Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - On a snowy Monday afternoon in April, hundreds of Buffalonians took to Broadway to witness the Dyngus Day parade and go to the Broadway Market to eat and drink for the first time since the pandemic.
"It's amazing, it's like the last two years never happened," said Charles Weber of Springville. "It's uniquely Buffalo. You have to get to Central Terminal and you have to get to the Broadway Market."
Whether you're Polish or not, if you're celebrating the holiday it would be traditional to drink a good Polish beer and have some cheese perogies. "You have to pregame with a little bit of Tyskie beer and some Krupnik. You definitely have to come down and get some fresh made perogies, maybe pick up a jar of pickles and some mustard and then go down to the parade and continue the party," said Weber.
"If you don't have the farmer's market cheese perogies, you're not doing it right," says Erin Wilkinson of Buffalo. "It's fun to be here and be back, we missed it the past couple years with the pandemic but we come every year and go to the Broadway Market on Good Friday and then come back after Easter."
With the pandemic leaving people isolated at home, some community members are just glad to see people celebrating together again. "It's really great to see people out again," says Pauline Popiela, a vendor from Orchard Park. "The last two years have been very sad that nothing has been going on and people have been coming out in droves which is nice to see especially in this cold weather."
The longest line, other than the line for the Polish sausage is the line for the perogies at the Broadway Market.Max Faery, WBEN.com
