West Side Bazaar Press
 

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• Matador Network

  • September 4, 2025: Getting My First Taste of Buffalo​

• Wheel and Eats

  • March 22, 2024: Totally In On Buffalo: Solar Eclipse and Beyond​

• The Buffalo News​​

  • July 9, 2025: 'It takes some pioneers': New Wave of food and drink openings build on Niagara Street's momentum

  • July 9, 2025: West Side Bazaar fills out with new Lao-Thai, soul food restaurants

  • May 5, 2025: A look at how 5 immigrants have redefined Buffalo's food scene

  • ​July 25, 2024: Going to a party? Here are six Buffalo takeout dishes you can bring

  • ​December 4, 2023: Food & Drink- Buffalo has Two Bazaars!

  • October 26, 2023: The Editorial Board: A new, larger location for the West Side Bazaar builds on a community asset

  • October 18, 2023: Video opinion: New West Side Bazaar is the right kind of progress

  • October 12, 2023​: More International Food coming to the West Side Bazaar 

  • See additional Buffalo News photos here

  • ​March 27, 2023: National Grid provides 1.9 million in economic development grants​

  • February 22 ,2023: Gusto Eats guide: Boricua Buffalo, the region's Puerto Rican restaurants

  • January 26, 2023: West Side Bazaar restaurants launching on Main Street in February​

  • J​anuary 17, 2023: 007 Chinese Food gets a new home in Hamburg

  • ​​August 30, 2022: Construction begins on new West Side Bazaar

  • June 7, 2022: With Black Restaurant Week nearing, Andrew Galarneau offers some of his favorite dishes

  • April 7, 2022: West Side Bazaar makes plans for new home on Niagara Street

  • August 16, 2021: KeyBank donating $1.5 million to new West Side Bazaar

  • November 16, 2021: Restaurant's road led from South Sudan to Buffalo

  • February 9, 2021: Buffalo's Dim Sum Guide: Dumplings are just the beginning​

• Channel 2 WGRZ​

  • February 13, 2026: Frigid temperatures cause damage at West Side Bazaar

  • June 3, 2024: West Side Bazaar to hold open house for business owners

  • January 11, 2024: Most Buffalo: Read it and Eat Culinary Bookstore

  • ​January 10, 2024: New mental health clinic opens up at West Side Bazaar

  • October 31, 2023: New West Side Bazaar holds grand opening on Niagara Street

  • October 16, 2023: West Side Bazaar opens with ribbon cutting for soft open

  • October 11, 2023:  West Side Bazaar on Niagara Street announces it will open October 31​​

  • September 22, 2023: West Side Bazaar announces October opening for 18 new businesses

  • September 1, 2023: Thai restaurant opens in university food court

  • ​​June 8, 2023: WEDI gets $1 million from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation for West Side Bazaar Expansion

  • January 26, 2023: West Side Bazaar restaurants launching on Main Street in February​

  • January 17, 2023: 007 Chinese Food Gets a new home in Hamburg​

  • September 22, 2022: West Side Bazaar is searching for temporary kitchens after fire 

  • September 20, 2022: West Side Bazaar suffers $300,000 in damage from fire ​

  • August 30, 2022: Town Hall: West Side Bazaar

  • August 30, 2022: Construction begins on new West Side Bazaar

  • ​May 9, 2022: West Side Bazaar to receive $950k in federal funding

  •  August 16, 2021: KeyBank donating $1.5 million to new West Side Bazaar

  • October 12, 2020: Restaurant owners graduate from West Side Bazaar​

• Channel 7 WKBW​

  • June 5, 2024: West Side Bazaar host open house for small businesses

  • ​October 16, 2023: Ribbon cutting for new West Side Bazaar ushers in new chapter

  • September 1, 2023: Thai restaurant opens in university food court

  • June 8, 2023: West Side Bazaar expansion project received $1 million from Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

  • J​anuary 17, 2023: 007 Chinese Food gets new home in Hamburg

  • December 15, 2022: Hard hat tour of the new West Side Bazaar

  • September 20, 2022: Fire shuts down Buffalo's West Side Bazaar​​

  • August 30, 2022: Constructions begins on new West Side Bazaar

  • November 30, 2021: West Side Bazaar battling back after break-in

  • ​August 16, 2021: The West Side Bazaar is expanding, moving to a new location in 2022​

  • October 15, 2020: Kiosko Latino Restaurant opens stand-alone restaurant amidst pandemic

• AM Buffalo

  • January 13, 2023​​: National Curry Chicken Day with Rakhapura restaurant owner/chef Elizabeth Sher​​

• Channel 4 WIVB

  • January 23, 2026: Mahboba's Kitchen joins Wake Up! to discuss restaurant's opening in West Side Bazaar

