As the people of Buffalo and Western New York look towards another great weekend in the 716, folks from far and wide were checking their calendars to make sure their to-do lists were full. One of the things we know for a fact is that there is always something great to do in Western New York and Southern Ontario every single day.
With great comedy shows at places like Helium Comedy Club, cultural festivals like the Italian Festival in North Buffalo and Caribana in Toronto, plus great food all around, there is one event that has drawn hundreds of folks from far and wide that had parts of the town buzzing.
The ‘Hood Taste of Buffalo’, a grassroots-grown food festival that sprouted up on Buffalo’s eastside, was looking forward to having its 7th annual event this weekend on Saturday, August 1, 2026, and Sunday, August 2, 2026. That is, until organizers posted on thier social media channels that they received an unwelcome surprise from officials from the city of Buffalo and the Buffalo Police Department…