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12/5/2002 In case
anyone would be interested - Wegmans had a big ad in the paper the other day
for Culinary Professionals. Send your Resume/Application to
Wegman's' Management Recruiter, 651 Dick Rd. Depew, NY 14043.
12/2/2002
A new Restaurant opened in the Village of Kenmore!
The Roasted Pepper - 2815 Delaware Ave. (corner of Euclid)
You can Dine In or Take Out - They have great sandwiches,
soup salads, complete family style meals. They open at 11AM
and can be reached at 873--0966 or fax at 873-0965
11/25/2002
Bacchus the new wine bar and restaurant has opened at the site of
the old Calumet at 54 W. Chippewa. The write-up in
Artvoice by Arthur Page made it sound fantastic! Here is the link to the
Artvoice article [Bacchus]
11/11/2002
Sad note - Anthony Michaels Cosmopolitan Grill closed last month
10/17/2002
A new Internet Café opened in Kenmore at 2874 Delaware
Ave. It has
coffee and pastries and of course computers. It is operated by Buffalo
Computers and their web site is http://www.buffcom.net
10/16/2002 Welcome
to Forever Elmwood!
Their logo to the right will take you to theForever Elmwood web site. They have a large number of restaurants
in their organization and a map of Elmwood to show you exactly where they are!
10/14/2002
New to
the events page is an announcement for a Famous
Turkey Dinner
on Sat. Nov. 2nd. Check it out for all the details!
10/10/2002
There is
a new New York State wine-related site! It's called New York
Wine Time. [http://www.nywinetime.com]
This site is being developed
to allow the printing of the complete list of New York wineries.
This link is also listed on the Blendings "Links"
page.
10/3/2002
A special
Oktoberfest fund raiser for the Kevin Guest House will
be held this Friday and
Sat at Ulrich's Tavern at 674 Ellicott St. - Plenty of parking in
the TRICO parking lot. German band Friday and Irish band on Sat.! Adminssion
$5
9/25/2002
Many of those beautiful herbs you've been growing can be preserved
for use all year long. Some can be dried and others frozen. Here's a link
that will tell you how.[Herbs]
9/18/2002
There is
a new restaurant offering Chinese and Vietnamese food!
It's called the Red Pepper, 3910 Maple Rd. 831-3878 - across
from the Boulevard Mall
9/14/2002
Going to the Niagara County Produce on Transit
& Millersport is always a treat! Their fruits and vegetables
always look great and from the line at the meat Deli - you would think
they were giving the stuff away. We'll be going back in a few weeks to
pick up pumpkins and corn stalks - and probably a dozen other things.
9/12/2002 The correct
phone number for Toro is 886-9457
9/9/2002
On Aug 23rd,Janice
Okun - Food Editor for the Buffalo News - gave 3½* to
Anthony Michael's at 2878 Delaware Ave. in Kenmore. For their full menu
-
[Anthony Michael's].
9/6/2002
This is the
time of year that many of us like to go to the Farmers' market to get fresh fruits and vegetables that are abundant now. I've been building
a directory of local Farmers' markets to make them easier to find. It's under the heading of Specialty Foods - Farmers'
markets.
If you know of any others - please let me know and I will add them.
Also, if there are any road side stands that you like to stop at. I know there
are a few along Ward Rd in North Tonawanda / Wheatfield area.
8/1/2002
Janice Okun
- Food Editor for the Buffalo News - gave 3½* to a new
restaurant at 492 Elmwood Ave. Toro 886-9457
7/16/2002 The Taste
of Hamburg is happening this Saturday from 12 - 8:30 PM
7/15/2002 The
Tonawanda's Canal Fest started yesterday and will be running
all week.
Janice Okun - Food Editor for the Buffalo News - awarded a full 4* to
Oliver's, 2095 Delaware Ave. 877-9662
7/10/2002 For a review
of some fun summer reading - Cookbooks.
7/8/2002
Coming up
this week is the Sorrento Cheese Italian Heritage
Fesival. It starts this Thur. July 11 and continues to Sunday July
14.
It's on Hertel Ave. between Delaware and Colvin and runs from 11AM
- 11PM
7/7/2002 The following
businesses were awarded prizes at the Taste of Buffalo:
Childrens Choice - Bing's - Buffalo Goo Ice Cream
Best Seafood - Cameos - Blackened
Shrimp Chili
Chairman's Choice - Coffee Bean Cafe - Chicken & Sausage Gumbo
New York Award - D'Arcy McGee's - Shepard's Pie
Best Desert - EM Chrusciki - Chrusciki
Best Decorated - Kahaunaville
Lou Billitier Memorial "Rookie of the Year" Kennedy's Cove - Blackened
Steak
Best Vegetarian - Le Metro - Veggie Buffaletto
Best Meat Item - Pearl Street Grill & Brewery - Saaz Braised Kielbalsa
Best Food - Red Osier - Prime Beef Sandwich on Weck
Peoples Choice - Suzanne's Fine Dining - Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
It was a really great event and the weather was excellent!
Two items that were enjoyed by our family:
Kahunaville - Spiked Potatoes
The Red Coach Inn - Lobster/Crab Cake w/ Papaya Fruit Relish
We're already looking forward to next year!
