Massive tornado tore through Moore Oklahoma

Massive tornado tore through Moore Oklahoma

Kings Court Lounge new management

I stopped in at the Kings Court Lounge, 189 Delaware Avenue last weekend after 12 midnight and found Kings Court under new management. President William Badawy, 27, keeps the place hip-hoping with a variety of tunes mostly from the Caribbean and Latin America.
While a D.J. spins the latest Salsa music, the fashionably dressed young Latinas in stilettos heels  move around the dance floor.
It's challenging to find good food late at night in Buffalo, but curious I asked the bartender if the kitchen still opened. Shortly, Mr. Badawy appears sometime later with a dish of grilled chicken breasts, salad, potatoes, pasta & sauce with a white cloth napkin. I asked for several forks to share with friends and Badawy was very  accommodating.  The food was great, chicken tasty and I loved the small baked potatoes.  I must say that at 2 am, it was great to eat so good late in the wee hours of the morning.
So stop in and check out the new Kings Court Lounge. (716 856-9262 or 536-8365.
Above Maria Rosa and Gloria Berdugo, Kings Court Lounge, 189 Delaware Avenue.
Photo credit: Mark Griffin

Guttuso's North End Trattoria: opening soon on Hertel Avenue

Guttuso's North End Trattoria Italian Restaurant and Bar, opening soon at 1458 Hertel Avenue, specializing in gourmet "wood fired" pizza? Hmmm, what is it?  try the "Grecian," fresh tomato sauce, feta cheese, spinach, roma tomatoes, kalamata olives, red onions, sundried tomatoes with touch of ouzo liquor; or the Vegetable with fresh tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, sweet bell peppers, artichokes, red onion, mushrooms, roasted eggplant and zucchini."
James Guttuso (Jim) left Buffalo 32 years ago, following his family to South Florida after his parents grew tired of the snow and frigid Buffalo temperatures.
But the 16-year-old never forgot his hometown, returning to open a restaurant on Hertel Avenue after 20 years of managing upscale fine eateries and his own Ristorante Lunas and Peter's Stone Crab Restaurant in Florida dedicated  to his younger brother Peter who died tragically in an accident in 1995.
So food critics and the prestigious Gourmet Magazine highly rated Lunas, becoming a "hot spot" on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, Florida. While equally as successful was Peter's Stone Crab Restaurant, a seafood place. After 13 years, James Guttuso sold both  restaurants when presented with enticing offers.
And  in 2003 allured by an opportunity to work in the Big Apple, he moved his family to Connecticut. Now James Guttuso is back in Buffalo encouraged by family and friends. He linked up with his friend Chef Chris Luccari at Ristorante Lunas in South Florida through Facebook.
So,  the two are back together again at Guttuso's to dazzle us with their culinary skills, preparing the best Italian cuisine in town from their famous "wood fired" oven pizzas, antipasti, insalata, fresh pasta and a "Grilled 12 oz Ribeye Pizzaiola," the menu says-"topped with sauteed red and green peppers, mushrooms, garlic, crushed red pepper, wine and light tomato sauce with fingerling potatoes,"  too die for?  a review coming soon...
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Daisies Restaurant in Lackawanna

Looking for a great place to eat in the South towns of Western New York? Check out Daisies Restaurant in Lackawanna, New York......

Best Pastries in town: Carriage Trade Pastries

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Dickson and Woodin at Cafe Allegro Concert Series

Dickson and Woodin in concert at Cafe Allegro in Buffalo, N.Y. hear them again March 13 and April 13 at 8 Pm to 11 PM. Need a group for your next dinner party or function? contact Dickson and Woodin. They have a Facebook page.

Daniel Tracy: The Iron Event, Buffalo Bite Competition

Hundreds attended the Iron Event, a Buffalo Bite Competition at Banchetti by Rizzo's in Amherst, New York to raise funds to defray health care expenses for Chef Daniel Tracy diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's. A great way to spend the day Sunday, January 30 at 4 PM.  The food bites were all incredibly delicious, making it challenging to pick out the best tasting one from the finest chefs in the Western New York area gathered at the event to showcase their culinary skills and to help a friend.

