Anchor Bar (Lunch) ★ 4.0
Anchor Bar on Main Street serves the original Buffalo wings at lunch (invented 1964), with sampler portions, blue cheese and celery under twenty dollars.
Try: Original Buffalo wings
Bocce Club Pizza is a pizzeria budget eat in Amherst, Buffalo.
Bocce Club Pizza on Bailey Avenue serves the canonical Buffalo cup-and-char pepperoni pizza since founder Dino moved in next to UB South in 1959.
Address: 4174 Bailey Ave, Amherst, NY 14226, Buffalo
Anchor Bar on Main Street serves the original Buffalo wings at lunch (invented 1964), with sampler portions, blue cheese and celery under twenty dollars.
Try: Original Buffalo wings
Charlie the Butcher's at Wehrle and Cayuga is the counter-service beef-on-weck institution, a Buffalo signature sandwich at airport-area prices.
Try: Beef on weck sandwich
Ted's Hot Dogs at the Sheridan Drive flagship has been charcoal-broiling Sahlen's franks since 1948, with hand-cut onion rings and the hot chili sauce.
Try: Charcoal-broiled hot dog with rings
Mighty Taco on Delaware Avenue has been Buffalo's Tex-Mex chain since 1973, with the beef taco at under $4 and the El Nino burrito as a late-night signature.
Try: Beef taco and El Nino burrito
Lloyd Taco Factory on Hertel Avenue is Buffalo's food-truck-turned-counter favorite, with carne asada tacos at $4 and loaded loco fries under $12.
Try: Carne asada taco and loco fries
Broadway Market's pierogi vendors and kielbasa counters on the East Side serve Buffalo's most affordable Polish-American plate, under $14 per person.
Try: Polish pierogi and kielbasa plate