7/4/2002 Happy Independence
Day!!!!!
Yesterday
I had a chance to visit some of the great food places along
Hertel Ave.and talked with several of the owners. To the Meat Market
directory I've added Terranova Prime Meats and to the restaurant section
for
North Buffalo I've added Geco's, Ivy's, MT Pockets, and Wiseguys
Pizza.
7/2/2002
Just a reminder
about the Taste of Buffalo - this weekend
July
6-7, Sat. 11am-9pm, Sun. 11am-7pm Taste of Buffalo
Main Street, Downtown Buffalo
One of the largest food and entertainment extravaganzas in the nation,
featuring more than 55 local restaurants and wineries along with four
entertainment stages.(716) 831-9376 www.tasteofbuffalo.com
I
have found a great web site for Chefs or people interested in going to
culinary school. It's loaded with links.
http://www.ehotelier.com/browse/culinary.htm
6/28/2002
Strawberry's
are now in season and Chef Joe George wrote a great article
about this summer favorite in ARTVOICE. BERRY-ing
THE PAST.
6/14/2002 Happy Flag Day!
During
the nicer weather, many people prefer to buy
their produce from Farmer's Markets and road side stands.
Frank's
Produce Market on the corner of Military and Thurston in
Kenmore is an outdoor sheltered market that was doing quite a
brisk business last Monday when I stopped by. Frank's is open M-F 8-5:30
Sat. 8-5. Sun. 8-4. and Holidays 8-2. He also has Homemade Spaghetti
Sauce and Pasta Faglioli. He will be open till October.
6/11/2002
Anthony
Michael's Cosmopolitan Grill's
menu is now available on-line.
There's something there for everyone and their Seafood Waterfall is just
spectacular! I could write more, but better yet, see for yourself! [MENU]
6/10/2002
Blendings
is now linked to Marotto's Restaurantat
3365 Delaware Ave.
near Sheridan [MAP]. Mark
Marotto has a great web site that also features
songs he performs on the harmonica ! Marotto's Clam Bar is also open and
he is serving the freshest shellfish!
6/9/2002
Buffalo Mayor
Masiello's administration is working with city restaurants to
help spread the word. " Buffalo is a city of great restaurants and people
from
all over the city and suburbs love them!"
Buffalo has a rich abundance of authentic, ethnically and culturally diverse
restaurants.
Buffalo restaurants have a broad range of fine dining and casual atmospheres
at affordable prices
Buffalo restaurants allow city residents and visitors the opportunity to
enjoy
Buffalo's unique urban character, including it's architectural, arts &
cultural,
as well as downtown and neighborhood environments.
Operation
Word of Mouth has been started by Paula Rosner, the Economic
Development Planner in the Office of Strategic Planning to help spread
the word!
Blendings is providing an easy to use e-mail button on menu pages to make
it
easy to send a menu to a friend. Let's all help to spread the word!!
6/3/2002
The Farmer's
Market in Kenmore is back for the season!
It operates every Saturday from 8 AM to noon in the Municipal parking lot
off Delaware Ave. between Mang and Lincoln
5/31/2002 The
American Culinary Federation of Greater Buffalo recently named
Chef Richard Arnold CIA "2002 Executive Chef of the Year" I've made a link
to the ACF national site on the "Links"
page.
5/24/2002
A new link
has been added to the Restaurants page. It links to the
Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce site - Restaurants
and Bars.
Also, the Taste of Ellicottville will be held Aug. 10 - 11.
5/16/2002 Steven Calvaneso
who
operates Calvaneso's Cosmopolitan Grille,
and City Grill and will be taking over the former site
of Empire Brewing Co/Breckenridge Brewing @ 623 Main St.He is also
planning a gourmet restaurant @ Calumet.
Anthony
Michael's Cosmopolitan Grille will open to the public
tomorrow. Friday 5/17/2002 at 11AM
5/13/2002 A new restaurant
is getting ready to open on Delaware Ave. in the Village
of Kenmore. The new sign at the former site of Scooge's Supper Club
reads
Anthony
Michael's Cosmopolitan Grille. I'll have all the details as they
approach their opening.
5/3/2002 The
Taste of Success
A special event to benefit the WNY Restaurant Association's Scholarship
fund
is being held at the Rich Renaissance Center at One West Ferry St.
Buffalo,NY 14213. The cost is $20.00 per person and will be held Tuesday,
May 21,2002 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM
This event will feature WNY's finest restaurant cuisine, New York State's
best wines, and beers from WNY's Micro Breweries. Music is being
provided by the Buffalo Philharmonic Brass Quintet. Here is a link
to
sign up at the Buisness First web site.
http://dallas.bizjournals.com/buffalo/networking/events/503
4/21/2002 Buffalo, NY
will be featured on Bobby Flay's "Food Nation" this week!!
