Help Hla Thu keep his restaurant dream alive in Buffalo
After West Side Bazaar flop, Burmese cook searching for another chance Hla Thu, right, is accepting support to bring Bamboo Ridge back. Hla Thu, who ran Bamboo Ridge at the…
Restaurant dream suffocated by WEDI incubator bait-and-switch, cook says
After losing $15K life savings in West Side Bazaar, Hla Thu drives UberEats to eat Hla Thu, who ran Bamboo Ridge, the Vietnamese restaurant at West Side Bazaar, uses his…
At Almaza Grill, follow the smoke for destination rotisserie chicken
Parties with mixed appetites find oasis in East Amherst’s Lebanese-and-poultry specialist Smoky savor sets Almaza Grill’s chicken apart. When roast chicken has become a supermarket commodity, it takes more than…
Rue Franklin veteran’s Bistro Avera gives Lewiston new fine choice
Stephen Pusateri steps up with vichyssoise and more rare, refined dishes Opening menu at Bistro Avera Stephen Pusateri, who honed his chops in one of Buffalo’s venerated kitchens, has finally…
Taste of Buffalo 2024 brings All-Stars cast to Delaware Ave.
Snaps from Saturday, and what I’d suggest for your Sunday eating plan La Casa de Sabores won my vote for la mejor comida Taste of Buffalo 2024 launched under sunny…
What happened to The Buffalo News?
On this Independence Day, the first without a print edition of The Buffalo News since the 1970s, here’s my answer The author in 1 News Plaza newsroom, Sept. 26, 2017…
Bar operator’s tax warrant puts spotlight on WEDI’s Downtown Bazaar decision
How did WEDI board members decide a NY tax debtor was their best bet to run incubator’s alcohol franchise? When Downtown Bazaar’s bar opened last April, the man Westminster Economic…
The birth of the Pink Flamingo was anything but immaculate
When Mark Supples and Amy Taylor opened, the change in the till was all the money they had left Bartenders and security staff standing on the remnants of the entrance…
Cooks in the West Side Bazaar and Downtown Bazaar could really use your love this week
And by love I mean money, because tenants saw business drop further amid questions about WEDI management One Thammasithikoun would love to see you. How can you say no to…
WEDI hired executive director’s nanny, then awarded Downtown Bazaar bar to ex-boyfriend
WEDI rejected experienced operators from House of Charm, Hombre y Lobo, to pick Carolynn Welch’s acquaintance for downtown bar that fizzled West Side Bazaar, 1432 Niagara St. As soon as…