Taste of Buffalo Announces 2018 Winners

The Taste of Buffalo presented by Tops today announced that several local restaurants were named award winners in a variety of categories at the 35th annual festival. The judging took place Saturday morning, July 7th, by a panel of representatives from the local media/well known writers–including myself, along with members of Western New York’s political […]

Taste of Buffalo Food Festival: The aftermath

Well I must say, judging the Taste of Buffalo was quite the experience. Joining my colleague Donnie Burtless from Buffaloeats, and other notables such as Mayor Byron Brown, Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul, and Melissa Holmes and Michael Wooten from WGRZ,  my husband and I descended onto the streets to judge several restaurants. Judges are given […]

Taste of Buffalo News

Started in 1984, over 400,000 people across the country and Canada descend on the Queen City every July 11th and 12th for the largest two day food festival in the nation. “It’s the people of Buffalo that have made this so successful. We have over 55 restaurants participating this year and that list is growing,” […]

Best Taste of Buffalo Experience is…..

Well the Taste of Buffalo has come and gone. Yet another year, yet another successful festival. I’m going to be very honest here- with all my years living in this area, I had never attended this event! “What” “you’re a foodie! A reviewer of the good, the bad, the ugly and even the healthy of […]

For Serious Eats- Don’t Miss The Taste of Buffalo Festival!

How do you celebrate your 30th birthday- by surrounding yourself with enormous amounts of food, music and wine of course! No one does it better than Tops Markets, which this year will celebrate its 30th year with the Taste of Buffalo- a food festival tradition that would make the Castellani family proud. Tops Markets became […]