Bar-B-Q
Sanborn Map of Buffalo Volume 2 (1900) Section 132 depicting 413 Michigan Ave. Buffalo, NY 14203
Sanborn Map of Buffalo Volume 2 (1926) Section 157 depicting 413 Michigan Ave. Buffalo, NY 14203
Known Name(s)
Tip Top Barbecue Restaurant
Address
413 Michigan Avenue Buffalo, NY 14203
Establishment Type(s)
Barbecue
Physical Status
Demolished
Description
A two-story frame building facing west onto William Street. 413 Michigan extended from the south side of 415 Michigan Avenue and was constructed sometime before 1900. There were two bays of windows on the south side, opening on both floors. The walls were twelve inches thick, and there was a fire wall eighteen inches above the composition roof.
Detailed History
Prior to 1949, Isaac Lavett operated a clothing store out of 413 Michigan Avenue. The next owners were George E. and Ella L. Dennis, who ran the Tip Top Barbecue Restaurant. In June 1955, Ella Dennis (née Johnson) passed away; she had been the Grand District Deputy for Western New York and Canada of the Women's Auxiliary to the Independent Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World. The site is now a parking lot for the Durham Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church.
