Support local restaurants by buying merchandise

Even with local delivery, Uber Eats and DoorDash, local restaurants are still feeling the economic crunch of New York’s stay-at-home order. 


The folks at Buffalo Eats have a great zero-calorie idea on how you can help with a list of local eateries that offer merchandise for sale. 

The following restaurants are offering various forms of merch (shirts, hats, stickers, anything you can think of). Below is a list of restaurants/businesses that are offering some merch for sale online. If you like something and have the means to buy it, please do!

Their list follows: 

• Barrel + Brine: They are still offering free lunches to families in need (feel free to make a donation to their program for $4) but they have since closed their cafe since we last checked in. They are currently offering a couple of excellent hoodies in their Teespring store, and we just picked up the hibiscus hoodie last week.
• Big Ditch Brewing Co: They are offering their menu and beer to go, but their merch selection is honestly insane. You name it, you can buy it with a a Big Ditch logo on it. Shirts, Hoodies, Glassware, Stickers and yes.. Frisbees.
• BreadHive: Their online store has a selection of t shirts with adorable drawings, as well as a killer tote bag and some patches that will make your jean jacket look extra cool.
• Buffalo Distilling Co: You may know them more as the ‘One Foot Cock’ folks and their merch definitely leans on their main brand. Plus, you can get a Honk if you love bumper sticker (pictured below) for only $3.
• Hartman’s Distilling Co: Their online store has their complete selection of liquor (along with some cocktail kits), but they also have a nice selection of shirts, sweats and hats.
• Lloyd Taco Truck: Our friends at Lloyd have always had fun merch, but their current selection has cups and shirts but also includes soccer style scarfs, rocket sauce, fanny packs and yes matchbox cars.
• Misuta Chows: For starters, they recently launched a Go Fund Me for their current struggles. If you’ve enjoyed Misuta Chows, consider donating $10 or so. They are still offering t shirts and hats as well, you can grab those here.
• Public Espresso: In addition to offering their coffee, Public has a very cool t-shirt and a large selection of coffee equipment for your home kitchen.
• Tipico Coffee: The fine folks at Tipico have all of their bags of coffee for sale online but they also have a very very sharp coffee mug for just $15.
• Toutant: Toutant is selling bags of their signature Tipico coffee blends, gift cards and bottles of their two housemade hot sauces. Here’s hoping some Hot Biscuits shirts come back in stock.
• Undergrounds Coffee House: In addition to buying their bags of coffee, you can also find mugs (both ceramic and travel), as well as various t shirts on their retail website.