BUFFALO, N.Y. — A soft opening was held Monday for the West Side Bazaar.
An accidental fire at their Grant Street location forced them to relocate in September 2022 until the new accommodations were ready to open.
The official opening for the public at the new location at 1432 Niagara Street will be October 31, with a celebration.
“The West Side Bazaar has long been a testament to the diversity of this community and the wide variety of foods, cultures, and products that make Buffalo so special,” Governor Hochul said in a released statement. “With this new location in a beautifully renovated historic building, we are creating opportunities for even more budding entrepreneurs to turn the businesses of their dreams into a reality, and I look forward to visiting and meeting the vendors who are helping to transform Niagara Street into a vibrant commercial district.”
The bazaar is an incubator for small business owners that provides space for food, retail and professional services. The bazaar provides employment and business opportunities for local business owners, including woman, minorities, refugees, immigrants and others who do not qualify for support from financial instu
WEDI Executive Director Carolynn Welch said, “Providing this new, five times larger space where more entrepreneurs can launch and build economic security for their families is the fulfillment of WEDI’s mission to eliminate barriers to systemic economic equity to create a Western New York where all may thrive. The board, campaign steering committee and its leadership and the WEDI staff are grateful for the tremendous show of support for our organization and our business incubators. We are grateful for the banking and financial institutions, foundations and philanthropic organizations both private and nonprofit, federal, state, and county government, and community-minded individuals who pledged and donated to the West Side Bazaar capital campaign.”
There are 18 businesses within the West Side Bazaar. They include:
8 Restaurants
- Egyptian Bites
- William’s Kitchen Korean Comfort Food
- Phyu Thein (Malaysian)
- Ramree Corporation (Burmese)
- Millions Tin (Sushi)
- Orso Nero Pizza (Italian)
- Malkia and Co. (Central African & Congolese)
- Bamboo Ridge (Vietnamese)
4 Food Retail Entrepreneurs
- Authentic Turkish Café
- Manchester Place Baking Co. (pies, brownies, cookies, cakes)
- Citygate Market (African food products)
- Bubble Tea & Smoothie Bar
Other Occupants Include:
- Honey Bee's Driving School
- 1 vendor booth for pop-ups
- 1 Commissary kitchen for independent chefs
- Read It and Eat
- Mental health councilors Elisabeth Burn LMHC & Danielle Prester LMHC
To learn more visit www.wedibuffalo.org
