Restaurant guide... http://www.typecon.com/talk.php?id=156

Cheers, Si

On a related note: the Hyatt is next door to a real gym!
For guests interested in a more complete workout, we offer complimentary admission to the Olympia Health Club.

Staying healthy and TypeCon are not really concepts that fit together well. TypeCon, followed by detox/rehab might work. But anything that doesn’t cut into hot-tub time, (http://www.typecon.com/talk.php?id=165) is probably all good.

That sounds mighty good James!

I have some hard core coffee contacts though, so I will send out a feeler. If I get something worth talking about I will post it.

At dinner time I may follow Ale. He has been doing his research.

Talk of coffee in Buffalo has me pining for ligatures right here.

Cheers!

Greetings!

Although not a coffee drinker (sorry) Spot on Delaware & Chippawa would be the best bet for non-chain coffee (closest to the hotel)... another sure bet would be Blue Mountain Coffee on Elmwood Avenue at Utica (they roast their own) and a little North on Elmwood is Dolci (elmwood and Breckenridge).

Good hunting!

Eben, my food research is stopped. I m now limited to the Richard list. No sushi in Buffalo...

sushi’s on the list, Ale. it’s jut not sit-down sushi. i’ve heard it’s actually very good sushi too, you just have to take it with you.

i’ve compiled my own list to supplement the official food guide.

as for coffee, i think a lot of the locals enjoy Tim Horton’s, but i’ve not tried it. it may be more american (Canadian) than you like...

No sushi bar in Buffalo?

OIC Kuni’s

Lots of sushi in Buffalo... Wegmans (local mega grocery) on Amherst street even has a sushi chef on staff...

Locations ranked in proximity to the hotel. 3 are within 4 blocks of each other in the elmwood village.

Kunis - 226 Lexington Ave. Buffalo
Wasabi’s - Elmwood Avenue (same block as Dolci) - 752 Elmwood avenue, Buffalo
Lexington Co-op - elmwood avenue, one block north from Dolci
Pangaea Sushi & Sake Restaurant - 1260 Hertel Ave, Buffalo
Sushi Nagasaki - 2305 Elmwood Ave, Kenmore

hahaha, sorry, I said “no sushi in Buffalo”, I should say “the research on the webwas not so good when I was looking for a really good sushi place to die eating there” lol

Carima, I promise to try them!

Anyway, seems like greek food is excelent there. Thats enough to be happy.

Thanks Carima!

I was looking for a really good sushi place to die eating there

No Fugu Surprise from the street vendors Ale.

Tim Hortons? Isn’t that like going to Dunkin Donuts?

What about local breweries?

Paul: as for coffee, i think a lot of the locals enjoy Tim Horton’s, but i’ve not tried it. it may be more american (Canadian) than you like...

Generally speaking, I don’t drink drip or percolator coffee. Brew methods that kill most of the flavours in coffee just seem wrong to me. Coffee is like wine: the beans possess an extraordinary range and complexity of flavours. Good roasting and extraction will bring out the flavours, but most of the world’s coffee is effectively destroyed by the people who make it. Imagine if 95% of the world’s grape harvest were lumped together in large batches to produce largely indistinguishable cheap table wines.

People often assume, since I’m always keen to locate the best cafe in any destination, that I must drink a lot of coffee. I don’t. Typically, I have one small espresso in the morning and another in the afternoon. I’m not downing gallons of the stuff to stay awake or excite my neurons. I want a fantastic taste experience, and I want to know where the beans have come from, who roasted them, and I want the drink made by someone who understands and cares about quality.

If you want to try brasilian coffee, I can easily bring you some.

“Tim Hortons? Isn’t that like going to Dunkin Donuts?”

If Dunkin Donuts dispenses a bitter, overheated, industrially caffeinated liquid and markets it as coffee … then you’re bang on. My theory is that Tim Horton’s customers insist on ordering a double-double (double cream, double sugar) in order to consume a beverage that’s just marginally palatable.