Options like the “John Daly” (vodka, lemonade, iced tea, orange bitters) and “Cucumberbatch” (gin, cucumber, mint, sugar, lime, tonic) provide refreshing counterpoints to the richness of the food.

Faduma Ibrahim and her daughters, Amira, age 2 ½, and Aziza, 5, stood in the hubbub of Buffalo's PS 094 West Hertel Academy ...