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'It's been a long time dream of mine': Ribbon cutting for new West Side Bazaar ushers in new chapter

Posted at 5:04 PM, Oct 16, 2023
and last updated 2023-10-16 17:41:50-04

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — WEDI held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the West Side Bazaar on Monday, ushering in a new chapter for 18 businesses in their incubator program.

Mike Diletti, just one of several businesses inside the Bazaar, says seeing his business name, Orsonero Pizza, plastered on the many monitors around the building is a huge accomplishment.

Mike Diletti, Orsonero Pizza
WEDI hosts ribbon cutting for West Side Bazaar

"It's exciting. It's exciting. I'm one of those people that doesn't really get excited until the last second. So once I saw my name, you know, on the the TV I was like, oh. It's happening,"

Businesses like Diletti's are part of WEDI's incubator program, where entrepreneurs get business experience through selling retail and food inside the bazaar.

WEDI leaders say they are excited to open the bazaar on October 31.

Erin St. John Kelly, Wedi Director of External Relations
WEDI hosts ribbon cutting for West Side Bazaar

We are thrilled and proud of Buffalo on every level for turning out from institutional to individual and everyone who wants to come and eat here and shop with us. That's the way you can feel like this is your bizarre too. It's not just institutions that helped us build this place.