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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 and The Buffalo News. Updated September 2026.
JBC Rice Noodles & Ramen · Allentown
General manager Summer Adams says most broths spend 12 to 18 hours in a pressure cooker; the menu runs Chinese, Japanese and Thai dishes together.
SATO Ramen · University Heights
Satomi and Joshua Smith ran SATO in the Elmwood Village before opening this University Heights counter, and Andrew Z. Galarneau of The Buffalo News called Sato's ramen his favorite Buffalo bowl of soup and the newer room a soup-slurping center built for speed rather than creature comforts. Step Out Buffalo describes noodles made in house, soba cut from local buckwheat flour and donburi rice bowls. Order the classic pork and chicken broth with pork-infused soy, chashu, bamboo shoots and a soft-boiled egg.