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Even if you haven't traveled to Medina to visit the orchards at LynOaken Farms , you've probably bit into one of the family farm's Honeycrisp apples or sipped its popular Steampunk hard cider. The fourth-generation family business has been supplying Western New Yorkers with apples for more than 100 years. It now says its future is up in the air.
While LynOaken Farms in Medina will be open for the fall season starting Aug. 30, it has announced its future, along with that of its Leonard Oakes winery, is uncertain. LynOaken Farms shared on social media that it is facing a transition for both its farm and winery, Leonard Oakes , and doesn't "know what the future holds" citing a number of factors, from a devastating recent hailstorm damaging its apple crop to changing economic factors.
However, it still plans to reopen for the fall season for apple picking, doughnuts, wine and cider from Aug. 30 through Nov. 3 at its farm and tasting room, 10609 Ridge Road, Medina.
Hundreds of apple varieties are grown within its rural Orleans County orchards. The News took an hourlong drive from downtown Buffalo to LynOaken Farms in September to try a charcuterie of some of the more unusual apple varieties grown by third-generation farmer Jonathan Oakes. Corn, peaches and tomatoes Late summer's bounty is bouncing off the plates at local restaurants.
Savor the final kernels of summer at BFLO Pizza Bistro (388 Porter Ave.) by ordering the corn-loaded pizza special. Toppings include shallots, jalapenos, burrata, basil, hot honey over a base of white bechemel sauce.
Pizzeria Florian (650 Main St., East Aurora) also uses local produce from Draudt's Farm and Root Down Farm in its corn and shishito pepper pizza. Other ingredients include pimento and mozzarella cheeses, with optional speck (cured ham) or sausage.
People love to debate pineapple's place on pizza, but what about peaches? Jay's Artisan Pizza (2872 Delaware Ave., Kenmore) believes in peach pizza. It is currently serving a local LynOaken Farms peach and stracciatella cheese pizza also topped with a cheese blend, basil and saba balsamic.
Ernie's Pop Shop is using local LynOaken Farms peaches in its peaches and cream ice cream popsicle, which is available for online preorder to be picked up between 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Fridays at 27 Chandler St.
, or at the Elmwood Village Farmers Market on Saturdays. Dopest Dough (695 Main St., East Aurora) is utilizing local Healing Poem Farm tomatoes in its BLT bagels, and offering a new kind of tomato bagel sandwich called simply, The Tomato.
It features local tomatoes, basil, local dill, mayonnaise and roasted sunflower seeds. Restaurant news Chipotle Mexican Grill is opening its first Hamburg location at 5334 Southwestern Boulevard on Aug. 21.
It will be open from 10:45 a.m. to 10 p.
m. every day and feature a drive-thru pick-up lane for online orders. Raphael’s Italian Restaurant (4572 Clark St.
, Hamburg) closed after 10 years of serving Italian American to the Hamburg community. Chef/owner Ralph Galluzzi announced his plans to retire on Facebook. “I met a lot of friends and will miss you all,” Galluzzi wrote.
Remedy House (429 Rhode Island St.) is reinstating its evening hours for the first time since reopening under new ownership in April. Remedy House is now open from 7 a.
m. to 9 p.m.
Monday through Saturday. The West Side cafe will still close at 3 p.m.
Sunday. Food events Massachussets Avenue Project's sixth annual Raising the Roots for Food Equity fundraiser and farm-to-table tasting event returns from noon to 4 p.m.
Aug. 24 at MAP's urban farm and farmhouse (387 Massachusetts Ave.).
Chefs from more than a dozen local restaurants, including Mint Mojito Bar , Mystic Hills Brewery and Sweet Pea Bakery , will be offering food and drink tastings using local produce. Tickets cost $50 for adults over 21, $25 for those aged 5 to 20 and free for children younger than 5. Tour the Village of Hamburg's restaurants during the Hamburg Bites Progressive Dinner from 5 to 8 p.
m. Aug. 22.
A $42 ticket includes starters at Black Smoke Bourbon Bar and O'Brien's West End Inn , an entree at either Coyote Cafe or Mason's Grille 52 , dessert at either Spot Coffee or Comfort Zone Cafe and drinks at either Alchemy Wine & Beer or Ten Thousand Vines . Tickets can be purchased online or at Comfort Zone Cafe (17 Main St., Hamburg).
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