Step Out Buffalo Podcast
By Step Out Buffalo
Step Out Buffalo PodcastAug 20, 2018
Step Out Buffalo Staff 2020 New Year's Resolutions
Emily:
- Hartman's Distillery
- Pottery Class at Terra Clay Studio
- Macy's Place
- Flower Farms
- Toronto Road Trips
Lauren
- Escape Room
- Meat Raffles
- Cleveland Road Trip
- Guercio & Sons
- Barrel & Brine
- Rock Climbing
- Volunteer at CBAS
Michael
- Ice Skating at Canalside
- Bandits Game
Elise
- Food Truck Tuesday
- Explore Beer Gardens this summer
Rick
- Become a Bills Season Ticket Holder
- Bike Ride on Buffalo/WNY Trails
Best Things To Do On NYE 2020
Best things to do on NYE 2020 in Buffalo/WNY...
- NYE Grand Buffet, DJ's & All Night License for VIPs
- Buffalo NYE Bar Crawl
- NYE 2020 at Big Ditch Brewing Co.
- NYE Dinner at Hotel Henry
- Jon Dore @ Helium Comedy Club
- Family Fun New Year's eve at Old Falls St. USA
- First Night Buffalo
- New Years PJ Party
- NYE @ Hatchets & Hops
- A New Years Eve 007
- NYE @ Rusty Nickel @36 Broadway
- NYE Brewers Ball
- NYE Silent Disco
Q & A with Lauren & Emily
Lauren & Emily answer your questions:
- Have you toured a silo apartment?
- What crime is fitting for people who ask for ranch with their wings?
- Are you hiring?
- Non-alcoholic activities?
- Which local Walmart has the best wolf shirts?
- Saturday day drinking spots?
- Fun bar to take a 26 year old when they visit?
- Restaurants with a cool and cozy atmosphere?
- Best vegan restaurants in town?
12/19 - 12/22 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: Lauren & Emily discuss our SOB holiday dinner at Mother's, a trip to Ikea in Burlington, and a preview brunch at Rusty Nickel's new Downtown location
Part 2: Coming up this weekend...
- Jane Lynch's "A Swingin' Little Christmas"
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Holiday Cheer with EBC Beer
- Jamie Lee
- Rusty Nickel Brewing: Grand Opening
- Terry Fator
- BJ Thomas Christmas & Hits
- Hollywood Holidays at the Aurora Theatre
Dec 13 - 15 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Coming up this weekend:
- Last Minute Panic Holiday Marketplace
- Elf the Musical
- Les Miserables
- The Kerfuffle Before Christmas
- Mr. Popper's Penguins at Theatre of Youth
- A Christmas Carol
- Wonderland Holiday Ball
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra2
Fast 5 Stories: Dec 6
The fast 5 *fun* news stories you need to know now:
- Rusty Nickel's Downtown location is open
- Igloos in WNY
- Raclette's is Closing, Ballyhoo/Lucky Day Owners are taking over
- Bar Bill North is coming
- West Rose sets Grand Opening date
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Dec 5 - 8 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Best things to do this weekend include:
- Nicole Byer at Helium
- KeyBank Holiday Live at Larkin 2019
- 2019 Buffalo Polar Plunge
- The 15th Annual Tour of Homes
- Holiday Happenings on the Niagara Wine Trail
- Gingerbread Decorating Party
- Roycroft Campus Holiday Art Show
- SantaCon Buffalo
- Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting
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Nov 27 - Dec 1 Best Things To Do This Weekend
Best things to do this weekend...
- YMCA Tury Trot
- Christmas in Ellicottville
- Fairgrounds Festival of Lights
- Wayne Brady
- Santa Claus to Arrive by Train
- 2019 World's Largest Disco
- LiveNF Makers Market
- Fall Makers + Shakers: Boozy Artisan Market
Nov 21 - 24 Best Things to Do This Weekend + The Best Things We Tried in November
Part 1: Lauren tells us about her visit to WNY Book Art Center and Angelica Tea Room
Part 2: The best things to do this weekend include...
