The Audubon North. This is one of the few places left that have a reasonably priced menu. Most of the food is made from scratch. The sandwich rolls, French Fries, Chicken fingers, Chili, Soups, all made from scratch. Hand formed burgers, chicken sandwiches where the chicken hangs over the entire bun. These are all hard to find now in any restaurant. Please give this place a try if you have not been there in a while. read more

The food! And the owner. I got take out and haven't stopped eating. Best fingers and fresh cut fries anywhere in Buffalo.

Stopped here for a quick, cheap bite. Really happy and we will definitely be coming back - you get TONS of food for the price. they have a SUPER limited menu + a few specials I got the 2 pierogie and 2 fingers dinner for $8.50. Um, WOW. Each pierogie (cheese and potato, BTW) was the size of my PALM. The fingers can't even be called fingers - they are basically breaded chicken breasts. TONS of food. (and the meal came with a random dry piece of bread/toast with a smear of what seemed like oil on it? Maybe melted butter? But not good and very dry). I got my pierogies with sauteed onions and they were awesome. The fingers were ordered one medium, one BBQ and finished on the grill - excellent and well cooked despite being huge (sometimes I'm worried about raw or too "wet" chicken) Husband got the 2 fingers + beef on weck dinner (10.95ish?), which came with fresh cut fries (or he could have got garlic pasta). The fries are typical for fresh cut - not very crispy at all and very limp. We passed on those. Fingers, again, basically chicken breasts. And the beef on weck was very flavorful, though it could have been sliced a bit thinner. The meal took a LONG time to come out of the kitchen, though. We got there at 5:20 and ordered right away - food didn't come out until 6pm! Seems odd for food that is deep fried or pan fried..... (oh, and there were only 4 other tables full while we were there) One negative thing to note: We ate in the addition, and it was FREEZING cold (I had my coat and scarf on) - for some reason, on a 30 degree winter day, they had all the ceiling fans going and a wall mounted oscillating fan that blew right on us. Brrrr. (oh, and the women's bathroom was GROSS - sorry guys, but occasionally you gotta scrub into the corners. There's layers of black filth there... makes customers wonder what your kitchens look like with lack of attention to cleaning detail....) Oh, also--- this wasn't an issue down in the "addition" room, but in the main bar room, there was a pretty significant smell of cigarrette smoke, though I did not see anyone smoking. I noticed this both when I entered and when I exited. Odd. A single waitress was handling all the tables, but she was very attentive with bringing refills on my water before I even asked. All drinks served in icy cold frosted (plastic) mugs, which was a nice touch! I'm sure the patio is AWESOME in the summer. Note: there is extra parking in the back! Another note: I stood at the door for a while before the waitress came by and told me to seat myself. Good to know. (sorry my pictures stink - it was kinda dim and I hate turning my flash on for pictures in a restaurant) read more

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Hole in the wall bar with excellent wings! From the outside it may not seem like much, but step inside to this quaint neighborhood bar and you are greeted by friendly staff. Prices are very reasonable, and you got popcorn / peanuts to enjoy with your libation of choice. Order the wings and you won't be disappointed- make sure to get their famous home made blue cheese on the side with fresh cut fries. read more

Fantastic chicken fingers. Pitcher + chicken fingers set is a good deal for beer drinkers. It's amazing that this place has kept their prices under this inflation. Obviously, the owner cares about her/his clients. Want to try their homemade soup and a Polish platter next time! read more

Absolutely love this place! The food is amazing and atmosphere is fantastic! All the workers, Krissy, Alex, Kayla, Jen and Amy all make you feel at home! Scott always says hello​ no matter how busy he is cooking. Great neighborhood establishment! read more

Great food...Great service..Great barmaid..friendly neighborhood atmosphere..kayla is the whole package !

