Buffalo, NY

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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Step Out Buffalo. Updated September 2026.

A Chandler Street wine-and-cocktail room where owner-operator sommeliers and chefs run a technique-driven pairing menu.

Marble & Rye · Downtown

The Genesee Street bar known for creative scratch-made cocktails.

The first distillery to open in Buffalo since Prohibition, specializing in cocktails built from spirits made on the other side of the wall.

Billy Club · Allentown

An Allen Street bar from the owners of the now-closed Fairbanks in Lewiston.

A retro-styled cocktail lounge on the Buffalo-Kenmore line.