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Buffalo Eats Podcast
by Buffalo Eats
From 2012 to 2015, Buffalo Eats released over 150 podcasts featuring interviews with various figures from the Buffalo restaurant industry. buffaloeats.substack.com
Episodes
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Grain of Salt #59: Bar Biddies
In 2016, Christa Glennie chatted with Kerry Quaile and Rachel Wright from the Bar Biddies. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buffaloeats.substack.com
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Grain of Salt #58: Megan Lee & Jess Wegrzyn
In 2016, Christa Glennie chatted with Megan Lee & Jess Wegrzyn from Marble + Rye. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buffaloeats.substack.com
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Grain of Salt #52: Chef Brad Rowell
Today’s episode features Donnie talking to Chef Brad Rowell of the upcoming restaurant The Grange Community Kitchen in Hamburg. They chat about craft beer, starting dinner service at Elm Street Bakery and taking over a Hamburg institution. Recorded on 3/2/16 This is a public episode. If you would...
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Grain of Salt #50: Lloyd Taco Trucks
Today’s episode features Donnie chatting with Pete Cimino and Chris Dorsaneo, the owners of Lloyd Taco Trucks and the newly opened Lloyd Taco Factory. They talk about their experience with reality TV, the struggles of opening a restaurant and their plans for the future. Recorded on 2/15/16 This…
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Grain of Salt #49: Jeremy Horwitz
On today’s episode, Donnie chats with Jeremy Horwitz in the office of soon-to-be opened Aro Bar de Tapas in Williamsville. They chat about Jeremy’s former food blogging life, Black Sheep’s Sticky Toffee Pudding, what happened to Mercado and his plans for Aro. Recorded on 1/26/16 This is a public...
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Grain of Salt #34: Dining at Damon Baehrel
Today on Grain of Salt, Donnie chats with his best friend Mike about a recent meal they shared at Damon Baehrel. Considered by some to be the most exclusive restaurant in the world, they shared a 22 course meal over six hours. Chef Baehrel not only served delicious food that was beauitfully…
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Grain of Salt #30: Chef Brett Brennan
This week Donnie talks with the young and talented Brett Brennan, the Kitchen Manager of Oshun. Donnie and Brett chat about his start in the kitchen and culinary school, working under talented Chefs like Mike Andrzejewski and Ross Warhol and the learning curve of running a kitchen at 22 years…
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Grain of Salt #29: Joshua Campbell
This week Donnie talks with the young and talented bartender Joshua Campbell of Buffalo Proper. They talk about diving head first into your passion, the bar program of Buffalo Proper, comparing Rochester and Buffalo’s drinking scenes and what he’s been obsessed with lately. This episode was…
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Grain of Salt #28: Culinary School, yay or nay?
This week Christa talks with chefs Ed Forster of Buffalo Proper, Steve Gedra of The Black Sheep, and Mike Obarka of Ristorante Lombardo about whether or not culinary school is worth your while. This episode was hosted by Christa Glennie Seychew and produced by Tom Burtless. Release Date: 6/3/15...
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Grain of Salt #27: All About Wine
This week on Grain of Salt, Christa talks with sommelier Tony Rials of Bourbon & Butter and the wine director and general manager of Ristorante Lombardo, Tommy Lombardo. Why isn’t wine as popular among the cool kids as craft beer and cocktails? Why are so many restaurants allowing distributors to...
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Grain of Salt #26: Women in Professional Kitchens
This week on Grain of Salt, Christa talks with three chefs about the nature of being a woman working in a professional kitchen. She’s joined by Jennifer Boye, executive chef of the Mansion on Delaware Avenue, Kate Elliot the food and beverage director for Global Spectrum and Jennifer Marabella…
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Grain of Salt #25: Dining Trends of 2015
This week on Grain of Salt, hosts Christa Glennie Seychew and Donnie Burtless talk about trends in dining–from small plates and snack bars to shared dishes and dining at the bar. This episode was co-hosted by Donnie Burtless and Christa Glennie Seychew and produced by Tom Burtless. Release Date:...
