Sunday News

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 outside the former Paula’s Donuts on Main Street by Harris Hill.  When the door opened, they lined up for their new Saturday morning ritual: fresh […]

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 of Larkinville. Savory danishes, croissants, rustic loaves of bread, and sandwiches of Italian meats and cheeses on fresh focaccia are some of the main draws. […]

Due to operator error, the Sunday News note on my book Four Bites Where to Eat in Buffalo 2026 failed to include the link to the Four Bites shop. Here it is. There you can order the book, my new T-shirts ($20), and subscriptions. I appreciate your support. #30#

Grocery checkouts are lined with impulse buys strategically arrayed to snag your attention. They tend towards sweet indulgences, invitations to spend a little money on yourself. At Lexington Co-op on Hertel Avenue, shoppers can extend that spirit to others via The Love Machine, a vending machine that dispenses compassion in bite-sized pieces. Feel like providing […]

It was just before Christmas that Diane Aaron found herself homeless. She’d just moved from Texas, and at 68 years old was alone on the streets of Buffalo. Then, in a Code Blue warming center, she met a caseworker from Matt Urban Human Services. Since 1977, the nonprofit has helped people who are homeless or […]

Two years ago, Dave Delaney, born and raised in Southern California and Hawaii, decided to move to Buffalo. “Friends and family thought I was crazy,” he said. “I’d never worn snow boots in my life.” His first job in Buffalo was delivering the U.S. Mail house to house, so he had to learn fast. As […]

The Village of Warsaw is not, technically speaking, in the middle of nowhere. It’s halfway between Buffalo and Rochester, the commercial center of Wyoming County, home to its county seat, and its Walmart. At Coffee Outpost Warsaw, Josh Noh is using decades of big-league cooking experience to win the hearts and stomachs of Wyoming County. […]

The classic Japanese snacks onigiri and taiyaki are available in Buffalo at last, thanks to a father who couldn’t say no to his daughter. Since he’d already gone that far, he started making ramen with housemade noodles. Matthew Zayas’ daughter Luna got a taste for taiyaki in New York City. The fish-shaped waffles, filled with […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.” […]

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 […]

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 […]

Galarneau live in Springville, Buffalo; borek at Flat 12, actually Parker’s Great British Institution, known mainly for sausage rolls and savory pies in the British tradition, has figured out how to deliver legit fish and chips nationwide via parcel delivery services. Atlantic cod is dredged in batter and fried to almost-done, then flash-frozen, along with […]

Persian restaurant opens in Amherst, where to eat Balkan cevapi Saturdays through October, an international farmers’ market sprouts in the parking lot of the M&T Bank parking lot at 130 Grant St. Founded in Orchard Park in 2019, Providence Farm Collective has given immigrant farmers a way to return to the land, feed their families, […]