There's nothing quite like Easter at the Broadway Market.
THE BROADWAY MARKET JUST OPENED @WKBW #BUFFALO pic.twitter.com/zlQt5vbsTq
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"It's tradition," Melissa Goodrich said surrounded by her husband and baby girl. "I go with my mom, we're meeting my mom here and my dad, it just wouldn't be Easter without it."
You don't have to tell that to George Ingult, who has been the first person inside the Broadway Market on Good Friday for 16 straight years.
"Well, I used to come here when I was a little boy when my mom used to bring me and then I started a tradition with my grandson Tyler and he loves it. We do it every year and we enjoy doing it."
Debbie Dechert owns Deb's Delight, one of the stands that remains at the market year round.
She says business spikes 95 percent during the Easter season but you can't blame the lack of sales on just the customers when so many vendors pack up and leave after the holiday.
All these people are waiting for their pierogi & butter lamb. You stocked up yet? #Easter #Buffalo @WKBW pic.twitter.com/WYg6dZS0up
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"I mean it's not even comparable, maybe 100 times more people compared to what you would have on a weekend in August, September or October," regular customer Marty Brownsey said. "I wish it was like this all year long."
During the Easter season, 91 vendors make up the 90,000 square foot market. When it's not Easter there's 21 full-time daily stands.
Last month 7 Eyewitness News asked local lawmakers what could be done to get morecustomers in the market year round.
The market is open Friday until 7 p.m. and Saturday from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Lent is just a few days away. That means the Broadway Market is about to get busy. Do you make the trip? @WKBW
— Matthew Bové (@Matt_Bove) February 8, 2016