- Shea's Shopping Soiree
- OAR
- Christmas on Ice
- Theresa Caputo Live!
- The Beatles Classical Mystery Tour at Kleinhans
- An Evening of Stand Up Comedy with Jeremy Piven
Part 3: Best things we tried in November...
- Macys Pizza
- Road Trip to Ithaca
- Andale Mexican Restaurant
- Juicy's Chopped Salad
- Mini Photo Shoot with DeaLea Photography
Nov 15 - 17 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: We discuss Emily's Baby Shower at Henry's Gardens and Lauren's trip to Medina for a preview dinner featuring the Bent's Opera House chefs.
Part 2: Coming up this weekend...
- Gilbert Gottfried
- Hops for Herschell
- Jersey Boys
- Grown Up Night of Play: Around the World in Holidays
- Bottles & Bites: Flavors of Fall
- New York Beer Project 4 Year Anniversary Festival Weekend
- AVA Collective x Resurgence Holiday Pop-up Market
- Entropy | The POETEXPO
Fast 5 Stories: Nov 8
Prish Moran is leaving/selling Sweetness 7/The Tabernacle
Waxlight officially opens
Paloma Exchange opens on Grant
Food news roundup
Station 12 Schedules Official Ground-breaking
Nov 8 - 10 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Best things to do this weekend include:
- DinoFEST - Adults
- DinoFEST - Kids
- Holiday Valley Beer & Wine Festival
- Trucks 'N Brews Beer Party
- Christmas in the Country
- 33rd Annual Craft Show
- Knox Holiday Arts & Crafts Show
- French Heritage Day at Old Fort Niagara
Best Things We Tried: October
The best things we tried/did in October:
- Cinnamon Bun @ This Little Pig's Brunch
- Mundy Cakes' Cookie Class (+ The Cinnamon Bun & Pumpkin Bread at Mundy Cakes)
- Peace Love & Little Donuts
- Becker Farms
- Hertel Ave (Joe's Deli, The Sterling, Burning Buffalo)
- Chestnut Ridge & The 219 Armor Duells Exit
Oct 31 - Nov 3: Best Things to Do This Weekend in WNY
Part 1: We recap The Crawling Dead Halloween Bar Crawl and Fresh Catch 2.0's opening.
Part 2: The best things to do this weekend include...
- Halloween Axetravaganza
- Taking Back Sunday
- DBGBs 10th Annual Monster Ball
- Little Shop of Horrors
- WWE Smackdown
- Buffalo Sabres vs. New York Islanders
- Rick James' Original Stone City Band
- Buffalo Bills vs. Washington Redskins
Fast 5 Stories: Oct 25
The fast 5 *fun* news stories you need to know now:
- West Side Bazaar Has Plans to Move
- Plant Shack's second location
- Conlon's is for sale
- Fresh Catch 2 is opening this Friday
- West End Interior is designing a boutique hotel
Oct 25 - 27 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: Lauren went to the Bills Game and Emily went to a wedding at The Timberlodge at Arrowhead.
Part 2: Best Things to do this weekend include...
- Harry Potter Trivia
- Michael Rapaport at Helium Comedy Club
- Trick-or-Treating in the Village
- Truck of Treat
- Haunted Happy Hour
- Halloween Masquerade at Hotel Henry
- 3rd Annual Fruit Beer Festival
- 2019 Witches Ball
- 90s Rise Again Halloween
- The Crawling Dead: Halloween Bar Crawl 2019
Fast 5 Stories: Oct 18
The fast 5 *fun* news stories you need to know now:
- Ru's Pierogi is closing their restaurant & Food Truck
- Public Espresso just opened their new Shea's Seneca location
- Speak Easy opened in Lovejoy
- Restaurant news roundup (Winfield's Pub, Mess Hall, Yoshi, Yey's House of Hummus, Buffalo Station House, Kornerstone Cafe)
- Rowhouse is now just a private event space
Oct 18 - 20 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: Cork & Craft, another Inizio recap + save The Hamburg Palace Theater
Part 2: Coming up this weekend...
