However, there are many restaurants worth celebrating across the Erie County region. Presented in alphabetical order, here are eight spots that we wish were on the USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year ...

Artist Alphonso Butlak IV installed a "mini Pink" at the former site of The Old Pink, which met a similar fate last June.

MULLIGAN'S HAD TO BE TORN DOWN LAST MONTH AFTER A DEVASTATING FIRE DAMAGED THE BUILDING BEYOND REPAIR. NOW... THE *MINI BRICK ...

Chef John Asbaty and restaurateur Alain Uy expect to open Brick & Mortar this summer at 1578 N. Clybourn Ave., just steps ...