Read It and Eat culinary bookshop, which opened a physical store earlier this year in one of the incubator spaces inside the new West Side Bazaar in Buffalo, N.Y., will be leaving at the end of July and relocating to the Valvaere Collective at 2929 Main St. A September opening is anticipated.
Owner Kimberly Behzadi, who has launched a $3,500 Kickstarter campaign to help fund the transition, said the new, "larger space unlocks more cookbooks, culinary classes, and more."
Prior to opening the physical location, Behzadi had run Read It and Eat as a pop-up business and launched the Read It and Eat Book Fair at Seneca One.
In an Instagram post, Behzadi noted that "there are a myriad of reasons we are exiting" the West Side Bazaarmspace and called her decision "not the end but a detour. I believe in this little culinary bookstore and it's time to stop being forgotten up on the second floor!...
"But we aren't stopping! We have a few more events still scheduled throughout the summer and those are still happening!... I started my business now four years ago as a Book & Food Subscription box (@readitandeatbox), two years ago I launched a book fair with a thousand annual guests, and last year I opened a bookstore. I'm nothing if not a slow grind. You'll still see us at pop up markets this summer too. I still believe Buffalo is ready for a culinary bookstore and for culinary adventure!"