Some friends and I recently took our 3rd Annual G.A.M.E. (Grown-Ass Man Extravaganza) trip to see the Tennessee Titans play on the road way up in Buffalo, New York. We checked out Niagara Falls while we were in the area while staying just across the Canadian border. There was also some pretty good beer found along the way as well.
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| Syndicate Brewing in Niagara Falls, Ontario, is a great little brewpub and was just a few minutes from our hotel. Their Sinister Sam IPA was very good. Their seasonal Pumpkin 3.14 (Pi - get it) was decent as well. Their food was outstanding. I know buffalo wings are famous just south of here, but the ones here are pretty darn good. |
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| Go Titans and the MINIVAN BAR is now open! Tailgating was a lot of fun in the suburban setting of Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, NY, just outside Buffalo. Notice the growler of Sinister Sam IPA"smuggled" back across the border from Canada among several other libations. |
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| We took a ride on the famous Maid of the Mist to get an up-close and soggy look at Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of Niagara. Even our rain ponchos were in support of breast cancer awareness. |
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| After the game we decided to find some of the edibles that make Buffalo famous. They say there are none better than at Duff's and I have to agree. They were excellent. |
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| The view from our room at the Double Tree Fallsview was pretty spectacular. We also got a chance to go up in the Skylon Tower, silhouetted in this shot, for a bird's eye view of Niagara Falls. |
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| The game was a thriller with the Titans pulling out a win at the end of the game by a score of 35-34. Our lower-bowl end zone seats were pretty good and the Bills fans for the most part were pretty good folks to us. The weather couldn't have been much nicer. |
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| On our way back to the airport in Buffalo for our trip home, we stopped at the Lake Effect Diner for brunch. I heard of the place thru the great Food Network TV Show, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and it totally met our expectations with great food, friendly service and even some good beer - I had a bottle of the Oktoberfest Lager from Great Lakes Brewing over in Cleveland, Ohio, which was decent. |
I had a bottle of Lakefront Brewing's (Milwaukee,, WI) Fixed Gear Red Ale at the Midway Airport in Chicago on our connection going to Buffalo. It was OK.
Thanks to my friends Wayne, Chris and John for coming along on the trip. Can't wait to do it again next season!
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