End of Allen

Allen Street

Depending on street numbers or your perspective, you've reached the end or you're at the beginning.

Restaurant Week

Cafe 59, Allen Street

Happy Spring! It's that time again. Enjoy the 2017 specials of Restaurant Week from March 20-26.

Allendale Theater

Allendale Theater

The Allendale Theater was built in 1913. The unique neighborhood theater featured silent films and later live theater. The neo-classical revival styled theater had all the gilded attributes of the great theaters of the early 1900's. The 900 seat cinema was filled with leaded glass, carved ornamentation illuminated by modern incandescent lighting.

   Unfortunately, the Allendale went the way of a great many theaters of the last century, slipping into obscurity and facing demolition by the 1980s. Fortunately, through the efforts of private and public entities, the building was saved and revived as the treasure it is. Following an extensive restoration, the Allen Street building, that had laid dorment for so long, reopened in 2000 as the Theater of Youth.

http://www.theatreofyouth.org/

Spittin' Wisdom

Mural off Allen Street

Let"s talk about the transvaluation of values...Or not. How many 19th century German philosophers have a bar named after them?
More than you think, but we like this one best.

Loco Motives

Cantina Loco Looking Out

There's crazy good food at the corner of Allen Street and Elmwood Avenue. We have two words for you, tacos and tequila. You're at the intersection of simple, fresh, quality and yum.

http://www.cantinaloco.com/

Allen and Elmwood

Allen and Elmwood

The sun sets on Allen Street and on the final days of summer. Sunday night and nobody shows signs of letting go.
The sidewalk patios are full with voices and laughter filling the warm night air. We've had a pretty good run and this week promises more of the same. Have a great week in the City of Good Neighbors.

Nietzsche's

Ceiling @ Nietzsche's

There's music every night of the week at this no frills, down to earth birthplace of bands you may know and others long forgotten. The music remains and so do the signatures of those that have passed through on their artistic journey. Look up between the little antique chandeliers and see the scribblings of the musicians who have been part of this musical legacy since 1982. At the ass end of Allen Street Nietzsche's sits sentinel to Buffalo's rich local music scene, as well as those acts that want to play a real venue when they come to town. In the afternoon it plays the role of shadowy neighborhood gin joint,  resting up for the wee small hours of the morning.  

As Friedrich said, " Without music, life would be a mistake."

http://nietzsches.com