Amy's Place to return with new ownership structure, beer and wine
Take comfort, lovers of Buffalo food institutions. There's now a plan for the future of Amy's Place, the legendary diner put up for sale in August. It's not going away. After a change of heart, owner Greg Kempf plans to reopen the University Heights staple, at 3234 Main St., in March under an evolving ownership structure. The gradual goal is to become a worker-owned cooperative, similar to the model of BreadHive, within a year or two. "[Amy's Place] has become an institution, so I feel lucky that way," said Kempf, who started working at Amy's in 1990 under founder Amy Betros, before helping t...
Source: buffalonews.com