Meet Your Makers
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COMMUNITY BEER WORKS
SPAR’S EUROPEAN SAUSAGE SHOP
Pick up a growler of De Maas Belgian amber from Ethan Cox and Buffalo’s first nanobrewery at the Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market (summer Saturdays) or at their retail shop at 15 Lafayette Ave. in Buffalo (Thursdays and Fridays, year-round; Saturdays from late fall through spring). communitybeerworks.com
With the opening of new art spaces and restaurants, the resurgence of Buffalo’s Amherst Street is drawing renewed attention to Spar’s, which set up shop in 1989 and is now owned by butcher Joe Kennedy. Try their T-Meadow sausage with roasted poblano peppers, featuring pork from hand-raised local pigs. sparseuropeansausage.com
WHITNEY HENRY-LESTER
NANCY J. PARISI
KC KRATT
KC KRATT
At these artisan food (and beer) shops, the shortest distance from producer to consumer is across the counter.
WHITE COW DAIRY
FIVE POINTS BAKERY
Using milk from cows on a fourth generation farm, White Cow Dairy makes custards, puddings, creams, grassy yogurts, whey tonics, fresh cheeses and savory spiced sauces. Ask Jeff Heitzenrater for a jar of their apricot yogurt. whitecowdairy.com
Kevin Gardner and the bakers at Five Points stone-grind locallygrown wheat and turn it into crusty breads, sweet cinnamon rolls, crunchy cowboy cookies and…toast. They’ve elevated this underappreciated side dish to a breakfast headliner – order the Power Bread toast with goat cheese. fivepointsbakery.com
NICKEL CITY CHEESE & MERCANTILE Here, alongside fine cheeses from around the world and every accoutrement you could possibly want, Jill Forster and co. offer house-made mozzarella, burrata and truffles that wrap chocolate around unique combinations like dried figs, bacon and brie. nickelcitycheese.com
MICHAEL HARGRAVE