Outdoor Life

1. Beginning in May with the annual Hellenic Festival—celebrating Greek culture and cuisine—and continuing right through the summer to the Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts in late August, Buffalo is a city of festivals. (Source: BNCVB)
2. The Taste of Buffalo is the second-largest food festival in the country, attracting more than 500,000 visitors (Source: BNCVB). You can sample literally hundreds of different dishes as you walk from restaurant stall to restaurant stall. Items cost no more than $3.50. (Source: WCities.com)
3. Buffalo has great food, but we are known, obviously, for our chicken wings. The National Buffalo Wing Festival every Labor Day weekend attracts aficionados and restaurants from all over the world and consistently receives national media attention.
4. Buffalo is only 25 miles from Niagara Falls, where you can ride the world-famous Maid of the Mist or visit the Cave of the Winds and walk directly underneath the falls!
5. The Garden Walk in Buffalo is one of the largest in the country, with 260 gardens participating, and more than 40,000 visitors. (Source: San Francisco Chronicle)