Lackawanna -- a city virtually devoid of large grocery store options -- has a new supermarket. It's not Tops, Wegmans or Jubilee, but the Lackawanna Halal Market at Ridge Road and Steelawanna Avenue opens its doors to the public this morning, featuring a full line of produce, meats and poultry, seafood, baked goods and grocery items. Aside from a Save-A-Lot on Abbott Road, Lackawanna residents currently have to travel to West Seneca or Blasdell to shop in a supermarket. But Mustafa "Mike" Jaarah, who owns and operates Lackawanna Halal Market with his father, Yousef, expects that to change. "We're looking to catch all of Lackawanna, definitely. We're looking to get Blasdell,...
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