Rust Belt Books

In March 2015, Rust Belt Books emerged from hibernation at a new location on Grant Street after leaving their previous home in Allentown. However, aside from the location little has changed: this is still one of the best, and best-loved, used bookstores in Buffalo or anywhere else. An exhaustive selection of reading material of every genre — from old cookbooks to '70s music journalism to esoteric feminist essays to the classics of literature — is available there for the book lover, with an enthusiastic and helpful staff and colorful clientele. More than that, Rust Belt Books' relentless devotion to the local community sees them playing host to a variety of community events, as well as poetry readings, plays and other special events.