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Dining at The Market

Over the past few weeks we have featured the family run businesses at The Broadway Market--businesses that sell quality products at prices that won’t break the bank. This week I want to tell you about the places in The Market that serve up some of the best food in town—made with the hands and hearts of the owners of these fine businesses.

First up is Perisons Restaurant. Those of you that have visited The Market know about that nostalgic flank of retro counter and row of low chrome stools located in the rear of The Market. Owner, Helen Wybluski, was first introduced to this spot as a young girl when she sat on those stools, waiting for her mother to finish her shift as a cook for the original owner, Mrs. Perison. Helen would come after school and wait for her mom so that they could go home together. Little did she know that later in life this bustling place would be hers.


Did you know that there are two in-store bakeries at the Broadway Market? That fresh and sweet candy products are made on-site at the Broadway Market? The place is filled with sweet stuff all year round by family-owned businesses that make the real deal.

Melanie’s Sweets opened at the Broadway Market over 25 years ago. After time, Melanie I. Kryger-LaMastra’s bakery business blossomed and she moved out of The Market and into two other WNY locations. One at Theater Place in Downtown Buffalo (which is still in operation) and the other in Cheektowaga on Harlem Road.

One day she realized that she felt a need to return to the Broadway Market. So, for the past 2 years, she has created luscious treats for her customers at the place where her career began. Melanie has her ovens, mixers and decorating paraphernalia right at her fingertips. Ovens run all day long, producing made-…


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