Roast
Beef on Weck - Recipe courtesy Charlie the Butcher
Fettuccini with Rabbit and Currant-Port Glaze
Pan Roast Venison with Plum Sauce, Sweet Corn Cakes
and Crisp Squash Blossoms
Recipes courtesy Michael Andzrejewski, Oliver's and Tsunami
This episode will air on Food TV
Tues. April 23 at 9 PM
Wed. April 24 at 12 AM
Sun. April 28 at 5 PM
Link to recipies and show details [Food
TV]
4/10/2002 ARTVOICE started
a series of articles about the health virtues of olive oil and
wine by Joanne Castellani and Michael Andriaccio. The first article is
titled
"Message in a Bottle". Their web site is michaelscellar.com.
4/7/2002 Tsunami - the
new restaurant at 1141 Kenmore Ave was opened recently by
chefs Michael Andrzejewski and Tai Truong. Tsunami serves food that is
a
fusion of Asian and Western. It was reviewed by the Buffalo News
food editor
Janice Okun and also the ARTVOICE restaurant reviewer, Arthur Page.
Both
reviews were VERY favorable!
3/27/2002
It's that
time of year that the Broadway
Market takes center stage for buying
food in Western NY. They have a web site, but it does't look like it's
been
updated recently. Don't let that stop you from visiting this Western NY
treasure.
3/25/2002 Root Five, a
waterfront restaurant located at 4914 Lakeshore Road in
Hamburg was visited by Artvoice's restaurant reviewer Kevin
Cary.
Everything sounded wonderful - the atmosphere and of course the food.
Their web site is www.rootfive.com
, and their number is 716-627-5551
3/21/2002 Last week
Michael
Andrzejewski (former chef at Oliver's; now chef at
Tsunami) and Brian Mietus (current chef at Oliver's)
prepared a
Wine Lovers Dinner at The James Beard Foundation in New York.
This is the write up from the Foundation.
[http://www.jamesbeard.org/events/2002/03/011.shtml]
3/19/2002 Happy
St. Joseph's Day
First - about the round of corned beef we had on Sunday - excellent.
Very lean, no waste,very tender and every bit as flavorful as the brisket.
This Friday is the Spring Fund Raiser - "World of Flowers and Food" at
the Buffalo Botanical Gardens. $40 for members and $45 for non-members.
Call 827-1584
3/17/2002 Happy
St. Patrick's Day
3/15/2002 Janice Okun
of the Buffalo News gave 3* toTeta's in East Amherst.
Teta's specialty is Middle Eastern cuisine. They are at 9370 Transit Rd.
636-5944
Two newer restaurants were mentioned in Gusto last night :
Crabby Joe's Bar (Chef Rob Rizzo) 166 Franklin St. - 856-4849
Specialty - Sea Food - FRESH
Pokey Joe's Club Bar - 289 Austin St. near Grant and Military - 876-4111
3/14/2002 Tops market
made it easy to prepare for the annual Irish feast. All the
ingredients for dinner were right at the entrance to the store at the Tops
on Elmwood between Hertel and Kenmore. We are trying something
different this year - the corned beef is a round instead of the usual flat
brisket.
I'll let you know how it was. (Tops does have both types
of corned beef available)
3/10/2002
Just found
that there is a Food related Convention in Rochester next week for companies
in the food industry.
Western New York Institute of Food Technologists
Food Industry Expo
Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Rochester, New York
March 19, 2002 [details]
3/10/2002
Janice Okun
from the Buffalo News gave Fanny's 3*. Fanny's is located
at
3500 Sheridan drive 834-0400
Artvoice reviewed Arcobaleno at 8485 Transit Rd. in East Amherst
and
enjoyed it very much.
In case the Transit Rd. address sounds familiar, it was the former home
to Il Fiorentino which has moved to Hertel Ave.
3/7/2002 Bob
Bolt from Mike's Subs in Kenmore,
sent an update on
Taste of the Town of Tonawanda.
"Attached is a fact sheet about the Taste that we are giving to
prospective restaurants. We are going to offer a special that anyone who
signs up AND PAYS by the end of March will get a hundred dollars
off the booth rate on the sheet." [Fact Sheet]
3/6/2002 Very
soon, people in Western NY will be preparing for the the annual
Feast of St. Joseph.
Definitely a food celebration! Here is a link to read all about this
wonderful tradition.
The Feast of St. Joseph is on March 19th.
http://www.josephsaint.freeserve.co.uk/Information.HTM
There is a link on that page to some cherished family recipes used
on this celebration.
Forgot to mention that in the Tai Truong article, Lois also said that
Tai and Mike have been inviited to the cook at the James Beard Foundation
on March 13th. This is a great honor. Best of Luck!!
3/4/2002 The
Buffalo
News' featured Gourmet article by Lois Baker highlighted
Tai Truong - head chef at Saigon Café 1098 Elmwood
ave. 883-1252.
The article also brought out that Tai and former chef at Oliver's
- Mike Andrzejewski, will be opening up a new restaurant on
Kenmore Ave.
- Tsunami
3/2/2002 Janice
Okun gave 3 ½ * to Arcobaleno, 8485 Transit Rd. East Amherst
639-7394 open Tues. - Sat. Read the whole review in the Buffalo
News Gusto
Heard
some sad news, the Calumet will be closing.
Heard that the Pier will reopen for special events - more details later.
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