Eat & Drink

What first led me to Krista Van Wagner, in 2009, was the appearance of Scotch-bonnet-pepper-dependent cuisine in Lackawanna. When Jamaican-style jerk chicken, humming with...

A decade ago, Allison Ewing and others founded BreadHive, a worker cooperative that has fed its signature West Side sourdough, bagels, pretzels, and more...

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ASK THE CRITICQ: My grandson just returned from a Lockport High School senior class trip to Costa Rica and Panama City and much to...

My recent review of Michael Dimmer’s restaurant included lots of salient details.Home of Buffalo’s most delicious affordable happy hour, purveyor of Detroit-style pizza for...

These days, when a longstanding restaurant goes dark, reading the communal elegy on social media tends to get my dander up. Amid the bouquets of...