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Grain of Salt #24: Buffalo Brewhound
Grain of Salt’s twenty-fourth episode features Matt “Buffalo Brewhound” Kresconko, the beer reviewer for Buffalo.com and the content manager and co-founder of WNY Craft Beer Magazine. Matt joined Donnie Burtless for a conversation about past as a blogger, Buffalo’s local beer scene, and how he…
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Grain of Salt #23: SATO
Episode twenty-three of Grain of Salt features Josh and Satomi from SATO, the popular Japanese restaurant on Elmwood Avenue. Donnie Burtless talks with the couple about ramen and making noodles, the opening of second location, SATO Ramen, and this weekend’s battle against Nickel City Chef Edward...
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Grain of Salt #22: Year Two on a Food Truck
In episode twenty-two of Grain of Salt, the owners of Black Market Food Truck and Frank Gourmet visit Donnie’s studio to talk about their second year in the food truck business. The truck owners sort through the ups and down of the industry and share their big plans for 2015. Release Date: 4/1/15...
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Grain of Salt #21: Blue Table Chocolate
Today’s episode features the incredibly talented chocolatier Ben Johnson. Ben talks about discovering his love of chocolate making, the beginning of Blue Table Chocolates and why he’s ok with people ordering just Salted Caramel. Release Date: 3/25/15 This is a public episode. If you would like to...
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Grain of Salt #20: On Plating with Chef Boye and Chef Wieszala
Today’s episode features Christa talking about artful plating with Chef Jennifer Boye of the Mansion on Delaware and Chef Bruce Wieszala of Bourbon & Butter. The group discusses plating trends and styles, why plating matters, and how it impacts the dining experience. This is a public episode. If...
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Grain of Salt #19: Tim Stevens
Today’s episode features Tim Stevens, the owner of Ballyhoo, an exciting new bar that opened Downtown in the First Ward. Tim talks about his start in the bartending world, the time he spent in San Diego’s exciting cocktail scene, why creating a good vibe for a bar is so important and his…
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Grain of Salt #18: Jon Karel and Jason LoGrasso
Today’s episode features Christa speaking with Buffalo Proper’s Jon Karel and ex-pat Jason LoGrasso. Karel, credited with being a pioneer in Buffalo’s cocktail movement, found mentorship in San Francisco bartender LoGrasso during the early part of his cocktail career. Listen to the friends and...
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Grain of Salt #17: Chef Dustin Murphy
This week Donnie is talking to Dustin Murphy, the Executive Chef of Tabree in Snyder. They talked about his upcoming Nickel City Chef battle, how Dustin found his way into the kitchen, what it’s like to work under two talented local chefs and the time he unknowingly cooked for Andrew Galarneau....
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Grain of Salt #16: Public Espresso + Coffee
This week Donnie is talking to Sam Scarcello and James Rayburg from public espresso + coffee. They discuss about the start of their love of all things coffee, how public went from a hobby to a business and their upcoming plans for the residency at the Hotel Lafayette and their Grant Street...
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Grain of Salt #15: Chefs on Food Sourcing
Today’s episode features Christa talking with Chef James Roberts of Toutant and Chef Brad Rowell of Elm Street Bakery about truth in menu, the farm to table movement, and sourcing. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
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Grain of Salt #14: Chef Victor Parra Gonzalez
Today’s episode features Victor Parra Gonzalez, the Chef/Owner of Jaguar at the Bistro in Youngstown, NY. Victor discusses his ups and downs of his culinary career. From growing up in Mexico, schooling and working in Montreal, the chaos of a Casino kitchen and finally the authentic Mexican fare...
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Grain of Salt #13: Andrew Galarneau
Today’s episode features Christa and Donnie in a conversation with Andrew Galarneau, the food editor and restaurant critic for The Buffalo News. They talk about the critique process, the influence of a reviewer, Yelp’s effect on dining and Buffalo’s dining scene. It’s a long one but a good one....
