Imagine a neighborhood with delightful restaurants, charming shops, funky galleries and Victorian homes - a neighborhood for shoppers who are tired of the mall and looking for the off beat, unique and hard-to-find.
This winter season spend the afternoon shopping in Buffalo's Elmwood Village, recently named one of "Ten Great Neighborhoods" in the United States by the American Planning Association.
Home to the internationally renowned Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (http://www.visitbuffaloniagara.com/)'s Elmwood Village has attractions for the kids including the Treehouse Toy Store which carries
thousands of toys, from classics to the latest and greatest.
Looking for great fashion Urban Threads and Sleds features fashionable designer clothing and other vintage apparel. Buffalo Fleece and Outerwear sells the warmest winter gear, Get Dressed
offers men's fine apparel, Firebrand specializes in way cool sneakers and tennis shoes, while Sweet and Dirty offers women's city fashion spawning from shops in New York City's West
Village. Shoe Fly offers soles for your feet and Clutch has all the latest handbags.
If hunger hits, up and down Elmwood Avenue are many options for dining in Buffalo (http://www.foreverelmwood.org/
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