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Khao soi chicken at Tiny Thai. To find the best Thai food in Buffalo, enter the three-story food incubator hub at 27 Chandler St., and take the elevator or stairs to the second floor. On your right is a bridge to 37 Chandler St., where Tiny Thai has its kitchen, takeout counter, and two two-person […]

Mira, the broadly Mediterranean restaurant opening on Elmwood Avenue next week, is Buffalo’s most-anticipated restaurant in years. Exhibit 1: Last week, in the first 45 minutes reservations were open, 600 parties booked tables, said chef-owner Manuel Ocasio. Service begins Nov. 6. Ocasio and pastry chef Gina Nalbone are newlyweds with restaurant skills honed in some […]

When a Four Bites scout reported a Nana Peruvian Kitchen in Fredonia, it landed as a double whammy. Peruvian? I haven’t heard that name in a long time. Been a decade since Martha Sosa’s aji de gallina at the 25 Grant St. West Side Bazaar. Then, Fredonia? Could it be worth an hour’s drive for […]

Making bare commercial restaurant space feel homey is an art. Walking into DaNando for the first time, I took in the view: gilded mable-topped tables, mirrors in ornate baroque frames, and golden pillars topped by leafy plants, and thought, “this looks like an Italian grandmother’s house.” My second thought was “Someone’s trying too hard.” Then […]

“Don’t fill up on the bread” is a standard warning before sitting down to a table covered with exquisite handmade pastas. At Inizio, the Elmwood Village fresh pasta palace, hot noods in a chill space is the main attraction. But on my last two visits, my guests simply could not stop talking about that bread. […]

Buffalo Restaurant week suggestions, Big Big Table fundraiser Oct. 17 If apple cider season is your favorite time of year, you need to know about Cherry Bank Farm Cider Mill. Since 1948, three generations of the Kelsch family have made cider pressed from neighboring orchards’ bounty in Sanborn. Dale Kelsch is running the show these […]

Housemade tortillas, moles, and juices, plus three-cheese queso fundido Ceviche at Casa Azul. Mexican favorites made better is Casa Azul’s calling card. Chicken tacos with moist and tender dark meat and crunchy chicken chicharrones on housemade tortilla. Queso fundido made from real quesos with pepitas and honey. Queso fundido at Casa Azul. Every single margarita, […]

Pastries, fried snacks, and sandwiches are all reasons to visit Sueños de Azúcar’s pastry case. (Photo: Adam Bojak) Downtown lunchers desperate for a taste of the tropics got a reason to celebrate in August, when Jamillette Gallego opened Sueños de Azúcar Bakery two blocks from Buffalo City Hall. Walk in and take a tour of […]

Pawpaws for sale in Eden, Raise the Roots and Pepper Palooza coming up You could say Rebeca Fong-Reynolds has ice cream in her genes. “My whole life, my dad Ernesto has been obsessed with ice cream,” she said. “My mom comes from Alausi, the second most famous town in Ecuador for helados, ice cream popsicles.” […]

At Old First Ward Community Center, Sept. 27 is time for art Old First Ward Arts and Heritage Festival’s third edition kicks off noon Saturday, Sept. 27 for a free day of art, music, and food demonstrations. Ten local bands are playing throughout the day. Fifteen art and music workshops, including Buffalo Improv, bookmaking, the […]

Bakery, breakfast, lunch, grab-and-go have blessed Kenmore residents with convenience Lentils, chopped dates, brown rice, toasted almonds, and feta joined spinach arugula under a tahini dressing in a satisfying Mojo Market meal. I don’t know what the Village of Kenmore has done to please the restaurant gods. I just know that mojo is working. World-class […]

Join Providence Farms community potluck Saturday, Kith & Kin for gluten-free If you savor local flavor in general, or dry cider specifically, The Cider Project ought to be your cup of tea. Dry cider made from apples grown within 15 miles of Buffalo, Cider Project was born when a Buffalo girl had to stop drinking […]

Reiner and Galarneau in conversation at The Rails apartment complex Restaurant crews that survived the Covid pandemic are coping with a new horror that is making them reconsider their life choices: customers who apparently lost all memory of how you should behave in a restaurant. There have always been hard-to-please people. Since the world reopened, […]

With bubbling stews, fresh bread, and a parking lot Crave King in Lackawanna was my first taste of Yemeni cuisine. The first time I dug into a cauldron of Yemeni vegetable stew and fresh bread, I was left wondering why Yemeni restaurants weren’t bigger in Buffalo. During World War I, Yemeni citizens of Buffalo were […]

Ian Evans and Jon Litz found themselves leaving Las Vegas to spend more time with their families in Buffalo. After they moved home, they figured, why not start with juice? Today, Immersion Juice offers fresh cold-pressed juice from organic fruit, vegetables, and herbs in Buffalo’s Ellicott Square Building, and its Orchard Park location. Plus Hamburg […]