Buffalo, NY
For Pizza in Buffalo, the local food press points to Bocce Club Pizza, Picasso's Pizza, and Jay's Artisan Pizzeria. Picks from Buffalo Spree, updated June 2026.
Editor’s picks
Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Buffalo Spree. Updated June 2026.
Bocce Club Pizza · University District
Buffalo Spree's 2024 and 2025 Buffalo-Style Pizza co-winner. Has been defining the thick-undercarriage, sweet-sauce, cup-and-char style on Bailey Avenue since 1946.
Picasso's Pizza · West Seneca
Buffalo Spree's 2024 and 2025 Buffalo-Style Pizza co-winner and a three-year-running Best of WNY honoree. The Union Road shop is a perennial public favorite.
Jay's Artisan Pizzeria · Kenmore
Buffalo Spree's 2023 Neapolitan Pizza winner. Kenmore wood-oven shop credited as the original Neapolitan in WNY.
Franco's Pizza · Kenmore
Buffalo Spree's 2025 Buffalo-Style Pizza co-winner. Spree notes that many Buffalonians consider Franco's the epitome of the local style.
La Nova · West Side
Buffalo Spree's pizza coverage names La Nova as one of two must-hit Buffalo-style shops alongside Bocce. The West Ferry institution slinging pizza and pit wings since 1957.
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