- Jurassic World Live Tour
- Science After Hours: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
- The Rocky Horror Show
- Becker Farms Haunted Hayride
- Halloween Wine Tours
- BOOtanical Celebration
- Autumn Happens Here
- Comback Tours: Billy Ray Cyrus & Sinbad
- Brewery Events: Thin Man Hoppy Halloween Silent Disco & Harvest Fest 2019
Fast 5 Stories: Oct 11
The fast 5 *fun* news stories you need to know now:
- Buffalo Proper is Closed
- What's Poppin' Popcorn is opening in "3 Points"
- Larkinville News: Paula's Donuts breaking ground + rumors of a cool bowling alley
- Expo News: Too much to type, must listen
- What's happening with Exchange and DBGB's?
Oct 11 - 13 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: Lauren tells us about her retro weekend plans at the Eastern Hills Mall & Buffalo RoadHouse
Part 2: Coming up this weekend:
- Local Restaurant Week
- 17th Annual Arts Work Sale + Auction
- CMC International Jazz Fest
- Making Stride Against Breast Cancer of Buffalo
- Ellicottville Fall Festival
- Thin Man Brewery's Oktoberfest
- Hertel & Saranac Oktoberfest
- The Chainsmokers
- Carie Underwood
- Basic Sunday Wine Tour
Best Things We Tried: September
If you like getting recommendations from Step Out Buffalo's staff, this one's for you! Laure and Emily discuss the best things they tried in the month of September including:
- Amvets in West Seneca
- Stack Burger
- Inizio
- Peach Salad at Prima Oliva Cafe
- Apple Picking at Stonehill Orchard
- The Flower Stand
- Brick Oven Bistro
- Borderland Festival
- The Little Club
- Black Sheep's Sticky Toffee Pudding
Oct 2 - 6 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Coming up this weekend:
- Shelton Brothers Beer Festival
- Dog Oktoberfests - Open Arms Rescue's Oktoberfest & Cocktails for a Cause
- Phil Collins - Still Not Dead Yet, LIVE!
- The Pumpkin Fiesta at Becker Farms
- 21st Annual Parkside Tour of Homes
- Raising the Roots: Farm-to-fork Event
- Graycliff Fall Fest
- WFBO Buffalo Blues Bash October
- The Iron Event 2019
- Post Malone
Fast 5 Stories: Sept 27
The fast 5 *fun* news stories you need to know now:
- Inizio
- New Businesses open in Five Points Neighborhood
- Silo City Development
- Cecilia's Closing
- OnCore Golf Buffalo
Sept 25 - 29 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: We discuss going to Curtain Up!, road tripping to Cleveland, thrifting in Buffalo, Stack Burger, and more.
Part 2: Coming up this weekend...
- Science After Hours: Get a Clue
- Cirque FIESTA!
- 6th Annual Buffalo Mini Maker Faire
- Larkinville Fall Fest
- AppleUmpkin Festival
- Honey Harvest Festival
- Roycroft Fall Fest
- Oktoberfests around WNY
Fast 5 Stories: Sept 20 (Waxlight, Old Record Theater Moves, + More)
The fast 5 *fun* news stories you need to know now:
- New Restaurant Coming Soon: Waxlight Bar a Vin
- Old Record Theater Spot is turning into a Mixed Use Building
- Fall Makers + Shakers is 2 Days
- U-pick Flower News
- Fowler's Limited Edition Sponge Candy Collection
Sept 18 - 22 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: Lauren & Emily recap a wedding in Ellicottville at Holiday Valley, Dinner at the New Resurgence location on Chicago Street, Inizio, and Halal Guys.
Part 2: Coming up this weekend...
- Light the Night Buffalo
- Curtain Up!
