In cities like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, Internet cafes are a dime a dozen. But in a village like Kenmore, public Internet access outside of the library is hard to come by.

That’s what led Shaun Sisson to go into business with his father, Joe, start up Buffalo Computers in Kenmore and combine an Internet cafe with Joe’s existing computer repair business.

Everyone needs computers, from teenagers looking for information for school to grandparents who want to retrieve pictures of their grandchildren from an e-mail. That makes the store’s demographic broad, ranging from high schoolers to baby boomers, and leads to some interesting conversations, Shaun said.

“Everybody needs to keep in touch to get whatever they want,” Shaun said. “People come in here and then start a conversation with someone else about something that isn’t even what they came in here for. It breaks down barriers, which is kind of cool.”

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