AMHERST, NY — It will be the end of an era at the end of next month at Eastern Hills.

That's when the owner of Sto Lat bar and restaurant and the Chrusciki Bakery says she will close down the businesses in the former mall on Transit Road in Amherst.

The adjacent events center will stay open through the end of the year, and the bakery portion will be re-opened in a new location.

"It's bittersweet, for sure," Ania Duchon said regarding her decision.

Duchon viewed Sto Lat as being like her "living room" where she welcomed guests whom she considered friends to come on in, relax, and have a good time. And, of course, to grab some desert on the way out.

After years at the Broadway Market and then a location in Lancaster, Duchon brought her venerable bakery to Eastern Hills and opened al

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