Buffalove: Things To Do

Richardson Olmsted Campus

Site of Hotel Henry! The Richardson Olmsted Campus was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986. The site was designed by the American architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, in concert with the famed landscape team of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the late 1800s, incorporating a system of enlightened treatment for people with mental illness developed by Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride. It was originally called the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane. The hospital closed the door to its last patient in 1974.

The Place

Our first date and engagement location! (Yes... we know what you are thinking... it does look like someone's house!)

Elmwood Village

Many bars, restaurants and cute little overpriced boutiques! Walking distance from the Hotel Henry.

The Buffalo Marathon

The Buffalo Marathon starts at 6:30am on Sunday, May 26th. Part of the route is just down the road from the hotel. Check out the website!! (Expect road closures in the area)

Canalside

Many things to see and do: Buffalo Naval Park, Buffalo River, Key Bank Center, Liberty Hound (restaurant), and more!

Shea's Buffalo Theatre

One of our favorite places in Buffalo! Originally called Shea's Buffalo, it was opened in 1926 to show silent movies. It took one year to build the entire theatre. Shea's boasts one of the few theater organs in the US that is still in operation in the theater for which it was designed. Shea's Buffalo, flagship of the theater chain, was designed by the noted firm of Rapp and Rapp of Chicago. Modeled in a combination of Spanish and French Baroque and Rococo styles, the theatre was designed to resemble opera houses and palaces of Europe of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Forest Lawn Cemetery

Forest Lawn Cemetery was founded in 1849 by Charles E. Clarke. It covers over 269 acres (1.1 km2) and over 152,000 are buried there, including U.S. President Millard Fillmore, singer Rick James, and inventor Lawrence Dale Bell. Forest Lawn is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Delaware Park

A 376-acre historic park system and national historic district. The park system was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and developed between 1868 and 1876. Hoyt Lake (originally Mirror Lake) was feature during the Pan-American Exposition. The park system was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Albright-Knox Art Gallery

One of our favorite places! The gallery is a major showplace for modern art and contemporary art. It is one of the oldest public arts institutions in the United States. The building was designed by prominent local architect Edward Brodhead Green. It was originally intended to be used as the Fine Arts Pavilion for the Pan-American Exposition in 1901, but delays in its construction caused it to remain incomplete until 1905.

Buffalo Museum of Science

Larkin Square

Buffalo Pedal Tours

The Buffalo Zoo

Allen Street

Allentown: Many bars, restaurants and shops for all the hipsters!

Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House Complex

It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built between 1903 and 1905. It is considered to be one of the most important projects from Wright's Prairie School era, and ranks along with The Guggenheim in New York City and Fallingwater in Pennsylvania among his greatest works.

Restaurants

There are tons to choose from but here are some of our favorites: 100 Acres (in Hotel Henry) Cole’s Allen Burger Venture (ABV) Sun Cuisine Dobutsu Toutant Niagara Café Dinosaur BBQ Lloyd Taco Factory

Breweries

Again... lots to choose from but here are some of your options: Resurgence Thin Man Flying Bison Big Ditch Gene McCarthy’s Community Beer Works RiverWorks Labatt Brew House And many more…

Distilleries

Buffalo Distilling Company Lockhouse Distillery and Bar Tommyrotter Lakeward Spirits (The Barrel Factory) Black Squirrel Distillery