A bit of a drive for us but when we heard homemade chicken fingers we had to come! So glad someone still makes homemade fingers and fries! Our waitress was wonderful wish I remembered her name (long blonde hair with a fedora type hat) she was very busy and seemed to be the only waitress. Did I mention they make their own blue cheese too! read more

The Audubon North - So good we started eating before taking a pic, huge homemade fingers, these were plain with homemade fries. - Dive Bars Near Me - Amherst, New York

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Great bar, better food, fries are old style, wings are superb. Real food like the old days.

Everything we had was excellent. The local-made sausage sammich was filling and delicious. I highly recommend dining here. read more

The Audubon North - Bar food - Dive Bars Near Me - Amherst, New York

We went for dinner last weekend and we were a little disappointed in the food and the service. We have gone in the past and every thing has always been satisfactory however we asked our server if we could have a side salad instead of fries etc with our fish dinners. She said sure but we when we got our bill we were charged an extra $6 and we were told the reason was that it slows down the cooks because they have to make it. We thought that was a very odd response and shouldn't have been charged also I understand that food costs along with everything else have gone up but the fish that came on our plates was very small. On the positive side the fish was fresh and cooked perfectly. Not sure if we'll go back I know there's many places in Western New York that have good fish dinners. read more

Local dive with amazing food. I literally drool when I think about their homemade fingers. Always very friendly service as well. This place is a home run for me. read more

This definitely a dive if you ask me, but it is a dive that is worth the visit since the food is so good. Best chicken finger in the area hands down and the burgers are amazing too. If you like good home cooked food then you should surely come to this place. A few times it was super busy and seemed like they didn't have the staff and waits were a little long but the food is always good. read more

I had chicken wings hot. They were well cooked, crispy on outside, moist on inside. However the sauce was lacking. Very little sauce on them, so it was almost dry and it was not even close to hot. Had to douse with the hot sauce squeeze bottle they put on the table. read more

Friday evening I went to get some chicken wings and fries, it was busy upstairs so decided to sit downstairs. My wings took exactly one hour to get there. The service was really bad, my order was small and simple yet it took so long. The waitress was more interested in attending her regulars and larger tables. By the time wings got there I wasn't even hungry anymore and the fries were half burned. They definitely have one of the best chicken wings but there service isn't that great . Took my mother with me, talked all the good things about this place and was totally embarrassed. I also ordered fish for her which tasted pretty good and the sides were good also but the piece of fish was thin and small for a $12. read more

The Audubon North - Fried and grilled BBQ wings - Dive Bars Near Me - Amherst, New York

Unfortunately i am lowering there review from myast four star unfortunately quility has gone way down and price way up. Wings are smaller than ever. read more

What a wonderful wonderful dive. Lots of TVs. We avoided the bar area and sat "downstairs" which is a converted garage overlooking a very nice concrete patio with big benches to eat at. Our waitress was a mind reader for putting the hockey game on without being asked. Where else can you go for a double order of wings & a pitcher of beer/pop for under $20? They also had a Polish platter as a special which was fingers, pierogis and sausage. I don't recall my Polish family serving chicken fingers with their fresh sausage & pierogis for Christmas dinner. This place gives no F's and its equally hilarious as it is awesome. I ordered the weck and wing combo. I also appreciate this place going full Buffalo with that offering. This was the BEST beef on weck I've ever had. The roll was fresh, salty and not soggy. The beef was perfect - tender but not chewy. The wings were good. Mine were kind of small and not as meaty as I'd like but they were cooked perfectly. Really good medium sauce with a nice crisp skin. And they give you a big homemade container of blea cheese. They even gave me a side of garlic pasta. Why on Earth they're offering me garlic pasta i'll never understand but that was also delicious. Add a handful of carrots to that and you have a big bountiful meal for $10.95. My GF let me try a pierogi and those were homemade and also incredibly delicious. Chicken fingers were amazing as well. The total bill was $21.15. I'm in heaven. The only complaint I can think of is the food took a pretty long time. So get a pitcher of beer before you wait because i'm sure the drink prices are cheap too. You can read Sunday's sports section above the urinal. read more

