Custom Merch for Restaurants and Bars in Buffalo, NY
Merch Mob makes kitchen shirts, front-of-house uniforms, and staff hats for restaurants and bars in Buffalo, NY, at its shop in Montclair, CA, and ships them to Buffalo. Buffalo has more young adults than New York as a whole, with 29% of residents aged 18 to 34 against 23% statewide and 23% nationally (Census ACS, 2020-2024), so a retail tee with a bold design should find buyers among regulars.
Buffalo by the numbers
Buffalo has 274,613 residents, 1.3% fewer than in 2020 (Census estimates).
Erie County has 742 full-service restaurants with paid employees (Census County Business Patterns, 2023). That is 7.8 for every 10,000 residents, slightly above the national figure of 7.6. 40% of them employ fewer than 10 people; the rest are larger operations. The count is down 10% from 820 in 2018.
It also has 185 bars and other drinking places with paid employees. That is 2.0 for every 10,000 residents, above the national figure of 1.2. 67% of them employ fewer than 10 people. The count is about where it was in 2018 (185).
Erie County as a whole has 946,741 residents, about the same as in 2020. Erie County has one full-service restaurant for every 1,280 residents.
- Population, 2025
- 274,613
- Since 2020
- −1.3%
- County
- Erie County
- Full-service restaurants in Erie County, 2023
- 742
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 7.8 (US 7.6)
- Bars and other drinking places in Erie County, 2023
- 185
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 2.0 (US 1.2)
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Median age
- 34.3 (US 38.9)
- Residents aged 18 to 34
- 29% (US 23%)
- Warmest month, average high
- July, 80°F
- Coldest month, average low
- January, 19°F
- Days at 90°F or hotter, a year
- 3
- Nights at 32°F or colder, a year
- 124
- Rain and melted snow, a year
- 41 in
- Snow, a year
- 95 in
- USPS zone from the shop
- 8
Weather: Buffalo station, 7 mi from Buffalo's center (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals). People: Census ACS 2020-2024. Counts: CBP 2023, by county, paid-employee establishments. Population: Census, July 2025.
What Buffalo's weather means for restaurants and bars
Patio weather is mild even at its peak, with July averaging a high of 80°F, so a midweight cotton staff tee works on the patio from June to September, and a long sleeve covers the evenings. Deep cold lasts 4 months, December to March, with average highs under 45°F, so a staff jacket or heavyweight hoodie for the commute is workwear, and beanies sell at the register all winter. With average highs under 65°F from October to April, half the year or more, a long-sleeve staff tee and a hoodie get more wear than the short-sleeve version, and the retail shelf can lean on fleece. Heavy snow, about 95 inches in a typical year, makes the commute part of the job, so a logo work jacket or insulated hoodie is staff gear here, and beanies make an easy add-on at the bar. About 124 nights a year drop to 32°F or below, a third of the year or more, so beanies and hoodies are core staff kit and the backbone of the winter retail shelf.
| Month in Buffalo | Average high | Average low | Rain and melted snow (in) | What staff and regulars wear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F | 19°F | 3.4 | Beanies and gift-ready hoodies |
| February | 33°F | 20°F | 2.5 | Beanies and gift-ready hoodies |
| March | 42°F | 26°F | 2.9 | Beanies and gift-ready hoodies |
| April | 55°F | 37°F | 3.4 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
| May | 67°F | 48°F | 3.4 | Long sleeves for patio shifts |
| June | 76°F | 58°F | 3.4 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| July | 80°F | 63°F | 3.2 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| August | 79°F | 62°F | 3.2 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| September | 72°F | 55°F | 4.1 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| October | 60°F | 44°F | 4 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
| November | 48°F | 34°F | 3.5 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
| December | 37°F | 26°F | 3.8 | Beanies and gift-ready hoodies |
Made in So Cal, shipped to Buffalo.
Orders ship to Buffalo from the shop; there is no office or pickup point in New York.
Buffalo is about 2,167 miles from Merch Mob's shop in Montclair, CA, a straight-line distance. From the shop's ZIP code, Buffalo is USPS zone 8. Buffalo is on Eastern time, 3 hours ahead of the shop's Pacific time.
From the production floor
Merch Mob production in Southern California.
Ordering from Buffalo
When do patio staff in Buffalo need a warmer layer?
Almost always: highs stay under 65°F from October to April, and summers here stay mild, so a patio layer is part of the uniform, and even summer evenings can call for one.
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