8 cafe rooms in Buffalo we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Buffalo | Cafe across every city.
Buffalo's cafe culture is centered on the Elmwood and Allentown corridors, where independent roasters and all-day rooms have multiplied. Tipico Coffee on Elmwood Avenue is one of the city's leading independent roasters, while Allen Street Hardware Cafe on Allen Street pairs coffee with a fuller bar-and-kitchen program. Older fixtures like Parkside Candy's soda fountain give the scene a longer historical thread.
Tipico Coffee ★ 4.6
1084 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222
Tipico Coffee on Elmwood Avenue is the Buffalo cafe and small-batch roaster's flagship in Elmwood Village, with a Diedrich IR-12 roasting wheel nearby.
SPoT Coffee (Delaware) ★ 4.2
227 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14202
SPoT Coffee on Delaware Avenue downtown is the flagship of the Buffalo-founded coffee chain (since 1996), with a long bar and a steady downtown crowd.
Parkside Candy (Soda Fountain) ★ 4.4
3208 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214
Parkside Candy's soda fountain on Main Street is Buffalo's 1927 candy temple, with walnut counters, sundaes and phosphates in the Adam-period oval room.
Remedy House ★ 4.6
429 Rhode Island St, Buffalo, NY 14213
Remedy House on Rhode Island Street in the Five Points neighborhood is the Espresso-and-brunch cafe with a strong following from West Side regulars.
Five Points Bakery and Toast Cafe ★ 4.5
44 Brayton St, Buffalo, NY 14213
Five Points Bakery's toast cafe on Brayton Street pairs the bakery's whole-grain breads with drip coffee, soup and a counter-seat West Side regular crowd.
Allen Street Hardware Cafe ★ 4.3
245 Allen St, Buffalo, NY 14201
Allen Street Hardware on Allen Street in Allentown is open until 02:00, with weekend live music, patio drinking and a long Buffalo late-night Allen crowd.
Parkside Candy ★ 4.5
3208 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214
Parkside Candy in Buffalo: A 1927 oval Adam-period soda fountain on Main Street that visitors walk past, with phosphates and homemade sponge candy.
Five Points Bakery and Toast Cafe ★ 4.4
44 Brayton St, Buffalo, NY 14213
Five Points Bakery and Toast Cafe is a west side bakery and toast cafe milling its own wheat, far from tourist itineraries but defended by buffalo bread fans.