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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Buffalo Spree and Step Out Buffalo. Updated August 2026.
The Mulberry | Italian Ristorante · Lackawanna
Buffalo Spree's 2025 Italian Restaurant winner and 2023–2024 co-winner. a Jackson Avenue room in Lackawanna that has defended the title three years running.
Lombardo · North Buffalo
Buffalo Spree's 2024 Best Dining Experience winner. The Hertel Avenue institution that anchors North Buffalo's Italian fine-dining scene.
DITONDO · Lower West Side
Buffalo Spree's 2024 Italian Restaurant co-winner. a fourth-generation family room on Seneca Street, opened by a Di Tondo immigrant in 1904 and reopened in 2021 after a deep restoration.
Sinatra's · Tonawanda
Buffalo Spree's 2026 Italian Restaurant co-winner alongside Mulberry and Ditondo. A family restaurant established in 1981 on the Kenmore Avenue line.
Ilio DiPaolo's Restaurant & Banquet Facility · Blasdell
Named on Step Out Buffalo's classics list. A Southtowns Italian-American banquet house founded by a professional wrestler.