Spaghetti baked with marinara sauce and a thick blanket of mozzarella and Parmesan, served as the canonical Buffalo Italian-American dish. The version at Chef's Restaurant downtown is the model.
Chef's Restaurant at the corner of Seneca and Chicago downtown opened in 1923 and built Buffalo's signature Italian-American spaghetti parm. Lou Billittier became sole owner in 1954 and the Billittier family carried the room for a century. The dish is now a Buffalo institution and the canonical version a generation of locals associate with downtown.
3 editor picks for Spaghetti parm in Buffalo, ranked by editorial score. All Buffalo signature dishes · Spaghetti parm across every city.
Ristorante Lombardo ★ 4.7
north-buffalo · 1198 Hertel Ave, Buffalo, NY 14216
Ristorante Lombardo on Hertel Avenue in North Buffalo is the Tuscan-influenced anchor of the city's Italian food row, family-owned since 1975.
Chef's Restaurant ★ 4.4
downtown · 291 Seneca St, Buffalo, NY 14204
Chef's Restaurant at Seneca and Chicago downtown has been serving its cheese-blanketed spaghetti parm since 1923, a Billittier family institution.
Tappo Italian ★ 4.4
downtown · 338 Ellicott St, Buffalo, NY 14203
Tappo Italian on Ellicott Street downtown is the Pegula family's Italian-American room, with handmade pastas, veal saltimbocca and free Ferguson parking.