An invitation

Together with their families

Chase Paulina

Saturday, the sixth of June
two thousand twenty-six

Buffalo · New York

Attire

Black Tie

Tuxedos · evening gowns

Chase and Paulina on the steps of the Twentieth Century Club

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The Programme

A weekend in Buffalo. All times Eastern.

  1. Thursday

    4 June · Rehearsal

    • 5:30 PM

      Ceremony Rehearsal

      Saint Stanislaus Church · 389 Peckham Street, Buffalo

      Followed by a dinner for the wedding party.

      Directions
  2. Friday

    5 June · Welcome Party

    • 6:00 PM

      A Western New York Welcome

      Woodard Farmhouse · Crimmen Family Home, Elma

      Bonfire, bites, and music in the barn.

      Directions
  3. Saturday

    6 June · The Wedding Day

    • 2:00 PM

      The Nuptial Mass

      Saint Stanislaus Church · 389 Peckham Street, Buffalo

      Please be seated by 1:45 PM.

      Directions
    • 5:00 PM

      Cocktails, Dinner & Dancing

      Twentieth Century Club · 595 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo

      Black tie. Cocktails in the garden room; dinner and dancing in the ballroom.

      Directions

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The Venues

Three Buffalo locations for one long weekend. Each card opens in Google Maps.

The Woodard Farmhouse, Crimmen family home in Elma

Friday · Welcome Party

Woodard Farmhouse

Crimmen Family Home
Elma, New York 14059

Ease into the weekend with Western New York bites, bonfire light, and music on a summer evening.

Casual dress · arrivals from 6:00 PM

Parking at St. John’s Lutheran Church — 2131 Woodard Road, a short walk up the road.

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Saint Stanislaus Church, Buffalo

Saturday · Ceremony

Saint Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr

389 Peckham Street
Buffalo, New York 14206

A nineteenth-century Polish cathedral on Buffalo’s East Side, set for a traditional nuptial mass.

Please be seated by 1:50 PM · parish parking lot

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The Twentieth Century Club garden

Saturday · Reception

The Twentieth Century Club

595 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14202

An Italianate landmark on Millionaires’ Row. Cocktails in the garden, dinner and dancing in the ballroom.

Black tie · cocktails 5:00 PM

No valet — parking is available in the lot at the rear of the building.

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Travel & the City

A few rooms held for the weekend, a handful of meals worth eating, and a city that rewards a wander.

Hotels

Where to stay

The Mansion on Delaware Avenue

A restored Victorian mansion — Buffalo’s only AAA Four Diamond property. Twenty-four-hour butler service, evening cocktails, complimentary breakfast, valet parking. A room block is held under the code JaksonCrimmen; reservations by telephone.

414 Delaware Avenue · (716) 886-3300 · walking distance to the reception

The Curtiss Hotel

A boutique downtown hotel with a hot-springs soaking pool, rooftop lounge, and a revolving bar at street level. Complimentary breakfast and valet.

210 Franklin Street · (716) 954-4900

The Richardson Hotel

An eighty-eight-room hotel inside the Richardson Olmsted Complex — an H. H. Richardson landmark on forty-two acres of Olmsted-designed grounds. A destination in its own right.

444 Forest Avenue · (716) 493-2610

Getting Here

Travel notes

By air

Buffalo Niagara International (BUF) is a twenty-minute drive from downtown. Toronto Pearson (YYZ) is a longer scenic option with a border crossing.

By car

Free street parking is generous on weekends, and there is a lot at the rear of the Twentieth Century Club (no valet). For Friday’s welcome party, guests park at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 2131 Woodard Road — a short walk up the road from the house.

Coffee & the morning

Before noon

Butter Block

Pastry

A women-owned French patisserie on the West Side. Croissants laminated with imported French butter, pain au chocolat, almond, and the famous coconut cream croissant. Walk-in only — arrive early.

426 Rhode Island Street · Wed–Sun, 8 am–2 pm

Overwinter Coffee

Coffee

A local single-origin roaster with a deliberately minimal menu — house chai, house syrups, whole-bean bags. The Elmwood Village shop occupies a pink Victorian duplex with a warm sunroom.

