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Western New York must do!!!
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Parks, trails, restaurants you MUST visit when you visit Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Western New York ❤️❤️❤️
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Outdoor Activities

 
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Gorgeous Waterfall…Paved trails to walk
Glen Falls
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Very nice park with many trails
Stiglmeier Park
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One of many Great Lake Erie locations
Erie County Wendt Beach Park
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The entire stretch is gorgeous! The wall is awesome to walk and it's so beautiful. There are restaurants and a beach club!! My favorite spot on Lake Erie
Buffalo & WNY's Best Beach, Outdoor Bar & Restaurant! | Sunset ...
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Walking the park is fun. It does have hills but it is great exercise and you can see the city in certain spots.
Chestnut Ridge | Parks, Recreation & Forestry - | Erie County
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The botanical gardens are beautiful AND walking around the grounds is perfection,
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
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There is not a bad spot in this park! Who couldn’t spend HOURS watching the water go over the Falls?!?! I have lived here my whole life and I go several times every year and still am in awe over the beauty!!
Niagara Falls State Park
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A MUST if you go to Niagara Falls. There are parts of the gorge that are flatter and easy to walk.
[PDF] Niagara Gorge Trail Map - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
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Beautiful area. They also have a cute dog park we take the grand-dogs to!
Knox Farm State Park
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Restaurants

Buffalo and local restaurants
 
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We have gone here for MANY years and they have NEVER disappointed and their prices are great
Alton's Restaurant - Cheektowaga
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Haystack!!! No more needs said other than there is not a better place along the Niagara River to enjoy the view and eat an amazing steak sandwich ❤️
The SILO Restaurant - Lewiston
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Can I just say OMG!!! This is the best BBQ place I have personally ever been to! Portions are INSANE!!
Brickyard Pub & BBQ
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We took an out of town friend here and we ALL we in love with place! Right on the Niagara River and it was beautiful as well as delicious
Griffon Brewery and Gastropub
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Amazing place and delicious food!
Neat
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We love the food, all of it but there is absolutely no better place to get spinach artichoke dip!! Highly recommend!!!
Pegasus restaurant
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I can not say enough great things about the food or their desserts!!! Their prices are unbelievable!!
Gardenview Restaurant
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I could go on and on why this is a must go! Their Napoleon is to die for!!! They have literally the best desserts!!
Aunt Millie's Family Restaurant & Bakery
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There is a reason they were voted best wings! Dont even think that is the only great food there! This place does NOT disappoint!!
Bar-Bill North
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I have only been to a few Mexican places in the area but this one was VERY good, very reasonable!!
Taqueria Los Mayas
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Local Favorites

 
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Yum!!!! We spent Mothers Day here and the food was the best I have had in a long time! Their seafood pizza was soooooo good!!!
Britesmith Brewing
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