This was a cool little dive! It's a bar-restaurant, Clean and casual atmosphere with DELICIOUS home-cooked food and huge portions for a really great price. Their chicken fingers must've belonged to some GIANT chickens Not sure if it's handicap accessible outside of the patio which probably is only open in the summer... Only thing I'd recommend changing is the buckets of peanuts hanging about because peanut allergies are so prominent now. read more

A hidden gem in the Northtowns! Sure.... it's totally a dive.... but when a dive has food this delicious, it's a place that should be visited time and time again! We were warmly greeted by the friendly hostess who turned out to be our delightful waitress. There's a menu with about 15 choices (sandwiches and burgers and beef on weck and a few salads) as well as a specials board attached to the wall. My son and I both had the "Two Chicken Fingers (hot) and Two Pierogies" from the specials board, and we couldn't have been happier. Everything is made in house. The delicious chicken fingers are hand cut and breaded. The bleu cheese dressing is house-made. The pierogies are rolled and stuffed as though by a Polish grandma. They are huge, sautéed in butter and onions, and possibly the best we've ever had. Even the bread is made in house. Wow! Nothing fancy, but mighty tasty.... and the prices are reasonable. Fantastic! read more

The Audubon North - Two Fingers and Two Pierogies. Super Yummy! - Dive Bars Near Me - Amherst, New York

Had to try based on reviews. Interesting layout. Great view of a summer storm out the open garage style doors. Longest wait for undercooked chicken wings of my life. It could have been the blasting air conditioning vent over my head making the wait interminable. Ordered drinks charged for doubles, possible they were, maybe that's why I was able to not freeze solid. Not impressed. Moving on. read more

I was super disappointed considering multiple people recommended this spot to us. I don't even know what the food tastes like because we watched in horror as our food was put together on the bar in front of patrons and then man handled. The cook proceeded to take the fries off the plate and put them in a to go box for another customer. Then picked up my husbands hamburger off his roll with his gloved hand (thank God there was a glove) to remove the cheese that they put on. He then threw it back on the grill. We were so stunned that when the waitress ( who was nice and why they are getting 1 star) brought the wings over we kindly said that what he did was not acceptable. Long story short we took the wings to go, did not take the other food which then got some snarky remarks from the cook. If you have an open kitchen your food prep better be spot on. Update...the wings were not good read more

There wings are delicious and big. My family and I have trees lots of places for wings and all of them have had a bad tasting sauce or small sized wings. I'm so glade this place is right down the street from me there wings are always great and the sauce always taste amazing. read more

Best wings and chicken fingers in town. Even brought our foodie friends (who would prefer the chop house or sear) and they absolutely loved it as well. We always joke that the blue cheese could be soup because that's also delicious. read more

Ok, ordered take out tonight, two wing and beef combo's, one with a pasta side other with fries. I get home and the fries are missing, damn. #1, upset because order is not complete, #2 because the fries are so damn good. The wings and beef were great, and I like the way they seperate the beef from the roll so it's not soggy when you get home. Live in Grand Island, so too far to go back and get the fries, stuff happens. Have been there a lot and always good and complete, so no big deal, they were busy as our take out order was an hour wait. We'll be back for sure. read more

Good food, good folks, good atmosphere, good price! Fish fries, chicken fingers, perogies, roast beef, yada, yada. It's all good.

My girlfriend and I stopped here for lunch and it was a nice experience. Our waitress was so nice and the food was excellent (I had a bacon cheeseburger and she had the special: chicken parm grill on their homemade bread). Fries were fresh cut and tasty. Very affordable. This is a great neighborhood dive. I'll definitely come back to try their amazing looking chicken wings and a cold beer! read more

Upgrading from 1 star to 2 stars. I stand behind my review, and the complete lack of service of this restaurant, I'm just trying to be a more positive person read more

Took over an hour to get 20 wings, heard the fry guy say messed up the order when they were out, waitress didn't let us know at all that the order was going to need to be remade and it would be a while longer. unprofessional and unacceptable wait time. Wouldn't recommend to anyone. read more

Cold, cheap beer and best wings in WNY, the classic dive bar but with an overall good menu and good vibe been a regular since I started in the area read more