814 Elmwood Avenue · daily 8–4 · second location at 9 Genesee Street

Swan Street Diner

Diner

A fully restored 1937 Sterling Co. diner car in Larkinville. Mahogany trim, barrel-vaulted ceiling, porcelain enamel walls. Scratch breakfast and lunch: waffles, biscuits and gravy, mini donuts, fried-chicken sandwich. All-day mimosas. The room is half the reason to go.

700 Swan Street · daily, 7 am–3 pm

Toasted

Brunch

Specialty avocado toasts, pour-over coffee, smoothies, overnight oats. Entirely vegetarian with gluten-free and nut-free options. A block from Swan Street Diner — a good pairing for mixed groups.

799 Seneca Street · Mon–Fri 7–3 · Sat 9–3

Remedy House

All day

An all-day neighbourhood anchor — espresso and Butter Block pastries in the morning, sandwiches and small plates through the day, cocktails and wine at night. Pickled ramp tartine, jambon beurre, an excellent Caesar.

429 Rhode Island Street · daily until 9 pm

Lunch & dinner

When the sun goes down

Southern Junction

BBQ

Texas low-and-slow BBQ fused with South Indian flavours, by James Beard–recognised chef Ryan Fernandez. Prime brisket, pork ribs, cardamom cornbread. Sunday brunch brings breakfast tacos and house-cured pastrami. Walk-in only.

365 Connecticut Street · Thu–Mon (closed Tue & Wed)

Roost on Niagara

Brunch & Dinner

Chef Martin Danilowicz’s intimate open kitchen with a menu that rotates every two or three weeks. Breakfast pizza, Korean short ribs with sesame noodles, caramel-apple waffles at Sunday brunch. Wood-fired clams and rotisserie duck for dinner. A floor-to-ceiling rooster mural by Chuck Tingley.

1502 Niagara Street · Thu–Sun · reservations recommended

The Place

Tavern

One of Buffalo’s oldest continuously operating taverns, opened in the 1940s. Long oak bar, brass fixtures, elevated comfort food — Maine lobster roll, truffle mushroom mac, short rib, house-made desserts daily.

229 Lexington Avenue · Mon–Sat until 10/11 pm

Mira

Brunch & Dinner

Coastal Mediterranean — Italy, Spain, Greece — cooked on a Basque-style grill and coal oven. Saturday brunch is one of the best in the city: chilaquiles, baked eggs in coal-oven sauce, the croissant sandwich. Dinner is pansotti with burgundy truffle, fresh seafood, house-made pasta. Opened November 2025 in the former Pano’s space.

1081 Elmwood Avenue · Sat brunch walk-in only · dinner via Resy

Billy Club

Whiskey bar

A candlelit New American kitchen and whiskey bar in Allentown. Seasonal small plates, an extensive whiskey list, late hours on Friday and Saturday. Reservations advised on Resy.

228 Allen Street · closed Tuesdays

Angeline

Fine dining

Coastal Italian in one of Buffalo’s most beautiful rooms — an 1880s Italianate mansion with white tablecloths, gold light fixtures, green velvet banquettes. Lobster Fra Diavolo, Veal Chop Saltimbocca, panzanella. Serious bar program; a second-floor speakeasy. The benchmark for Buffalo fine dining.

581 Delaware Avenue · Tue–Sat · book early on Resy

If you have time

Around the city

The Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Recently reopened after a $230 million expansion. A 6,000-year collection with extraordinary depth in Abstract Expressionism and Pop — Picasso, Warhol, Pollock. Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

1285 Elmwood Avenue · Elmwood Village

The Elmwood Village Farmers Market

A twenty-seven-year tradition along Olmsted’s Bidwell Parkway. Forty-plus producer-only vendors — spring strawberries and greens in June, BreadHive bread, Pasta Peddler pasta, Steamworks coffee, 21 Brix wine, Treehugger cider, Barrel + Brine ferments, flowers, hot food. Live music most weeks.

Elmwood Avenue & Bidwell Parkway · Saturdays, 8 am–1 pm

Canalside & the waterfront

The revitalised heart of downtown at the terminus of the Erie Canal. Walk the boardwalk, rent a paddleboat, ride the historic carousel, or visit the Naval & Military Park next door.

44 Prime Street · downtown waterfront

Niagara Falls State Park

The oldest state park in the country, twenty minutes north. Views of the American, Bridal Veil, and Horseshoe Falls. The Maid of the Mist and Cave of the Winds run seasonally — arrive early on summer weekends.

332 Prospect Street, Niagara Falls · open year-round

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