Hometown: Buffalo
Favorite Wing Spot(s): Kellys Corner, Mammossers, 9-11 Tavern
Favorite Pizza: Leonardi's
That's all that I eat when I go back so no idea what else is great there nowadays. No reason to eat anything else.
Sadly, next time you're in town, you'll have to find someplace else to get your pizza. Leonardi's closed unexpectedly a few weeks ago.
My spin on Buffalo cuisine:
Wings: Elmo's (Elmo's Bar & Restaurant | Home), Bar-Bill {great Beef on Weck, too, and the wings are hand-painted... BAR-BILL TAVERN - Bar Bill Tavern - Restaurant in NY), Gabriel's Gate (Gabriel's Gate - Home)
Pizza: Bocce's (Pizza Delivery Buffalo, NY | Bocce Club Pizza), LaPorta's (LaPorta's Pizzeria and Restaurant), La Nova (https://lanova-pizza.com...the delivery cars are Lincoln Navigators, make of that what you will), Rocco's (wood fired pizza ...https://www.roccoswoodfiredpizza.com)
Italian: Mulberry's (MENU | Mulberry Italian Ristorante), Siena (this is a JB favorite...https://siena-restaurant.com), San Marco's (Menu | San Marco Ristorante)
Steak: Buffalo Chophouse (I recommended this place to cto before one of the NCAAT weekends in Buffalo, maybe 2010, and she said that she, JB and crew went there and loved it. https://buffalo-chophouse.com), Giancarlo's (HOME | Giancarlo's)
Thai: Thai Orchid (Thai Restaurant - Williamsville, NY - Thai Orchid Cafe), Saigon Bangkok (Saigon Bangkok Restaurant - Home)
Burmese: Sun Restaurant (Affordable Thai & Sushi Restaurant Buffalo Ny | Sun Cuisines)
Indian: Alibaba Kebab (shady location, but the food is great), Clay Handi. Apparently, local Indian restaurants are not big on websites
Mexican: La Divina (it's a Mexican market, with a food counter. Awesome tacos and tortas, and dirt cheap https://www.ladivinataqueria.com), El Ranchito (elranchitowny.com), Andale (https://www.andalemexicanwny.com)
Bar food/pubs: Colter Bay (https://colterbaybuffalo.com), Big Ditch (http://www.bigditchbrewing.com), New York Beer Project (nybeerproject.com...recently opened up a location in Rochester (Victor, to be precise)), Glen Park Tavern (awesome fries ...https://glenparktavern.com)
Breweries: See Big Ditch and New York Beer Project above, Resurgence Brewing Co. (https://resurgencebrewing.com), Community Beer Works (https://www.communitybeerworks.com), Flying Bison (http://www.flyingbisonbrewing.com). There's a few around town that I haven't checked out yet, as well
Breakfast: Betty's (great brunch...http://www.bettysbuffalo.com/menus.html), Break'N Eggs (crepes and stuff...https://www.breakneggs-creperie.com), Spot Coffee (https://www.spotcoffee.com)
I'm sure that I'm forgetting some places, but I'll update accordingly!