The Audubon North - Buffalo hot wings - Dive Bars Near Me - Amherst, New York

Been going to this place for years. The best chicken fingers anywhere, and the wings rank high, too. Don't overlook the bacon-bleu burger either. Drinks are inexpensive, massive salads and perhaps the best kept secret are the clams casino, you will not find better casinos. The bar also sponsors a softball team, a fishing club, and wven a sunday am golf league. Stop by and say hi read more

If large servings of reasonably priced, really delicious, bar food is what you want - that is exactly what you'll get. Come for lunch, mid-day, or early evening dinner, and there's ample seating, and minimal wait. Of course in the evening, it get's busy, don't show up during a Sabres or Bills game and expect, fast food service. The wings, fingers, and fries are the best. I got my wings, hot and grilled, amazing. Every order of fries is cut fresh from a whole potato, not that pre-frozen stuff. The blue cheese is made on site. And they have a few surprises for a corner bar, like huge home made pierogis. The servers are very friendly, although usually busy, (good places get busy), and the beer is cold, frozen mugs are particularly nice. I'll keep coming back! read more

Five stars....simply because this is the best bar food you will ever eat. I can confirm that these are the best homemade chicken fingers you will ever eat. The homemade blue cheese and fresh cut French fries are even better. This is the best kept secret in Buffalo. Cheap beer, casual divey bar feel. You can walk in and seat yourself. Chances are you'll get a super friendly waitress. It's a little bit of a wait for your food, but you won't be mad once it arrives. They have specials such as finger and pierogi combo, or beef and weck and finger combo. Everything is amazing. If you haven't been here go! read more

Delicious food every time I've been there. Fingers are huge and cooked to perfection. Polish platter special was amazing. Prices are very reasonable. Our waitress is a doll. We've had her on several visits. Highly recommend giving them a try you won't be disappointed. read more

Great dive bar. Really good bar food and large portions. The pricing was very low for what we got. Our table got 4 drinks, a single chicken finger and single wing for under $40. That's unheard of with inflation and food prices. The chicken fingers were huge. I could only eat 1.5. It was good quality with fresh cut fries and home made blue cheese. The server was friendly and attentive. Looking forward to returning. read more

We were looking for a quick lunch and this came up on Yelp. Loved everything about it. Casual atmosphere, really friendly waitress, awesome food. We both had fish sandwiches that they bread themselves and we tried different pasta salads. Both were excellent. Prices were very good. I'd like to watch a Bulls game there. We'll definitely call back. read more

Food was disgusting, flies all over the place and the parking lot is a train wreck. Definitely won't try this place again.

Hands down the best food in Buffalo. We are from Utah and found this little gem on Yelp. Great service, it gave us the break we needed. Thank you for the complimentary stuffed onion ring. read more

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This was a cute place I stumbled upon when I was driving. cozy place and bar type wings pretty good service was good and quick. I forgot when their wings deal was. I forgot to take a picture. read more

This is a down home bar with a few food items for lunch. The ambiance is kind of like a dive bar with a remodeled garage used as a dining room. The food is mainly deep fried, so it is definitely not a diet destination. But the quality of the food is very good. Simply the best chicken fingers available, hands down. Big chucks of moist chicken breast are standard. The Garlic Parmesan sauce is to die for. Go there. read more

The outside is mad sketch--but once you get past the bolted/concrete "fight club confused for country club" college town bar entrance you're all like, WOAH! Because the food is pretty frickin' amazing. The tenders are one of their specialties; they come hand-breaded and are huge. You could easily fill an entire plate with just two. I think they should call them "dino" fingers. The fries are also handcut and delish! We ordered a double order-- eight plus a huge plate of fries for about a $20 tab and it was well worth it! We were there for about two hours finishing them off. Downside is that they are not on SkipTheDishes; we asked our server about this and she sort or got defensive about it. As in, "We are a small establishment and don't have the manpower to do deliveries right now" which is understandable. This would be a cool place to watch a Bills game if you want to get out of the house, but are looking for low-key. read more