With a tap of your card, The Love Machine lets you send a little love to local community groups. Grocery checkouts are lined with impulse buys strategically arrayed to snag…
Root Down Farm Walla Walla onion in Butter Block puff pastry, at DiTondo. Ever since Sebastiano DiTondo’s great-granddaughter returned to Buffalo to transform the family’s tavern into a fine dining…
Cookies for a Cause assortment 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…
Roast chicken and char siu pork over rice, Fu’s BBQ House. In September 2017, when Rockey Ren opened Asia Food Market, he said the huge Asian supermarket would eventually offer…
Shah’s Mixed Platter, at Shah’s Food. Sahar Bakery had been dark for so long I feared the days of buying barbari bread on Sheridan Drive were over. But Afghani baker…
Halloumi fried in brik, honey, Sicilian pistachios, at Mira “Friends and family” nights are how restaurants test kitchen and service crews before showtime, opening to the public. In 15 years…
Located in South Buffalo, Sevens is the vegan cafe that hits harder, with "sausage" rolls, cardamom foam matcha, and lemon poppyseed buns. Guest review by Kevin Thurston.
Tantan ramen at Konbini. 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…
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…
Bar, Mira (Photo: Mira) 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…