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Tomorrow, bored Buffalonians have a brand new reason to get out of the house. Skip a night of doomscrolling and touch grass, or booze, if you prefer. Le Social Club […]

Mahi mahi piccata, Bistro 93 If snowdrifts have you dreaming of the Caribbean but your household budget doesn’t allow for cruise tickets, consider taking a drive to Akron instead. Against […]

At the AKG Art Museum, dinner and a movie has become its own art form. As the movie Julie & Julia played on a large screen last night, servers fanned […]

Pho dac biet at 99 Fast Food I may have eaten at 99 Fast Food more than any other restaurant in Western New York. That’s counting meals at the original […]

On this first Sunday of a new year, allow me to extend my best wishes to the people who feed us.  The year ahead will be the most trying time […]

Veal parmesan, The Dove With so much changing in our information diets, it seems appropriate to start the first Four Bites review of 2026 by briefly pointing the spotlight at […]

Manakish are essential Levantine street food, pizzalike discs of dough patted out, and dimpled to bear adornments of olive oil, herb, cheese, or meat.  Since Manakeesh and More went dark […]

Load the lazy susan for a choose-your-own morsel meal at Golden Hill. Today, Americans are staying home more than ever. Nightspots reliably jammed with drinkers are seeing tumbleweeds. Restaurant dining […]

Caroling gets the glamor, but the most popular Christmas tradition is last-minute gift shopping.  Choosing homegrown Buffalo gifts supports your community, and twangs the heartstrings like nothing Amazon has in […]

Sabih, born in Iraq, is one of the world’s greatest vegetarian sandwiches, available at Falafel Bar. A good restaurant can feed you well, at a fair price. A great restaurant […]

Lovers of New York style bagels in Clarence and greater Amherst have long felt under-served. That helped explain why before 8 a.m. people were waiting patiently in the parking lot […]

Bandeja paisa, Colombian “farmer’s platter,” at Dulce Hogar Bakery in Amherst When reviewing newly opened restaurants, I take a moment to imagine what previous occupants of my seat witnessed during […]

Shannon Wilson was a Wegman’s chef for a decade before teaching herself to bake. Now her skills are drawing morning crowds at Artigiana, 935 Seneca St., on the eastern side […]

Taco platter at Taqueria Los Mayas Taqueria Los Mayas has been my favorite Mexican restaurant in the Buffalo area since it opened eight years ago. Then I got the chance […]

I have 10 tickets to offer Four Bites fans to a dinner I’m cooking Jan. 15 at This Little Pig, in Clarence. Here’s how This Little Pig chef-owner Jeff Cooke […]