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Grain of Salt #12: Chef Bryan Mecozzi
Today’s episode features an interview between Donnie and Bryan Meccozi, the young chef who has transformed his grandfather’s old print shop into one of the area’s hottest new restaurants, Black Iron Bystro. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...
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Grain of Salt #11: Booze Boom!
Today’s episode features Christa talking with Jonathan and Jerod of Leonard Oakes Winery, Tom from Lockhouse Distillery, and Ethan and Rudy from Community Beer Works. The group discusses New York’s Craft Beverage Act and the growing Buffalo booze scene. This is a public episode. If you would like...
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Grain of Salt #10: Announcing Nickel City Chef Season 7
Today’s abbreviated episode features Christa and Donnie discussing the upcoming season of Nickel City Chef. They’ll summarize this year’s match-ups and, for the first time ever, Christa will announce the fifth Nickel City Chef joining the series in its seventh season. This is a public episode. If...
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Grain of Salt #9: 2014 Year In Review
Today’s episode features Christa and Donnie’s annual year-end wrap up. They chat about the good and bad of 2014 and the things they look forward to in 2015. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Grain of Salt #8: Betty Crockski
Today’s episode features Kate Hey and Dana Szczepaniak from Betty Crockski, Buffalo’s first and only Polish food truck. They chat with Donnie about starting a food truck, traveling to Poland for inspiration and quick rise in popularity. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this...
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Grain of Salt #7: Vera Pizzeria
Today’s episode of Grain of Salt features Christa talking with Cameron Rector and Jason Woods of Vera. They chat about cocktails, connectivity, and how these two expats have become boozy ambassadors for Buffalo. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or...
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Grain of Salt #6: Chef Adam Goetz
This week on Grain of Salt, Donnie talks with Chef Adam Goetz of CRāVing Restaurant. They discuss Adam’s time at the Waldorf Astoria, how the chef with the biggest pantry wins, and Goetz’s six years as a Nickel City Chef. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...
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Grain of Salt #5: Restaurant Design with Block Club
Today’s episode features Christa talking with Brandon Davis and Patrick Finan, the founders of Block Club, about the integral role that vision and design play in creating and sustaining a successful restaurant. They’ll also discuss the recently-revealed branding for the new Hotel Henry at the...
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Grain of Salt #4: BreadHive
This week on Grain of Salt, Donnie is talking to Allison, Emily and Tori from BreadHive, a local co-operative bakery that opened earlier this year. They talk about starting a business, how they fell in love with baking bread, some necessary shout outs and what it’s like to go viral on the…
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Grain of Salt #3: Flat 12 Mushrooms
This week on Grain of Salt, Donnie is talking to local urban farmer Robbie Gianadda. Over the last two plus year, Robbie has been growing some of the area’s best mushrooms out of his Elmwood Avenue home. What started as a fun hobby with spent grains from SPoT Coffee has turned into a full time...
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Grain of Salt #2: Buffalo's Restaurant Scene in 2014
Today on Episode of 2 of Grain of Salt, Christa Glennie Seychew is talking to Chef Edward Forster and Chef Steven Gedra about Buffalo’s exciting restaurant scene. Will the suburbanites travel to the city to eat? Will we oversaturate the market with all of these new restaurants? How hard is it to...
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Grain of Salt #1: Introduction
A couple days ago we announced that we were re-entering the podcast world with Grain of Salt, a podcast that will be co-hosted by Donnie and our good friend Christa Glennie Seychew. This new podcast will allow both hosts to engage in fun and interesting conversations with talented food figures...
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Eat It Up #103: Best of 2013
Today on the podcast, we talk about our favorite moments from 2013 and unfortunately announce that episode 103 is going to be our last. After two years, we are closing up the studio. It’s been a fantastic ride and we’ve met some fascinating people and have made life long friends, but schedules…
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Eat It Up #102: 2013 Year In Review (The Good Stuff)
This week we have part two of our 2013 Year End conversation with Christa Glennie Seychew and this time we are talking about all the good stuff that happened this year. We touch on restaurant openings, the improving booze scene, the rise in popularity of our underground dinner clubs, Chippewa...