- Buffalo Beer Week events
- Borderland Music + Arts Festival
- Mean Girls at Shea's
- 2019 Ballpark Brew Bash
- Harvest Festival
- Niagara BBQ Brew Fest
Sept 11 - 15 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Coming up this weekend:
- Buffalo Beer Week 2019
- Science After Hours: Adult BubbleFEST
- Rock n Roll Weekend
- Niagara Falls Blues Festival
- Rascal Flatts Concert
- Meek Mill & Future Concert
- Buffalo Maritime Heritage Festival 2019
- OP Festival of the Arts
- Chalkfest Buffalo
- Buffalo Hard Cider & Doughnut Fest
- 8th Annual Taste of East Aurora
- Buffalo Cigar Fest
- 19th Annual Niagara Celtic Heritage Festival & Highland Games
- Meatball Street Brawl IV
Sept 4 - 8 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Coming up this weekend...
- Craig Robinson
- Niagara County Peach Festival
- Buffalonia
- South Buffalo Irish Festival
- Music is Art Festival 2019
- Batavia Vodka and Gin Fest
- Dane Cook
- 2019 WNY Llamafest
- Game Day Bar Crawl 2019 hosted by Step Out Buffalo
Fast 5 Stories: Aug 23
The fast 5 *fun* news stories you need to know now:
- Hempstead Kitchen
- Rockburger is moving to a new location
- Mundy Cakes has a patio
- Barebones BBQ Pop up
- Picasso's Pizza has insane deals
Aug 21 - 25 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: This past weekend's Patrick's Rooftop experience & going to Seabar for the last time before it closed for good.
Part 2: Coming up this weekend...
- Night Lights Music Festival
- Kiss
- 38th Annual Buffalo Irish Festival
- Final Family Movie Night at Olmsted Parks
- Northwest Jazz Festival
- End of Summer Throwback Street Party
- Florida Georgia Line
- Elmwood Ave. Festival of the Arts
- Muddy Buffalo - Mud Run and Obstacle Course Race
- The Black Sheep Sunday Pig Roast Picnic
- 3rd Annual Beau Fleuve Music & Arts Festival
Fast 5 Stories: Aug 16
The fast 5 *fun* news stories you need to know now:
- Moriarty Meats moving to Elmwood
- The Loft at Musejar
- Buffalo Cakepops is moving to Chandler
- WTF is up w Conlon's
- Dill Pickle Wings at Resurgence
8/14 - 8/18 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: We discuss Alchemy Wine Bar's food, Poutine & Cream vs Churn, and Lasertron.
Part 2: Coming up this weekend...
- Pendleton Farm & Home Days 2019
- Big Bounce America
- Buffalo Niagara Scottish Festival
- Fiddler's Fair
- Buffalo Bark in the Park
- Live at Spring Lake Winery Rock & Reggae Festival
- Cocktail City 2019
- Tim McGraw
- Chautauqua Food Festival
Fast 5 Stories: Aug 9
The fast 5 *fun* news stories you need to know now:
- Butter Block is finally opening a permanent location
- A Buffalo spot was named #1 Wing place in NYS and Top in USA
- Sportsman Park is a thing that's happening
- Seabar is closing
- Station 12: What is it and when is it coming?
Aug 7 - 11 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: We chat about Eden Corn Fest, The Irishman in East Aurora, Buffalo Pedal Tours Boat, and Chestnut Ridge's Eternal Flame.
Part 2: Coming up this weekend:
- Erie County Fair
- Lucille Ball Comedy Festival
- Chalk Fests x 2
- Lewiston Art Festival
- Taste of Ellicottville
- Canalside Live Series: Nelly
- WNY Woodstock Celebration
- 2019 Griffis Park Sculpture Park Summer Festival
Best Things We Tried: July
If you like getting recommendations from Step Out Buffalo's staff, this one's for you! Lauren, Emily and Intern Maddy discuss the best things they tried in the month of July including:
- Some specific dishes at Italian Fest
- Kellys Country Store's 1st Food Truck Tuesday
- Plant Night @ Pearl Street
- Drinks & lake Night Apps at Brickyard Brewing Co
- Brunch at Bettys
- Korean Fried Chicken & a Pasta Dish from Dapper Goose
- Hide & Seek in Toronto
- Fresh Catch's Acai Bowl
- Little Summer Street during the Buffalo Garden Walk
July 31 - Aug 4 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: We recap Live Well Buffalo, Garden Walk Buffalo, Breadhive, Kostas, Enjoying the Outer Harbor, and Lauren's big score at Textbook Buffalo.
