Aug. 12, 2025

For restaurants, Buffalo's waterfront is 'an honor' despite challenges

On Wednesday evening, at the new restaurant at the Outer Harbor, the sun poked through a hazy sky, illuminating the salt on a chip and the glowing pink skin of a pickled red onion.

General manager Suzanne Scarcello Shatzel squatted to photograph a plate of nachos, trying to get the lake in the background. The restaurant, Perro & Poni , had just sold its first quart-sized, fresh-squeezed lemonade. It was a slow opening day on a nice, but not too nice, summer evening.

Perro & Poni is the flashiest recent addition to the Buffalo waterfront in the state’s $11 million improvement project at Wilkeson Pointe (225 Fuhrmann Blvd.) that wrapped up in July.

It’s a casual, seasonal restaurant with exclusively

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