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Eat It Up #101: 2013 Year In Review (The Bad Stuff)
Today on the podcast we invite our good friend Christa Glennie Seychew (Food Editor at Buffalo Spree, Founder of Feed Your Soul Productions) back to the studio to talk about all the stuff that made us sad in Buffalo’s restaurant scene during 2013. We discuss key members of the local scene...
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Eat It Up #100: One Year on a Food Truck
This week we are posting our 100th episode of Eat It Up and on this milestone episode we have four special guests. This week we invited back our friends Christian and Mike from The Black Market Food Truck and Frank and Paul from Frank Gourmet Hotdogs. All four guys were guests on the podcast...
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Eat It Up #99: Seamus Gallivan
This week on the podcast is our friend Seamus Gallivan, concert promoter and founder of The Good Neighborhood. If you’ve seen live music in Buffalo, odds are Seamus was there as a fan or organizer. He’s worked with popular venues like Sportsmen’s Tavern, Nietzsche’s, Larkinville, Pearl Street and...
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Eat It Up #98: Chef Chris Daigler
This week on the podcast is Chris Daigler, the Executive Chef of Encore Restaurant and Bar. My first encounter with Chris was watching him compete against Chef Adam Goetz in Nickel City Chef XIX last year at Artisan Kitchens and Baths. It was my first Nickel City Chef competition and Chris really...
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Eat It Up #97: Dispenza’s Meat Market
This week on the podcast we are talking to Frank and Rachel Dispenza, the owners of Dispenza’s Meat Market and Slaughterhouse. Most people wouldn’t expect a discussion with slaughterhouse owners to be lighthearted or that interesting but the Dispenza’s have a great story and really care about…
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Eat It Up #96: BuffaBLOG
This week on the podcast our guest is my buddy Mac McGuire, the editor and chief of buffaBLOG. We’ve been friends with the buffaBLOG gang for years now, Mac has been a Buffalo Foodie and appeared on episode #11 of Eat It Up. We invited Mac back to the podcast studio to talk about the last two...
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Eat It Up #95: Nick Guy
This week on the podcast is our buddy Nick Guy, a local foodie and freelance writer for Serious Eats and The Sweet Home. Nick came down to the studio to talk about his love of craft cocktails, volunteering, how get got into writing about food, drinking in Portland and New Orleans, testing ice…
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Eat It Up #94: Rick Criden
Today on the podcast we have Rick Criden, the purchasing manager and salesman for Schneider’s Premium Seafood and a former chef with over 15 years of experience in kitchens all over Western New York. We talked about his history in WNY’s restaurant scene, where he worked in the kitchens of...
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Eat It Up #93: Spar’s European Sausage & Meats
This week on the podcast we have Joe Kennedy, the owner of Spar’s European Sausage & Meats on Amherst St in Black Rock. I’ve wanted to have Joe on the podcast for a long time and I’m really glad we were able to schedule a talk. We have been huge fans of their meats since we first found out about...
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Eat It Up #92: Food About Town
This week on the podcast we have Chris Lindstrom, the founder of the Rochester food blog FoodAboutTown.com. Chris took the trip into Buffalo to talk about the Rochester food scene, the life of a food blogger, the pros and cons of getting to know more restaurant people and finding one’s voice when...
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Eat It Up #91: Cafe 59
Today on the podcast we have Chris Connolly, the owner of Allentown’s Cafe 59 and Madonna’s. I’ve visited both of Chris’ restaurants over the years and had met him briefly at various food events, but this was the first time that I had an extended chat with the man. We talked about how and why he...
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Eat It Up #90: Big Ditch Brewing
This week on the podcast we have Corey Catalano and Matt Kahn (left to right) from Big Ditch Brewing, a local brewery that is in the process of opening up in Downtown Buffalo. In July, Big Ditch announced the location for their brewery and tasting room will be 337 Ellicott St (right across from...
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