You, Dear Readers, Named This Restaurant!

You, Dear Readers, Named This Restaurant!

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Sep 9th 2007, 9:29am By Christa Glennie Seychew

A few weeks ago we told our online readers about a soon-to-open restaurant on Main Street, near Artspace and the constantly expanding medical corridor. The restaurateur had contacted Buffalo Rising to ask if our readers might help him name his new venture. We ran a contest online with a prize of a $100 gift certificate to the new restaurant, and received over 100 suggestions. We then announced the owner's top ten choices--they appear below next to the handles of their creators.

Ciao Main queenseyes
Tre Otto GoldenLark
Fiore tdimatteo
Fresco scandyjj
Midtown Trattoria WIGS
Piazza fredrico
Nuovo (from Nuovo Impresa Italiana) STU
Sugo MRodgers
Fiume Bello UrbanBody
Cibo (from La Gioia di Cibo) Gioia

We are happy to announce that YUM reader GoldenLark's “tre otto” ( meaning three eights in Italian) is the winner, I guess she did a little investigating and ferreted out the restaurant's street address. Kudos to her!

The moniker already graces the menus and business cards of the soon-to-open establishment, in a funky, chic format designed by artist Tamara Bdour, who will run a graphic design studio from the office space located above the restaurant.

tre otto
888 Main Street, Buffalo, 14202
 **stay tuned opening information

For this story, and more good stuff, check out the September issue of Buffalo Rising Magazine- on stands now!

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  1. comptart_lws

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    Sep 9th 2007, 12:33

    nice graphic!

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  2. T-Rex

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    Sep 9th 2007, 15:06

    Cool name, but when did they move 888 Main Street nearer to ArtSpace? It used to be between Virginia and Allen.

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  3. hamp

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    Sep 9th 2007, 16:57

    Great name, great look.

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  4. BuffedOut

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    Sep 9th 2007, 22:18

    Literally, "tre otto" means "three eight" in Italian, not three eights

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  5. BuffedOut

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    Sep 9th 2007, 22:33

    In fact, "triplo otto" would be correct.

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  6. BuffedOut

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    Sep 9th 2007, 22:39

    One more thing: the number three in Italian does not have an accent over the "e". Look at the restaurant's logo.

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  7. Gioia

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    Sep 10th 2007, 08:59

    All true, BuffedOut. I was thinking the same things.

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  8. MRodgers

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    Sep 10th 2007, 09:18

    I guess the comments above show why opening up anything to the public can have negative effects.

    I wish the new enterprise the very best! (No matter how they spell it.)

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  9. AuburnAve

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    Sep 10th 2007, 10:24

    BuffedOut is just mad that his name didnt get picked.

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  10. BuffedOut

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    Sep 10th 2007, 12:24

    I'll bet that the new restaurant will be selling paninis, too. Gioia will know what I mean. We all mangle the English language so much that I should not be surprised that Italian would get the same treatment.

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  11. rdominguez

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    Sep 10th 2007, 17:05

    Cool sounding name, cool graphic.

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  12. ChristaSeychew

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    Sep 11th 2007, 16:27

    Buffed Out-

    Seeing as how "triplo" actually means triple, which is not the word intended (he literally wants it to be "three eights", not "triple eight"), how would you make the word "eight" plural in Italian? I can't find a dictionary that will tell me that. Perhaps it isn't possible?

    Anyone?

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  13. BuffedOut

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    Sep 12th 2007, 12:45

    Call a professor who teaches Italian at one of the local universities; that may get answer that is correct rather than guessing. There may be a special way to make a cardinal number plural that differs from the usual rules. But for sure, the number three in Italian does not have an accent over the letter e. It may look good graphically, but it's not correct.

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  14. ChristaSeychew

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    Sep 13th 2007, 13:05

    Just to put all of this aside, Elena our editor called a friend of hers, Professor Peter Lojocano, Italian teacher at Hutch Tech. We (and the owner of the restaurant) already knew that there wasn't an accent over the "e" in "tre", that was a matter that was in the process of being resolved when we went to print with the magazine.

    What we were concerned about was the number of people that kept trying to correct the name (here and in person), often mentioning "triplo", the Italian word for triple. Decidedly NOT the word that the owner wanted to use. According to the professor and one of his resources in Italy, it turns out that "tre otto" or "i tre otto" (the three eights) is the correct spelling of the term "three eights".

    Thanks to all of you that participated in the naming of the restaurant. We'll let you know as soon as we have an opening date.

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  15. AuburnAve

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    Sep 14th 2007, 10:31

    Brodo has an accent over the first 'O' . Sure it's just poetic license.

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  16. LivingForge

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    Sep 25th 2007, 11:49

    Excellent graphic design on the logo.

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  17. barbara

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    Sep 25th 2007, 23:29

    Great name, cool graphics! Good luck to both the restaurateur and the graphic designer!

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