BY FRANCESCA BOND

Sept. 24, 2025

What's happening on the Buffalo-area food scene

You can count on a few things returning each September: yellowing leaves, cooler nights and fall flavors.

Find a couple of the season's most popular flavors on the menu at the following local businesses.

Apple

Local farms mash, press and pasteurize their apples for fresh cider every fall. Spend a day at a farm to drink some of the thick and tart apple cider. Options include Becker Farms and Vizcarra Vineyards (3724 Quaker Road, Gasport), Blackman Homestead Farm (4472 Thrall Road, Lockport), Cherry Bank Farm Cider Mill (5140 Townline Road, Sanborn), LynOaken Farms (10609 Ridge Road, Medina) and Smith’s Orchard and Cider Mill (4960 Mapleton Road, Pendleton). Not on a farm but full of cider in mu

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