This northern, often snow-covered destination offers much in the way of fine and casual dining for its visitors. While these restaurants boast impressive wine lists, you can bring your favorite vintage to accompany your meal if you pay a corkage fee. The fees are per bottle, and generally range from $15 to $25.
This Tuscan-themed restaurant is open for dinner seven nights a week and for lunch Monday through Friday. Its menu, while relatively small, is focused around wood-fired pizzas and fresh appetizers and salads. The food is very reasonably priced. The corkage fee, if you bring your own wine, is $25 per bottle. The menu includes artichoke antipasto, arugula salad with crisp calamari and an oven-fresh pizzas.
This restaurant bills its cuisine as "contemporary." Tempo's wine list is extensive; though diners can bring their own wine for a corkage fee of $25. Frequently praised in reviews, Tempo is recognized for its fine cuisine by Buffalo locals and visitors alike. If you are a meat-lover, the Tuscan-inspired steak alla Fiorentina or the proscuitto wrapped filet are two of Tempo's main courses. The restaurant has an on-line reservation system, and also has a room that is available for private functions and events.
This restaurant has bar, dining room and covered patio seating for its customers. The menu offers a variety of specials as well as fixed entree, salad and appetizer options. The fare is conveniently categorized into "small" and "large" plates. Hutch's also provides a broad selection of wine. Their corkage fee is $20, which is less than some of the city's other establishments. Large entrees include the restaurant's own 'Steak Frite' and lamp chops seasoned with roasted garlic and rosemary. Innovative smaller portioned dishes include a Moroccan spiced shrimp salad and Neopolitan heirloom squash gratin. Hutch's is consistently highly rated by diners for its food and service and takes reservations on line.
Self-described as "Italian cuisine with a Mediterranean flair," La Scala is open for dinner Monday through Saturday. The corkage fee here is considerably less than at some other restaurants in the area, and is only $15 per bottle. La Scala offers specials on food and drinks on certain nights of the week, such as two-for-one martinis on Tuesdays. It also has a large selection of entrees, antipasti, soups and salads on their menu. The menu includes Rosetta pizza or an endive and goat cheese salad served with candied pecans. La Scala's space is divided into several different lounge, bar and dining room options; so that you can choose what ambiance best suits your tastes for the evening.
