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| Exit to Downtown Buffalo and Niagara Falls I-190 North |
We departed Cleveland, OH and drove northeast approximately 200 miles, or about 4 hours to the Buffalo, NY area. Our home for the next week would be on Grand Island, about 10 miles from Niagara Falls.
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| Grand Island, New York |
We arrived in Buffalo just in time for some delicious and genuine BUFFALO CHICKEN WINGS with traditional bleu cheese and celery, served at the original and undisputed home of the "Buffalo Chicken Wing", THE Anchor Bar (est. 1935), located on Main Street in Buffalo, NY.
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| ANCHOR BAR - Home of the Original Buffalo Chicken Wings Buffalo, New York |
Back in 1964 Dominic Bellissimo, aka The Rooster, and his mother and father, Frank and Teressa Bellissimo, took the part of the chicken that usually went into the stock pot for soup and flavored them with a secret sauce. The rest is history!!
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| Anchor Bar - Buffalo, New York |
The closely guarded secret is what makes these wings the "Best Wings in the World". The Anchor Bar in Buffalo has received so many awards too numerous to list...food festivals, wing fests, cook-offs and more.
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| Order of Anchor Bar Buffalo Chicken Wings with Bleu Cheese and Celery |
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| Stylin' Sunglasses Anchor Bar - Buffalo, New York |
Today, "Buffalo Wings" are served in smokey bars, classy cafes, bustling bistros and ritzy restaurants all over the world. If you're interested in buying the sauce, you can find it just about anywhere in the world now, or at your favorite grocery store...most likely for less than you'll pay at the Anchor Bar, but genuine as well. It was worth the trip, but Buffalo is not just about the "wing"!
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| View from Buffalo, New York across Niagara River to Ontario, Canada |
While we were in downtown Buffalo we rode along the beautiful waterfront on the Niagara River close to the source where it meets Lake Erie, and close to the Peace Bridge which leads from the USA to Canada, and discovered a real gem...Frank Lloyd Wright's Fontana Boathouse.
The hospitable caretaker of the property was nice enough to give us the grand tour, and led us upstairs to the upper floor as well as the lower area which is the home for dozens of beautifully stacked sculls (boats).
The area is now leased from the City of Buffalo and used by the Westside Rowing Club and is named The Fontana Boathouse.
The beautiful boathouse is perfect to be used for weddings, public and private events.
The original 1905 boathouse renderings are displayed on the beautifully maintained upper floor. Frank Lloyd Wright never saw or used the boathouse which was built exactly to his specifications and designed to be used by the University of Wisconsin, although the boathouse was never built until 2007. The view was spectacular and looked directly across to the Ontario, Canada side to the Ft. Erie area.
Hope you'll follow us to our next blog where we cross through Canadian Customs via the Peace Bridge and enter Ontario, Canada, and enjoy a spectacular drive along the shores of the Niagara River to see Niagara Falls from the Canadian side - looking across to Niagara Falls at the spectacular view of the American side.
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| Fontana Boathouse Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse - Buffalo, NY |
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| Scull Storage - Fontana Boathouse Buffalo, NY |
The area is now leased from the City of Buffalo and used by the Westside Rowing Club and is named The Fontana Boathouse.
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| Charles and Marie Fontana Boathouse Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright - 1905 Built 2007 - Buffalo, NY |
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| Upstairs - Fontana Boathouse Buffalo, NY |
The beautiful boathouse is perfect to be used for weddings, public and private events.
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| Watercolor Rendering of Fontana Boathouse Frank Lloyd Wright Design - Buffalo, NY |
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| Original Architectural Designs Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse - 1905 for University of Wisconsin |
The original 1905 boathouse renderings are displayed on the beautifully maintained upper floor. Frank Lloyd Wright never saw or used the boathouse which was built exactly to his specifications and designed to be used by the University of Wisconsin, although the boathouse was never built until 2007. The view was spectacular and looked directly across to the Ontario, Canada side to the Ft. Erie area.
Hope you'll follow us to our next blog where we cross through Canadian Customs via the Peace Bridge and enter Ontario, Canada, and enjoy a spectacular drive along the shores of the Niagara River to see Niagara Falls from the Canadian side - looking across to Niagara Falls at the spectacular view of the American side.
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