  • December 9, 2025: La Cocina De Titi Rest | New Puerto Rican Restaurant in WNY

  • June 26, 2024: Taste of Diversity being served up in Buffalo on Saturday

  • March 4, 2024: Interview: Manchester Place Baking Company

  • October 11, 2023: Look inside: New and Improved West Side Bazaar nearing completion

  • January 13, 2023: Hope Rises: Business destroyed in West Side Bazaar fire plans to reopen in Hamburg

  • September 20, 2022: Fire leaves West Side Bazaar's 11 businesses in soot

• Visit Buffalo Niagara

  • February 2, 2024: Incubating Buffalo's Global Food Scene​​

• Canvas Rebel​

  • February 18, 2024: Meet Kate Knowles, owner of Manchester Place Baking Company​

• National Trust for Historic Preservation

  • January 25, 2024:  From a Derelict Warehouse to a Bustling Business Incubator, West Side Bazaar is Uplifting Buffalo’s Cuisine Scene​

• Forum Daily New York

  • December 14, 2023: What to see in New York State: 11 little-known but interesting places​

• Travel + Leisure

  • December 13, 2023: I'm a Native New Yorker, and These Are the State's Best Hidden Gems Beyond NYC​

• WBEN 930 AM

  • October 16, 2023: West Side Bazaar reopens on Niagara Street​

• Panorama Hispano News

  • October 16, 2023: Ribbon Cutting for the West Side Bazaar​

• Buffalo Business First

  • ​September 22, 2023: West Side Bazaar sets October opening for 18 new businesses

  • September 1, 2023: Nine & Night restaurant opens temporary site at Buffalo State 

• Reimagining the Civic Commons

  • March 13, 2023: How Diverse Places Build Trust and Support Democracy​

• Bon Appétit

  • April 25, 2022: How One Upstate New York Food Court is Changing Hundreds of Live​

• USA Today Network

  • January 10, 2022: After decades of decline, Buffalo boasts a 'Refugee Renaissance'. Can it last?​

• Washington Post

  • October 21, 2021: The Regeneration of Travel: A Widow Finds Reinvention in Buffalo​

• Yahoo!Finance

  • August 18, 2021: KeyBank Donates $1.5 Million to Support WEDI's West Side Bazaar Project

• Erie County​

  • August 12, 2022: Erie County Arts and Cultural Capital Projects Committee Designates Award Recipients​

• Spectrum News​

  • October 12, 2022: Community mobilizing to support West Side Bazaar vendors impacted by fire

  • ​​September 20, 2022: West Side Bazaar closed after Tuesday morning fire​

  • May 9, 2022: West Side Bazaar expanding to new location​

  • January 4, 2022:  Buffalo's West Side Bazaar flourishing, expanding after recovering from burglary 

  • December 9, 2021: West Side Bazaar receives $1 million toward expansion plans

  • ​August 17, 2021: West Side Bazaar to move to Niagara Street thanks to local funding 

• Buffalo Rising​

  • May 16, 2024: The Latest and Greatest at The Monroe including Saffron Kitchen and West Side Bazaar

  • October 31, 2023: Open for business: The New West Side Bazaar

  • ​October 16, 2023: Ribbon Cutting for new West Side Bazaar on Niagara Street​

  • January 13, 2023: Construction Watch: New West Side Bazaar

  • August 17, 2021: KeyBank Donates $1.5 Million to Support West Side Bazaar Project ​

• Editor 99

  • August 17, 2021: KeyBank Donates $1.5 Million to Support West Side Bazaar Project​​

• ​News 21​

  • August 15, 2021: Unmasking America: From farm to table, immigrants feed America

• Niagara Frontier Publications​

  • ​October 16, 2023: Reopening of West Side Bazaar at new, expanded location

  • October 3, 2023: Bank of America awards Westminster Economic Development Initiative $250,000 grant to support capital campaign​

• Tripsaavy

  • April 27, 2021: Top 15 Things to Do in Buffalo, New York​

• Yelp

  • April 27, 2021: Yelp ranks best-reviewed restaurants in Erie, Niagara counties​

• Stepout Buffalo

  • November 1, 2023: The long awaited West Side Bazaar opens multicultural destination​

  • March 23, 2021: Best Chinese Restaurants According to Western New Yorkers

• Family Destinations Guide

  • January 12, 2021: 25 Best Things to Do in Buffalo, NY​

• Cleveland Plain Dealer

  • January 11, 2019: Buffalo in 48 hours

• The New York Times

  • June 28, 2018: 36 Hours in Buffalo​

• Katie Couric/Yahoo! News

  • January 15, 2016: Buffalo's big comeback

• WBFO NPR​

  • September 20, 2022: Fire at West Side Bazaar causes $100K in damage to building

  • May 9, 2022: West Side Bazaar gets $1 million for new expanded location

  • ​December 2, 2015: Resettled Refugees Help To Bring Buffalo Back

• Smiley News

  • May 5, 2022: The Buffalo Food Court Making a Difference