Part 2: Coming up this weekend in WNY:
- Niagara County Fair
- Buffalo Brewfest
- Cobblestone Live Music & Arts Festival
- Live Music - Arkells, KORN, Breaking Benjamin
- Eden Corn Festival
- Bark Bash
- Jack Craft Fair
- WNY Veg Fest
Fast 5 Stories: July 26
The fast 5 *fun* news stories you need to know now:
- West Rose x The Grange Announced
- Perry's featured in a Quiet Place
- Wildroot Floral is joining Daddy's Plants
- Jazzboline Opening
- Patrick's Rooftop Opening
July 24 - 28 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: We recap Woodstream Campsite's "lazy river", Eat Rite Foods Wellness Expo, and Brunch at Hotel Henry.
Part 2: The best things to do this weekend include...
- Buffalo Infringement Festival
- Ellicottville Jazz & Blues Weekend
- Ribfest 2019
- 21st Annual Lebanese Festival
- Heart: Love Alive Tour
- Garden Walk Buffalo
- Niagara USA Wine Festival
- Glen Park Art Festival
- Disability Pride Parade & Festival
- Live Well Buffalo Festival
- Buffalo Paddle Bike Run
Fast 5 Stories: July 19
Introducing our newest podcast series within the Step Out Buffalo podcast! In this episode Lauren and Emily run through 5 fun "news" stories that we think you'd be dying to know about - each in 60 seconds or less. Where do we get our info? Instagram, the street, gossip around the office (and town), you know the drill.
This week on SOB's Fast 5 Stories:
- There's a gourmet ice cream sandwich pop up shop
- Fattey Beer Co.- Now Open
- Plant News x2
- Kin Loch Farmsted - Now Open
- Fig Tree Patisserie - Now Open
July 17 - 21 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: Emily tells us about her weekend in the Finger Lakes & at Three Brothers Winery and Lauren accidentally participated in Kenmore's Giant Garage Sale Weekend.
Part 2: Coming up this weekend...
- Rock the Barn Music Festival
- Pucho's Grease Pole Festival 2019
- Grown Up Night of Play
- Eat Rite Sports Expo
- Galbani Italian Heritage Festival 2019
- BurgerFest 2019
- Water Lantern Festival 2019
- Thomas Rhett
- 44th Annual Waldfest
- Barks at the Brewery
- Wiz Khalifa: The Decent Exposure Tour
Jul 10 - 14 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: We recap 4th of July festivities, an attempt to see the tall ships, Lou's Diner, The Quarter, and Lauren's 24 Hours in Toronto.
Part 2: Coming Up This Weekend...
- Pirates Festival
- Bricks & Brews
- Macedonian Festival
- Finger Lakes Wine Festival
- Genesee County Fair
- Chalk Festivals (2)
- Taste of Buffalo
- Buffalo Book Fest
- BPO East Side Festival
- Canal Fest 2019
The Best Things We've Tried This Month: Episode 1 (June)
We're launching a new series within our podcast called "The Best Things We've Tried This Month"! Every month, we'll recap the best things we (SOB staff members) have tried over the past month or so - including food, restaurants, activities, things - you know.
Here's what Lauren, Emily, and Summer Intern Maddy tried in June:
- Balanced Body's Meal Prep Service
- Campfire Grill
- Perry, NY (Ration Wine Bar & Silver Lake Brewing)
- Boxstar Training Canalside Summer Workout
- Black Button Distilling
- Old Falls Street Friday Night Block Party Concert series
- The Healthy Scratch
- Santora’s Pizza Pub & Grill’s FIRST brunch & Bloody Mary Flights
- Los Compadres in Batavia
- The Grange's Breakfast Pizza
- Main Street Ice Cream's Ice Cream Flights
July 3 - 7 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: We recap Batavia Downs Rockin' the Downs Concert, La Divina, Riverworks, and Marble + Rye.
