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Buffalo Eats was started in 2009 by Donnie Burtless and Alli Suriani as a food blog that reviewed restaurants, interviewed notable locals and reported on the latest restaurant news in Western New York. From 2009 to 2023, BuffaloEats.org accumulated over 3.5 million views as we wrote about thousands of restaurants and hundreds of local Chefs/Cooks/Bartenders/Farms.
Currently, Buffalo Eats exists on the internet on various forms but we continue to do our best to shed light onto the Western New York dining scene. You can follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and here on Substack (for free!). We continue to do this as a hobby,
Meet the crew:
Donnie Burtless & Alli Suriani, Founders
Favorite 3 Spots At The Moment: Rizzo’s House of Parm, Prescott’s Provisions and Pizzeria Florian
Chicken Wing Spot: Nine Eleven Tavern
Pizza: Nino’s (Hamburg), Carbone’s
Tom Burtless, Contributor
Mark Goodwin, Contributor
Evan Duckett, Contributor
Julie Leone, Contributor
Dima Maddah, Contributor
Lily Fischer, Contributor
Here’s some of the fun things we’ve done over the last 16 years:
Raised over $140,000 for Roswell Park through our annual Ride for Roswell Teams
Gained over 104,000 subscribers/followers across our social media platforms
Hosted an annual Meat Raffle to raise money for our Ride for Roswell Team.
Hosted an annual Hot Dog Eating Contest where we’ve awarded The Golden Glizzy
Creators of #10AMHayburner
We’ve judged the Taste of Buffalo, National Chicken Wing Festival, Nickel City Chef and Buffalo Soup Fest.
We’ve appeared on Bon Appetit, Eater, WIVB Channel 4, The Buffalo News, Buffalo Magazine, Visit Buffalo Niagara, NY Mag, Buffalo Spree Magazine, WGR 103.3, Line Cook Thoughts, Trainwreck Sports, and Trending Buffalo
Hosted two different podcasts Eat It Up (2012-2013) and Grain of Salt (2014-2015, with our friend Christa Glennie) and released over 150 episodes combined. The majority of which can be found on our YouTube channel.
Hosted a Hungry Hungry Buffaloes, a short lived food eating competition show on Buffalo.com.
