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Lake Effect Diner

Lake Effect Diner is a 1950s-style affair located in one of the last remaining "diner cars" in America, carefully restored under the direction of local restaurateur Tucker Curtin. With oldies on the jukebox and waitresses dressed in '50s-style pink skirts, Lake Effect Diner is as authentic as it gets. Decent diner fare — burgers, club sandwiches, french fries, milkshakes and malts — is available here for reasonable prices. Lake Effect Diner has been featured on Guy Fieri's Food Network television series, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

Address
3165 Main St.
Getting there
Metro Bus 8; Metro Rail: LaSalle
Hours
Daily 7AM-10PM
Price
$10-25

Listing from Wikivoyage: Buffalo/North Buffalo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Location and details from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

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Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.