Buffalo Taste Preview 2024

BUFFALO, NY — Taste of Buffalo returns to downtown Buffalo for its 41st season next month.

This year, the food festival will feature 43 local restaurants and food trucks as well as four New York state wineries, and they will be set up along Delaware Avenue between Chippewa Street and Niagara Square.

It will take place on Saturday July 13 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sunday July 14 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Tickets are available in advance in ten dollar increments at any Tops Friendly Market box office. They can also be purchased in six dollar increments at the festival tents. This year, there’s also a family deal: when you buy $60 tickets, you’ll also receive four free soft drinks.

Presenting sponsor, Tops Friendly Markets, has partnered with The Taste of Buffalo to support this year’s charity sponsor, Best Self Behavioral Health.

Taste of Buffalo 2024 President Tom Mahoney said, “It’s almost like a family reunion, the whole town comes together this weekend every year and I think they prepare for it. We come up with new things, they love it, they discover new flavors, but they also discover their favorites, so it’s a guaranteed win. »

The Taste of Buffalo is a large-scale festival, with chefs preparing for a bigger turnout than last year.

Joe Mendolera of Genevieve’s Cheesecakes said, “Last year we sold out on Sunday, the second day, so this year we added 600 more slices.

The Taste also offers small businesses the opportunity to showcase their products to a wide audience.

“This has been a really great opportunity for us because as a small business it’s very difficult for us to get our products out to a large group of people,” said Kimberly Hanzlian, owner of Hanzlian’s Sausages.

For more information on the Taste of Buffalo Festival, click here.