Famous Doughnuts is closing after 87 years. The 99-year-old D&L Bakery and 68-year-old German Wolter’s Bakery also closed this year. What does the community lose when its oldest bakeries close?

Buffalo’s diner scene, despite the fact that diners are often mobbed for breakfast, is shrinking. The reasons are numerous and predictable, mostly boiling down to the diner’s late stage in a trend’s l...

Restaurant Pearl Morissette has two Michelin stars and was recently ranked the best restaurant in Canada. It's also just 45 minutes from Buffalo. Read about our experience.

The path to a Michelin star does not begin in the kitchen. It begins with a tourism board paying for Michelin to visit its region.

Elm Street Bakery broke the unspoken restaurant rule – no politics – this year to organize political, nonpartisan events. “It’s brave to get involved in this conversation."

Michael Mararian, aka Polyester Bakes, is competing on Gordon Ramsay's holiday-themed TV show "Next Level Baker." He’s a natural fit for TV, even if he doesn’t consider himself a baker.

Restaurant Pearl Morissette has two Michelin stars and was recently ranked the best restaurant in Canada. It's also just 45 minutes from Buffalo. Read about our experience.

Instead of joining the graveyard of extinct regional fare, the beef on weck became relevant again in a changing world. With nostalgia as its gimmick, it reminds Buffalonians of their past and reminds ...

The folk singer said she “can’t wait” to see what a revitalized downtown and new immigrant populations have done for the city.

Buffalonians have acquired a taste for blue cheese that the rest of the country doesn't understand. We explored blue cheese's local history, appeal, variations and why some still choose ranch.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. In 1964, Teressa Bellissimo created the chicken wing. But the story that has become part of local folklore and told all around the world can't ...

The Buffalo News has been covering Buffalo Bills training camp since the team's inception. As a new season kicks off, click on the link below to read a few highlights plucked from 65 years of coverage...

Things you might see at Flow Jam: a man juggling flaming torches on top of a circus ball, a fire breather and people dancing with the gusto of “Seinfeld’s” Elaine.

Buttered popcorn and fountain soda are a mere canvas. From there, POPularity! adds sauces, spices, cookies and chips to its "loaded" popcorns, and syrups and purees to its "dirty" sodas.

Robabeh Ghorbanzadeh and Arman Naeemi, immigrants from Afghanistan, recently opened Saffron Kitchen (1786 Main St.), which serves a tight menu of Afghan and Persian food for lunch and dinner.

A Lao-Thai restaurant and soul food restaurant join the lineup of immigrant-run food kiosks serving up a culinary trip around the world at the West Side Bazaar.

It was the humble hamburger amid the sea of fancy food at the new Fairbanks restaurant inside Lewiston’s Frontier House that brought the most delight. It felt like a wink.

“The effort to bring patrons downtown to reignite that enthusiasm for their hometown is still kind of our core mission,” said Matthew Reis, chair of this year’s Taste of Buffalo.

Unlike downtown Buffalo, which saw its food and drink renaissance of the 2010s freeze during Covid, the midsection of Niagara Street has experienced a new wave of bars and restaurants. The momentum ha...

A culetto is a type of Italian sandwich that Nando Silenzi's family has been making for at least 150 years. Silenzi has built a new fast-casual restaurant around the sandwich.

The Trump administration’s intensified immigration raids and arrests have shaken the local agricultural community, which is dependent on migrant labor. “No farm would survive without them," said a Wes...

The Trump administration’s intensified immigration raids and arrests have shaken the local agricultural community, which is dependent on migrant labor. “No farm would survive without them," said a Wes...

A Buffalo News reporter donned a Bleu Cheese mascot uniform to go behind the scenes of a Bisons game and learn about the team's most delicious between-inning entertainment.

A Buffalo News reporter donned a Bleu Cheese mascot uniform to go behind the scenes of a Bisons game and learn about the team's most delicious between-inning entertainment.

The local fashion scene is being built by people who want to bridge cultural gaps and fight fast fashion. But designers need three things: fabric, manufacturing and retail.

Buffalo's fashion scene is "underground," but bubbling up. Local designers are turning fashion into a full-time job − or trying to. They are carving out an industry by throwing runway

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Buffalo's fashion scene is "underground," but bubbling up. Local designers are turning fashion into a full-time job − or trying to. They' ae carving out an industry by throwing runway

Several waves of immigrants and refugees have been redefining local food. Foods that were nonexistent in Buffalo are now served in several neighborhoods.

After more than a decade of relative stability, the price of wholesale coffee beans has nearly doubled. The result? Your morning cup of coffee is more expensive.

Buffalo has at least three local foods that aren't nearly as popular throughout most of the country: pizza logs, butter lambs and Tom and Jerry cocktails. But could they be ready for national stardom?

Buffalo has at least three local foods that aren't nearly as popular throughout most of the country: pizza logs, butter lambs and Tom and Jerry cocktails. But could they be ready for national stardom?

Tariffs trickle from the government to consumers like a ball pinging down a Plinko board, hitting multiple businesses. Restaurants may be forced to change, raise prices or close.

How Buffalo's growing Bangladeshi community spent the night before Eid, celebrating until 2 a.m. with spicy eating competitions, shopping and fireworks.

How Buffalo's growing Bangladeshi community spent the night before Eid, celebrating until 2 a.m. with spicy eating competitions, shopping and fireworks.

Bailey Avenue is on the brink of a series of changes aimed at “building back Bailey” by redoing the road, sidewalks, bus routes and stations. Is it enough?

Bailey Avenue is on the brink of a series of changes aimed at “building back Bailey” by redoing the road, sidewalks, bus routes and stations. Is it enough?

Bailey Avenue is on the brink of a series of changes aimed at “building back Bailey” by redoing the road, sidewalks, bus routes and stations. Is it enough?

The pandemic killed downtown Buffalo's momentum, but hope is not lost. "Everyone has to believe that the crisis is real," said local leader Robert Shibley.

Courtney Smith runs an Instagram account dedicated to connecting Western New Yorkers with their dream fish fries. We caught up with her over a plate of beer-battered haddock.

Buffalo's Polish American community celebrates Pączki Day with donuts, polkas and dancing every year. Here's what the annual tradition means to them.

Buffalo's rich Polish heritage is alive and well on Paczki Day, when local bakeries fry, glaze and jelly thousands of indulgent paczki donuts before lent kicks off.

Downtown Buffalo’s restaurants are struggling once again. The pandemic hit downtown's social and economic fabric like an earthquake, and as the disease retreated, its effects lingered like a landslide...

The State Liquor Authority is asking Jack Rabbit to end its music performances earlier, move its stage, change its performance schedule and pay a fine, according to Jack Rabbit owner Josh Mullin.

Andy Hedley has powerful reasons for hoping longtime Parkside owner Philip Buffamonte succeeds in his quest to find a buyer to keep alive that longtime candy tradition.