BUFFALO, N.Y. — Downtown Buffalo will soon have a grocery store.
Braymiller Market will open a market as part of a City of Buffalo and Ciminelli Real Estate development known as 201 Ellicott.
Braymiller Market currently has a location in Hamburg and is known for selling fresh produce and specialty foods.
Braymiller, which is owned by Stuart Green, will operate the fresh-food market and is expected to bring on 65 full and part-time employees.
“Our formula for success, our ‘secret sauce,’ is retail and wholesale offerings of the freshest foods,” said Green, 58. “We offer our customers core grocery items to accompany our vast variety of produce that we source seasonally from local farms. Some providers have been able to maintain local products even out of season, so we have them all year. In addition, we prepare our own soups, salads, meals and sandwiches here in our market with those perishable products.”
“As downtown Buffalo grows and evolves, the Braymiller mix of wholesale and retail fits perfectly in this neighborhood,” said Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown. “The combination of a fresh-food market, easy access to transportation and affordable housing meets the needs of people who live, and will live, and work, in the area.”
Once approved by the Buffalo Planning and Zoning boards and Buffalo Common Council, the downtown market will be about 20,000 square feet, 50% larger than the Hamburg location. The design of the market will feature wood, radiant floor heat, a mezzanine for dining, an ice cream shop and open bays to provide plants for every season.
“Long term, we want this to be the place you take your kids for an ice cream cone and leave with homegrown plants and produce we purchased from local farms earlier in the day, along with a sandwich built with farm-fresh lettuce and tomatoes sliced just for your sandwich. While you’re at it, you could place your catering order for your upcoming business lunch meeting on your way out,” Green said.
There will also be parking on the property for customers.
The 201 Ellicott project, which will also include a 201-unit apartment building, will begin remediation later this year. The market, is expected to open in April 2021.
There will be an information session for the community on Thursday, March 21 from 6-7:30pm in the Bank of America Building at Main and Huron Streets.