Cheery service, down-home values, and wide-ranging offerings fill Bailey tables Chicken shashlik at As-Salam. As the diners of my youth have faded away, I missed the guaranteed pancakes, nonstop coffee,…
By hand’ credo lifts Michael Gibney’s entire Elmwood Village menu Creste di gallo pasta in vodka sauce at Inizio. At Inizio, Michael Gibney’s Elmwood Village restaurant specializing in fresh pasta,…
Kenmore spot redefining “Chinese” for eaters who marched to General Tso’s How many Chinese salads have you had? Home Taste is chockablock with surprises for American Chinese cuisine adherents, like…
Immigrant family biz grew to six restaurants while investing in workers, delighting customers Thanks to generations of Greek-rooted family restaurants, chicken souvlaki is as much a Buffalo staple as beef…
Want a dry martini with your butter chicken? Head to Amherst Roti canai, flaky griddled flatbread with chicken curry, at Inchin’s Bamboo Garden. Inchin’s Bamboo Garden, the “pan-Asian” restaurant in…
After 8 years, Black Rock gem’s consistency is its own draw Pork, potatoes, chimichurri, blueberry mostarda at The Dapper Goose All the finest dining restaurants I have known share a…
Idealized dishes are Matty Matheson’s love letter to Buffalo Italian-American Veal parm at Rizzo’s House of Parm If you’ve seen The Bear, the Emmy-winning show about a Chicago restaurant crew,…
Hometown boy Stephen Pusateri brings Rue-Franklin-level finesse to his own creations Tomato tart, Bistro Avera When you make it your business to talk to restaurant pros, tracing their careers and…
In South Buffalo and Riverside, family-run place with $13-and-under menu shines Chicken coconut curry noodle soup at Family Thai Over time, restaurant-goers develop a list of places that solve particular…
Jay Langfelder and Amanda Jones’ crispy-yet-sturdy slices add new Buffalo pizza type Calabrian Crunch pie at Pizzeria Florian. Puffery is as standard in the pizza industry as a properly proofed…