summer and then store in the fall...

That restaurant at the NFTA harbor is Dug's Dive (not Doug's Dive. Why Dug?) Isn't it on its third naming and third improvement, but it still remains an intricate spot on the waterfront?

Last winter, the owner could not keep it open year-round due to inability to keep ice and snow away without spending way too much taxpayer's money, and besides, the kids that work there go off to college.

Would not a new Shack face the same predicament as the Dive and Hatch; inaccessible for 5 months due to weather and lack of employees? It is not possible to change WNY's weather into Miami's, but who would want to anyway?
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There is another restaurant across from the Marine Drive Apartments (on Erie St.?) which we can't recall the name of. We don't go to the waterfront to "be seen" so we don't go fancy. But one restaurant that was nearly as fancy near there was not open very long--can't remember the name of that one either.

Meanwhile, the Hatch, a Shack and the Dive will persevere. Put up more such places complete with potty rooms. Name them The Breeze Way, The Wind in Your Sails, Fore & Aft, Ships Ahoy, The Captain's Table, the Dock, the Gangway, the Slip, the Float, Float Your Boat, heck, that could even stir up more interest in staying local and boat ownership and keeping that NFTA harbor afloat for the WNY taxpaying public!!! Oh! Another eatery name: Staying Afloat!--would also suits these financial times!
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Isn't there some sort of information or souvenier stand in the 2nd building to the right at the entrance to the Commercial Slip? We managed to find a parking spot there all of one time, now we don't remember what we saw, because, like many people, for various legit reasons, we are NOT walkers. So then, open up parking spaces TO and then a wall IN that building and make it yet another place to catch some food and put in public toilets... OR, a giant parking area with shuttles on land and lake...

"Buff-food"... For Real.

Decent food that 'normal' people can afford would be more important than a zippy name. Taking your kids out for a Saturday of fun & lunch shouldn't be brutally expensive, especially in Buffalo. Too many local places try to make up their lack of volume with rip-off prices.

Now that I have read todays paper about the Naval Park restaurant I am even more embarrassed..Can anyone do anything correct in this city? Is it possible for egos and red tape to once be put aside and just do something for WNY....A SHACK is a pathetic excuse no matter how much your glass is full and or empty.....A 10 year old lemonade stand is just as impressive.....Great job!!!Build it and they will come does work.....

ON TOPIC: Is what is in today's local newspaper the same "Waterfront Restaurant..." thingy as this B.Ris. topic? This topic sounds like a done deal that simply needs naming?! The newspaper info sounds far from it.

Somewhat OFF TOPIC but same newspaper/same day and same city: Newell Nussbaumer and Buffalo Rising are in the newspaper's article titled Convention Center unveils... What was the topic's title here at BRis.? How many comments/how many suggestions?