Buffalo's favorite restaurants: Hutch's, Left Bank, Oliver's and more
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Let's hear it for Hutch's Restaurant, the Delaware Avenue staple that returns for the second year in a row as our readers' favorite local restaurant .
That's even more impressive than it sounds, considering our Restaurant Survey got nearly twice as many votes this year as it did last year and Hutch's remained head and shoulders above the other restaurants our readers named. (What’s the secret? Tracey Drury talked to Mark Hutchinson, owner of Hutch’s, to learn more about his career and how he got his restaurant to where it is today .)
Business First readers were fairly unanimous about their favorite restaurants, but when it comes to specialties, we saw a lot more variety. (Our readers gave us 103 different favorite places to grab a drink!) In some cases, the responses were too widespread to come up with clear favorites. For the rest, we share the results separately .
In other food and restaurant news:
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Real estate deals of the week
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43North's big night
Five companies hit the jackpot at Shea's Performing Arts Center on Thursday night.
Agape Wellness, AMPAworks , Mod Tech Labs , Otrafy and ORNG each won $1 million in the annual state-funded business competition that seeks to support startups as they build their companies here. Head here to see photos from the night and learn more about each of the companies.
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Worried about weed at work?
Not everyone’s excited about a legal cannabis industry. Many employers are worried about what it could mean for workplace culture and safety, especially manufacturers with heavy equipment and robotic operations.
“It’s new, it’s different, and there’s a change in the way things are being done, and that’s always a concern for employers,” said?Amy Hemenway, partner at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP . “Employers and employees want consistency. They want to know what to expect. The guidance that’s come out isn’t super clear, and there are a lot of unknowns.”
Hemenway offered tips for employers looking to craft policies on pot.? | ?Read more
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Sanborn’s Anovion lands $117M federal grant
Anovion Technologies , which launched in Sanborn in March as a spinoff from Pyrotek Inc. and Amsted Graphite Materials, makes synthetic graphite for lithium-ion battery applications and Department of Defense applications. On Wednesday, it won a major federal grant as part of the Biden administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.? |? Read more
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How Western New York is fighting back against cancer
This week we wrapped up our focus on cancer care in Western New York. Here's a quick look at everything we shared, in case you missed any of it:
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This Weekly Edition was compiled by Sara Paulson Meehan . Questions? Comments? Concerns??Send them to [email protected].