Part 2: Here's what's happening this weekend:
- Clarence Hollowfest
- Fireworks Errwhere
- Pride at the Falls
- Ellicottville Music Festival
- French & Indian War Encampment
- Historic Niagara on the Lake Garden Tours
- Elevator Alley Kayak Tour
- Buffalo Jazz Composers Workshop
June 26 - 30 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: Lauren tells us about Buffalo Summer Solstice, Duende, Buffalo Brewers Festival, and popups happening at Canalside. Then Emily talks about the TR Site's Unexpected Inauguration Tour and the new Resurgence Brewery in the Old First Ward.
Part 2: Coming up this weekend:
- Jake Owen
- UCC Dancing With the Stars
- Taste of Diversity Festival 2019
- 2nd Annual Brews for BUR & Cornhole Tournament
- Canalside Live Series: T.I.
- The Roycroft Summer Festival
- Art & Antique Show
- Human Buffalove #6
June 19 - 23 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: Emily recaps Taste of Country, Aladdin, and her most recent visit to Belt Line Brewery and Lauren recaps a dismantled Discover Kenmore and what she did instead.
Part 2: Coming up this weekend we're talking about...
- Kerfuffle 2019
- 11th Annual BBQ & Blues Fest
- Buffalo Arts Studio Summer Solstice at Silo City
- New Kids on the Block: Mixtape Tour
- Shakespeare in Delaware Park
- Ride for Roswell
- Brews for Buffalo Autism Project
- Night Nation Run Buffalo
- EVL Paddlefest
- Strawberry Moon Festival
21 Questions: Summer Edition (Part 1)
Lauren, Emily & our summer intern Maddy answer questions from Instagram:
- Best unique beers in Buffalo
- Post-work Buffalo activities
- Best Bike Trails
- Best park shelters for events
- Free summer events/activities
- Guide to Farmers Markets in Buffalo
- Best places for a date
- Guide to best chocolatiers
- Bottomless Mimosa Brunch
- Best Wings
- Dog friendly restaurants/patios
- Guide to weekly free concerts
- Best/must-see things to show out of towners
- Best Sunday funday activities
- Best places to get pancakes
June 12 - 16 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: Lauren recaps South Buffalo Porch Fest
Part 2: Coming up this weekend...
- Wild Brews
- Toyota Taste of Country
- Buffalo River Fest & Rigidized Regatta
- Juneteenth Festival
- Zac Brown Band
- Buffalo Niagara Dragon Boat Festival
- Discover Kenmore 2019
- Lewiston Garden Fest 2019
- Thin Man Brewery Third Annual Summer Street Festival
- Hamburg Wine About
- Buffalo Fiericon
- Rockin' 2019: Death Cab for Cutie
June 7 - 9 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: We recap the Pints + Pierogi Fest and Lauren dishes about Marotto's Clam Bar.
Part 2: The best things to do this weekend include...
- Superhero Walk & Run for Children's Mental Health
- Sea Lio Rescue Run 5K
- The Bash for Mercy Flight
- Hanson String Theory
- Allentown Art Festival + Allen West Fest
- Beercus! - 5th Anniversary Party
- New York State Yoga Festival
- South Buffalo Porchfest
- 7th Annual Crossroads Bluesfest
- Live on Mars: A tribute to David Bowie
12 Best Festivals Happening in WNY This June
Lauren and Emily handpicked their top favorite festivals happening in June. Listen to find out what to expect at these upcoming events:
- Pride Festival 2019
- Allentown Art Festival + Allen West Festival
- New York State Yoga Festival
- East Aurora Music Fest
- South Buffalo Porchfest
- Buffalo River Fest & Rigidized Regatta
- Buffalo Niagara Dragon Boat Festival
- Thin Man Brewery Third Annual Summer Solstice Street Festival
- Kerfuffle 2019
- 11th Annual BBQ & Blues Festival
- Buffalo Brewers Festival
- Taste of Diversity Festival 2019
May 29 - June 2 Best Things to Do This Weekend
Part 1: Lauren recaps Balloons Over Letchworth this past weekend.
Part 2: Coming up this weekend: