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Andrew Galarneau, Buffalo-based independent journalist (Four Bites) / UB journalism teacher (ENG 213) / cook / writing coach / ex-Buffalo News food editor

[FourBites.net @BuffaloFood]

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[Michael Chelus @MichaelChelus]

#SundayReading on the #NittanyEpicurean features Vinnie’s Minis @Octopusbrewing @HamburgBrewing Old City Pizza @stbcbeer @ShamusLockport and more. Check it out! #food #buffalorestaurants #beer #wine #buffalo #gobills
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[Investigative Post @ipostnews]

Landlord Joseph Parlato has a history of unpaid taxes & violations.

And one property — which inspectors deemed "not legal habitable space" — was the site of a devastating fire that claimed the life of a UB student.

The city has yet to rein Parlato in.

https://t.co/VIVl8LgIlG

[David Lyman @dlyman44]

Dimino with an RBI single in the bottom of the 12th.
Lancaster softball back to back State Champs!!

[LeoDaVinciWave @LeoDaVinciWave]

Julius Caesar knife block.

[Kevin J. Still Wears a Mask Hosey @KJHosey]

Now that’s a sandwich. My lovely wife Val Dunne, Ginger & I had breakfast at Five Points Bakery today. Val did not want to be photographed, Ginger preferred other people & dogs, so here you go.

[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

"Juan" is thinning WA apples. "I need to be very fast and precise to do this work at the speed the boss asks. I remove 3 apples from a bunch, leaving 2. This improves the tree's production and fruit size. Officially, I earn piece rate, but really barely make min wage." #WeFeedYou

[Swaggy Unc, IQ 267 @swaggyunc]

Eating in Mexico coming from England or Scotland has got to be a transcendent experience. Like seeing colors for the first time

[J. Dale Shoemaker @JDale_Shoemaker]

It’s happened again:

A migrant was released from jail (charges dropped) and picked up by ICE.

ICE decides not to deport.

ICE drops migrant off far from home.

Migrant dies in the cold.

Manner of death: Homicide.

Nearly identical to Buffalo case.

https://t.co/hHCcIGQfIK

[FourBites.net @BuffaloFood]

The Scots found the Boston cop slide

[Sarah 🤍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @HMFC_1874_]

I'm loving all the videos 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[Slava Malamud @SlavaMalamud]

Why has every country on earth figured out how to do stadium food right, and only America insists, absolutely insists, on paying $30 for two beers and a bag of popcorn, as if it's the foundational principle of our liberty or something?

[Here we goooooo @_Eric_Wright]

Me every time I see a tweet about some train

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

Who is in Nashville? I invite you tonight to eat at Bar Mar at the @WHotels if you come next 2 hours! I’m here..😇and we just open…and dinner is on me!

[Frank Gourmet Hot Dogs 🌭 @FindFrankNow]

FRANK TURNS 8! 🎉
JUNE 11, 2026

We have learned so much and have made plenty of mistakes, sometimes questioned everything, but along the way never gave up on our team, the community or each other.

Thanks to everyone involved in making Frank what it is today.

[Investigative Post @ipostnews]

In University Heights, a landlord rented an unlicensed attic to a University at Buffalo student.

Last year, the house caught fire. The student died several days later from burns.

The city has done little to rein in the landlord.

https://t.co/CFMTbOgUss

[Michael Chelus @MichaelChelus]

#SundayReading on the #NittanyEpicurean features Sevens Cafe & Bakery @Fat_Bobs @belt_linebrew @villagebakeshop @ohrangecat and more. Check it out! #food #buffalo #lewiston #buffalorestaurants #gobills
https://t.co/0UPJCmDELI

[Frank Gourmet Hot Dogs 🌭 @FindFrankNow]

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY BLT 🥓🥬 🍅 🍞

cornmeal crusted green tomatoes
crispy bacon
house-made pimento cheese
nashville-spiced mayo
lettuce
toasted sourdough

This sandwich, ya'll.
Available this week while supplies last!

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

There are two ways to pronounce 'niche.'

\NICH\ (rhymes with pitch)
\NEESH\ (rhymes with sheesh)

\NICH\ is the slightly more common one and the older of the two pronunciations.

We realize either can feel like a niche pronunciation.

[Investigative Post @ipostnews]

FanDuel and DraftKings have pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into Karen Hoak's campaign for state Assembly.

Under the law, its illegal for Hoak to directly coordinate with the gambling PAC.

But there's a loophole. It's called "red-boxing."

https://t.co/mKnm4HP3ZB

[Investigative Post @ipostnews]

If you go on state Assembly candidate Karen Hoak's website, you'll find silent videos.

Why?

It's called "red boxing," a loophole candidates use to provide big, outside spenders with campaign material without violating state law.

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