People and Places
The top five vote-getters are listed in no particular order and photos are chosen randomly. Winners announced at the Best of Buffalo Party, Monday May 18, 6pm, at the Town Ballroom.
Best Activist Group
PUSH Buffalo
Bills Fan Thunder
Buffalo Riverkeeper
Terror Technologies Buffalo Zombies
for Charity
The Starve
Best Annual Fundraiser
Variety Kids Telethon
World’s Largest Disco
Red Cross Bash
Ride for Roswell
Buffalo Zombie Walk by Terror Technologies
Best Bathroom Graffiti
Tudor Lounge
Macky’s Essex St. Pub
The Old Pink
Gabels
Nietzsche’s
Best Date Spot
Canalside
Left Bank
Sidelines Sports Bar and Grill
Niagara Falls
SPoT Coffee
Best Day Trip
Toronto
Letchworth State Park
Niagara Falls
Ellicottville
Niagara on the Lake
Best Famous Person From Buffalo
Jim Kelly
Rob Gronkowski
Robby Takac
Patrick Kane
Christine Baranski
Best Free Entertainment
Thursday at the Harbor
Bidwell Concert Series
Shakespeare in Delaware Park
Canalside
Larkin Square
Best Individual Activist
Carl Paladino
Aaron Bartley
Greg Hinaman
Bernice Radle
Charles Pellien
Best Instagram Account
@buffaloeats
@dogsofbuffalo
@buffalony
@terrortechnologies
@risecollaborative
Best Local Journalist
Jerry Sullivan
Joe Buscaglia
Colin Dabkowski
Donn Esmonde
Tim Graham
Best Local Radio Personality
Tom Bauerle
Janet Snyder
Shredd and Ragan
Clay Moden
Jeremy White
Best Local Sailing Races / Regattas
Buffalo Harbor Sailing Club
Buffalo Canoe Club
West Side Rowing Club
YaGotta Regatta
Youngstown
Best Local TV Personality
John Beard
Kevin O’Neill
Don Paul
Kevin O’Connell
Mary Alice Demler
Best Local Twitter
@KevinBuffalo
@buffalopundit
@terrortech
@TheBillsMafia
@paulathoe
Best Local Website / Blog
buffablog.com
buffalorising.com
buffalobruises.com
stepoutbuffalo.com
buffaloeats.com
Best New Idea You’ve Heard for WNY
Solar City
Developing canalside
Build a new stadium
Downtown Stadium
Continued waterfront development
Best People-Watching Spot
Erie county Fair
Canalside
Allentown
Elmwood Avenue
Delaware Park
Best Power Meeting Spot
SPoT Coffee
Sweetness 7
Sidelines Sports Bar and Grill
The Buffalo Club
Ashker’s
Best Public Service Provided
NFTA/Metrorail
Canalside
Snow Plowing
Libraries
Police
Best Reason to Live in
Buffalo
Cost of Living
People
Four Seasons
The Waterfront
Food
Best Scandal
Hamburg School Board
Carl Paladino
Terror Technologies Zombies are Really Human
Sheldon Silver
The Buffalo School Board
Best Thing About Never Winning a Championship
Being the Underdog
Hope
Better Draft Picks
Low Expectations
Nothing
Best Up and Coming Neighborhood
Black Rock
West Side
Hertel
Larkinville
Downtown
Best Urban Garden
Japanese Garden
Delaware Park
Massachusetts Avenue Project
Buffalo Botanical Gardens
Normal Street Garden
Most Over-Covered Story
of the Year
Lancaster Redskins
Sabres tanking
Buffalo School Board
What Color is the Dress?
Anything Buffalo Bills
Most Under-Covered Story of the Year
Mark Croce Parking Lot Gouging
5th Annual Operation One-Ton Food Drive by Terror Tech
Buffalo Public Schools
Common Core
Snow Removal
We Need More People Like
Hillary Collura
Terry Pegula
Carl Paladino
Rex Ryan
Jim Kelly
Worst New Idea You’ve Heard for WNY
Downtown stadium
Housing at outer harbor
Buiding a new stadium
Keeping the stadium in Orchard Park
City Mission expansion
Fine Arts • Food & Drink • Local Music
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