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 Jackson Avenue Italian room in Lackawanna known for red-sauce classics.

Lombardo · North Buffalo

A long-running Hertel Avenue institution for Italian fine dining.

DITONDO · Lower West Side

A fourth-generation family restaurant on Seneca Street, restored and reopened in 2021.

Sinatra's · Tonawanda

A family Italian restaurant on the Kenmore Avenue line, established in 1981.

A Southtowns Italian-American banquet house founded by professional wrestler Ilio DiPaolo.