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...

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

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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...