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• Commented on George Caldwell Trio @ Pan American Grill and Brewery
  George Caldwell is an excellent musician! I've seen him several times and have never been disappointed....
• Commented on Lego Club at the Central Library
  Don't let a Lego enthusiast catch you saying "legos." The plural of lego is lego bricks. They are a cranky bunch... probably from stepping on too many legos.. I mean lego bricks....
• Commented on Google takes Street View inside Buffalo Niagara businesses
  nice....
• Commented on UB Unveils Med School Design (More Images)
  Are you offended by "A Starbucks (just an example) would do at least ten times the gross (no pun intended) of Cathode Ray"? I'm not gay and that statement is childish and homophobic. Why, benfranklin, is that an unintended pun?...
• Commented on Dinosaur Bar-B-Que Plans October Opening
  Agreed that Fat Bob's is terrible barbeque. I've never tried Suzies, but if you haven't been to Smoke on the Water in NT yet, go, I've had several very good meals there....
• Commented on Ambrosia Taverna
  I'm sorry, I just don't follow your reasoning. What do you think we should do? Have some agency force landlords to charge less? What could their motivation possibly be to "hold buildings and spaces hostage"?...
• Commented on Ambrosia Taverna
  "deal with idiot owners of buildings"? In what way? They own the buildings, they can charge whatever they want. If the rent is too high, the tenant will move out, just like Ambrosia did. The system works pretty well on...
• Commented on Code Blu: A Sweet (and healthy) Surprise in Allentown
  Wouldn't you care if a business near your home had an ugly exterior element that detracts from the neighborhood experience? I don't understand the faction of people on this site that eschews all criticism of new stores and restaurants... The...
• Commented on Code Blu: A Sweet (and healthy) Surprise in Allentown
  As an Allentonian, I will be trying this place out soon. I like the influx of new business on this end of the street. However, how about swapping out that ugly residential door for an actual commercial/retail door? It looks...
• Commented on Gatur's Ethiopian Cuisine
  Hardly - Fiddleheads lasted almost twenty years before closing. J. Gallaghers and Colter Bay have been there forever......
• Commented on Zoning Makes City's Most Popular Neighborhood Illegal
  Why is this ad hominem argument relevant?...
• Commented on Donovan Make-Over: More Images
  I don't mean to single your comment out, but I really dislike comments like these. There's one in every comment section, along the lines of "Buffalonians / Buffalo Rising readers are so negative and always find something to complain about....
• Commented on Buffalo's Antipode
  hard hitting stuff here....
• Commented on Schuele 'Ace Express' Hardware Set To Open For Memorial Day
  before or after it was converted to a bar?...
• Commented on Delaware S-Curves: Downgrading the Scajaquada Expressway
  Because Scajaquada and Delaware don't have an at-grade intersection, and the presence of a historic bridge complicates things. I think this is a superior plan....
• Commented on Construction Watch: Bellesara/Former Allentown Athletix
  Be realistic. The majority of people need a car to go to work. To essentially limit the apartments to people within walking distance of their job would be poor business sense. In reality, eliminating the parking lot would only result...
• Commented on Speakeasy, Buffalo-Style
  A big ass-party? http://xkcd.com/37/...
• Commented on Buffalo Has 19th Highest Growth in Per Capita Metro GDP in the World
  >At the same time, of the 200 largest metro areas in the world, Buffalo experienced the 4th highest income growth. I don't think you're interpreting the data correctly. Buffalo did not have the fourth highest income growth. That chart shows...
• Commented on So long Sweet Tooth
  Actually there is already two olive oil stores on Elmwood. The one by Sole, and the one by the Village Merchant...
• Commented on So long Sweet Tooth
  Yes! A real butcher. There isn't one for miles. I think it would be a great draw....
• Commented on NoNoo Ramen Brings Back Memories
  I don't mean to single your comment out, but I really dislike comments like these. There's one in every comment section, along the lines of "Buffalonians / Buffalo Rising readers are so negative and always find something to complain about....
• Commented on The Co-op is looking to members for expansion ideas.
  In a perfect world, I'd love to see the Co-op in the Price Right space on Elmwood and North. That mini-supermarket is a weak spot on a convergence of Allentown and Elmwood that is ripe for some quality commercial tenants....
• Commented on A Culinary Coup for Elmwood
  I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed. I hate this typeface. It's so overused in an attempt to portray an exotic look. This may sound pretentious, but businesses should take pride in - and recognize the value of...
• Commented on Name that Food Shack!
  >One entry per person, but each person can make several suggestions huh?...
• Commented on Then and Now: Scientol-o-rific
  I never "equated" Scientology with the Klan. Do you not understand the concept of an alternate example to illustrate a point?...
• Commented on Then and Now: Scientol-o-rific
  I bring them up to illustrate that it's ridiculous to ignore a building's tenant when evaluating the building's impact on the community. The Klan reference was an extreme example (as indicated) of why this ought to be the case. And...
• Commented on Then and Now: Scientol-o-rific
  You're saying we shouldn't judge a building based on the tenant? Taking it to the extreme, what if it was the Ku Klux Klan that bought and rehabbed the building? We shouldn't care?...
• Commented on Solé Joins The Neighborhood Collective.
  The service and atmosphere at ALL of those restaurants is just "standard", and Sole is the only restaurant that exceeds standard service and atmosphere in Buffalo? Riiiiiiight. And what on earth are you talking about, "Don't be so defensive all...
• Commented on Solé Joins The Neighborhood Collective.
  @Mike Duff - "One of the few places you can take someone from out of town for a memorable dining experience" Oh my god are you kidding me???? I don't know how anyone could possibly think this. Buffalo, for its...
• Commented on Then and Now: Gray Lady No More
  Some brick is just ugly, and I don't think painted brick looks so bad... But how do you get paint OFF brick? That must be an expensive and time consuming process......