Lexington/Ashland - The Place to be
I guess that the third time really is the charm. After hearing rumors upon rumors over the last couple of years (and writing about the pending opening twice), The Place is finally set to reopen. It was scheduled to open by January 15th... I had almost given up hope that the Lexington/Ashland restaurant icon would ever come back, when a friend told me that they had seen a ‘Coming Soon’ banner appear. We checked online and discovered that The Place was also seeking a wait staff. Finally the wait is over and Buffalo will once again have one of its favorite haunts back in business. We wish you luck Kenny!
Sushi lovers will also be happy to hear the Kuni Sato has decided to expand his operation across the street. At some point down the road he will be blowing out the rear wall (leading into the kitchen) in order to incorporate seating into his layout. Up until now Kuni’s To Go has been an excellent take-out operation – I think the neighborhood will certainly benefit from the expanded sit-down option. Kuni is no rush to move forward with the remodeling, but between The Place reopening and the future expansion of Kuni’s, this little corner should prove to be quite the hotspot again.
The Place: 229 Lexington Avenue
Kuni's To Go | 226 Lexington Avenue | Phone 716.881.3800 | Fax 716.881.4800
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jmilles
So The Place has a website? What is the URL, may I ask?
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Auburner
I remember gorging on their famous home fries as a very little kid, God the crap our parentls let us eat just for a little peace and quiet... But they still hold the "home fry gold standard" in my book!
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gaustad
great location, would make a nice supper lounge, nice place to watch a Sabres game......I can't wait for the season to start so i can wear my Sabres jersey out and have a few Labbats.
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buffcitybeliever
That's Labatts...(what are friends for)? eh?
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nickinthebox
Good to see this place (ha!) is finally opening up again. I lived in the hole across the street and couldn't even begin to tell you how many parking tickets I got from parking in that lot.
I feel bad for everyone who still lives in that area. If this place is remotely busy for dinner time, parking will be even more atrocious than it was before.
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jattea
Just to back this up, I was reading the Buffalo Rocket, the small North Buffalo paper, and in the classifieds was a help wanted ad for restaurant staff for The Place.
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GDF81
Why is anyone holding their breath for this when there are a ton of great restaraunts already open.. I really think we need to support the already struggling great restaraunts in Buffalo. This "place" will open and in turn cause two other restaraunts to close, we need more jobs instead of new restaraunts.
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PaulBuffalo
So stop all restaurant openings until Buffalo has more jobs?
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GDF81
O yea i need to add that this picture makes the place look like a hole in the wall "queenseyes...is that a bench in the front? .. you would believe by reading this article thats this is going to be something beautiful inside and out... this picture speaks volumes for the restaraunt...ahah
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queenseyes
The listing was on craigslist. And yes, it is a bench. The Place is one of those non-descript restaurants for sure. The following is incredible though. The inside is beautiful if you're into old pubs that haven't changed a lick for many years. It does sound as if they spruced the place up though... we'll see.
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KenMort
Well thanks for all the nice comments, minus gdf81 who just sounds like an old codger, i'm not gonna trash someone who is just uninformed of this "causing" other restaurants to close.....we have been here since 1941 family owned and operated. That picture btw is of probably the worst looking spot of our building lol.
I know this is uber late but I get a few comments here and there from people that have been using buffalo rising (the guy who runs it comes in quite frequently.... if i'm thinking of the right person long blonde hair)
Love,
Ken jr.
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