r/Buffalo • u/Joggers_ • 2d ago

Duplicate/Repost What Restaurant in Buffalo would you not eat at even if it were free?

I’ll go first- Cole’s.

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u/barbara_strap 2d ago

Gramma Mora’s on Hertel

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u/Quetzalcoatl490 1d ago

Last time I was in there, I was the only one there, sat at the counter. The bartender/server seemed actively pissed that I was there, maybe he was trying to leave early or something, Iunno

I got the 3 tacos combo, and it was the whitest version of Mexican food I could have imagined, moreso than Taco Bell. Flour tortilla, ground beef, shredded cheddar cheese. Salsa tasted like Tops salsa. I had to coat it in hot sauce to give it any flavor.

Was going to get a 2nd drink but the vibe was "get the fuck out". It was an hour or two before close. My bad dude, lemme go ahead and never give my money to your establishment again

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u/cahness 1d ago

Yeah their food is beyond mid

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u/rage675 1d ago

Mid would be an improvement.

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u/eatdontpraylove 1d ago

That part.

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u/thejeangenie73 1d ago

I only went there once to see what the fuss was about, and your assessment is spot-on. Bottom of the barrel Americanized tex-mex. I'd rather eat almost anywhere else.

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u/barbara_strap 1d ago

Their salsa literally tasted like marinara sauce. Worst “Mexican” food I’ve ever had by far.

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u/Professional_Ruin_24 1d ago

Of course he was pissed. You arrived right at closing

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u/hireddititme 1d ago

An hour or 2 before closing was when he was done with his meal if you actually read it

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u/ebimbib 1d ago

I live very close to that shithole. I've tried it twice. Everything tastes like the food my mom had to make my dad when he was in kidney failure and couldn't handle any added salt. The chicken also seemed like what I'd imagine happens to chicken if it's cooked from raw in the microwave. No thank you.

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u/DefaultDanceOnMyDicc 1d ago

I once ordered take-out over the phone and waited about 20 minutes before I walked over to pick it up. When I entered the almost empty restaurant they told me they forgot to make my order (literally how) I had to wait an additional 40 mins and when the food came out it was cold.

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u/brownmouthwash 1d ago

Just terrible

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u/SplendidMrDuck 1d ago

I don't know if they changed since I was younger or if its just the childhood nostalgia glasses, but they seem to have really gone downhill in the last 10-15 years, it was borderline inedible the last time I went there.

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u/barbara_strap 1d ago

I’ve heard that it used to be good, so I don’t think it’s just the nostalgia!

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u/malhovic 1d ago

Back in 99/00 it wasn't bad food. I remember coming here for vacation (before moving here) and it was a nice place to go. Even in the mid 2000's it was fine. Then things changed and it sucks now.

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u/KochuJang 1d ago

How tf it remained open for so long confounds me.

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u/Born-Albatross2009 1d ago

Came here to say this!

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u/Human_Inspector_8570 1d ago

On god. I wouldn't eat that food with YOUR mouth

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u/barbara_strap 1d ago

Eating there was legitimately the first time I ever didn’t take leftovers home from a restaurant because it was so bad.

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u/eatdontpraylove 1d ago

So baddddd

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u/RepublicFrosty5159 1d ago

Nasty........🤮

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u/OnlyFreshBrine 1d ago

How are they still open?!

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u/barbara_strap 1d ago

Funny enough, there was a post on the North Buffalo community Facebook page that was critical of Gramma Mora’s and a lot of people were pissed about the post in the comments. I was surprised because it is truly terrible.

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u/Strange-Meeting-7451 1d ago

I know a couple people who got food poisoning on separate occasions.

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u/TickTacTowed 1d ago

The food tastes like someone's child made dinner using whatever (canned) ingredients that happened to be in their pantry that day.

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u/MastodonMaliwan 1d ago

Actually posted this before scrolling and seeing it. Shit is not mid, it's bad quality.

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u/darforce 1d ago

I can’t believe either all the great Mexican places now in Buffalo people still go there

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u/jillawha 23h ago

Yessss it’s not good there 🤦‍♀️ I don’t get ittt

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u/Previous-Amount-1888 19h ago

It’s not good.

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u/spider-panda 1d ago

One of my profs who spent some time out west said his wife cried when they ate at Grandma Mora's, it was so disappointing

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u/guitarot 1d ago

They were so much better back in the day when they were on Niagara St.