Eating for a cause, Chef Daniel Tracy

Daniel Tracy made a name for himself in the local cuisine market, working as a line cook in many restaurants from Mother's,  Tempo, Bravo to others just about ready to open his own place until he developed Lou Gehrig's disease at age 33.  And now life took a detour  from the executive sous chef at Black & Blue to working in the banking industry, using more of his MBA now than his culinary knives, exchanging them for pens, pencils and a calculator as a senior loan officer at Bank of America.
A fundraiser is being organized for him to help defray his health insurance costs at Banchetti by Rizzo, 550 N. French Road, Amherst on Sunday, January 30 from 4 to 8 pm.

Tu Case en Rochester: Se dice en Puerto Rico, "Tu casa es mi casa"

"At 3 a.m., when most of us are still in bed dreaming, Manuel Maldonado is already in the kitchen making lunch. The owner of Tu Casa on St. Paul Street gets up early every day, not because he has breakfast customers to get ready for - the restaurant only serves lunch and dinner - but because he insists on making everything he serves at this Puerto Rican restaurant from scratch every day."

A las 3 am, cuando la mayoría de nosotros todavía estamos en la cama soñando, Manuel Maldonado ya está en la cocina preparando el almuerzo. El dueño de Tu Casa en la calle St. Paul se levanta temprano todos los días, no porque haya clientes desayuno para prepararse para - el único restaurante sirve el almuerzo y la cena -, sino porque él insiste en hacer todo lo que sirve en este restaurante de Puerto Rico de cero cada día.

Puerto Rican Cuisine Taste of Buffalo 7/10/2010

Papi's Restaurant , 690 Hertel Ave., 716 874-7274 and Niagara Cafe on 527 Niagara St. 716 885-2233 in the Lower West side of Buffalo. Both restaurant serve the best Puerto Rican food in town. Mention the Latin Journal Blog from the Barrio if you call for any service.

Gino's Bakery at the Italian Festival, 7/2010

Opened 30 years ago, Gino's Bakery, at 1368 Hertel Avenue in Buffalo, N.Y. makes one of the best Cannoli in the Western New York Area, great bread, and pizza. Contact them for your next office function or party.

Specialty eateries buffalo italian heritage festival

Yum! Yum! Finger licking good food. Still time to catch a bite to eat. Festival closes at 10 PM tonight. don't miss going to Pigasus.

Pigasus has been around about eight years founded exclusively at festivals where proprietors Diane & Tom operate one of the most famous eateries in Buffalo and Western New York Region and Niagara County. They roast sweet corn, sweet potatoes and baby potatoes. The sweet corn is dipped in a buttery sauce...the sweet potatoes smothered in butter sprinkled with brown sugar & cinnamon...the baby roasted potatoes topped with their specialy herbs all smothered in a mouth watering sauce. And for dessert a pink colored sugar cookie shaped like a pig snout. If you missed them at the Italian Heritage Festival catch up with them at their next festival "Smoking Eagle" in Wheatfield, N.Y. 716 754-1220.

Puerto rican monfongo my favorite!

Monfongo is my favorite Puerto Rican dish. There are restaurants in Puerto Rico that serve only Monfongo prepared in a variety of ways. I like it with lots of garlic served in a pilon. Monfongo has its origins in the African heritage of the island of Puerto Rico. Plaintains "platanos," "guineos," "yame," are of African origins, the most popular are the pasteles, preparing them still a tradition in my own family passed down to my older sister. From the finest most expensive restaurants to the humble road side cafes and kiosk Monfongo is a distinctively island dish and called the King cuisine. Who prepares the best Monfongo in town? Whether in a house or a restaurant let me know to crown the local Monfongo King and Queen of Buffalo.