Tappo Italian (Wine Program) is a wine bar in Buffalo.
Tappo Italian on Ellicott Street keeps a deep Italian regional wine list ($30 to $300+) and pours Brunello, Barolo and Tuscan reds by the glass downtown.
Food program: Italian-American full menu
Address: 338 Ellicott St, Buffalo, NY 14203
Marble + Rye on Genesee Street downtown is the Dimmer-Willmott cocktail-and-dining room, with a wine program built on Old World and natural-leaning labels.
Signature pour: Domaine Tempier rose by the glass
Wine focus: Natural wines and Old World, by the glass
Food: Dry-aged burger, small plates
Lombardo on Hertel keeps Buffalo's deepest Italian wine cellar, with Tuscan and Piedmont reds, Brunello pours and the city's longest single-region wine list.
Signature pour: Brunello di Montalcino, Barolo, Chianti Classico
Wine focus: Italian regional, deep Tuscan and Piedmont
Food: Italian fine dining, handmade pasta
The Left Bank near Elmwood Village keeps a European-leaning by-the-glass program paired with seasonal small plates in a romantic-bistro West Side dining room.
Signature pour: Cabernet Franc from Niagara Wine Trail
Wine focus: European bottles by the glass
Food: Seasonal American small plates
Patina 250 inside the Westin pours Finger Lakes whites and Niagara Wine Trail reds alongside a national list, anchoring a downtown hotel wine bar.
Signature pour: Niagara Wine Trail Cabernet Franc
Wine focus: American producers, Finger Lakes whites, Niagara Wine Trail
Food: Contemporary American
Bacchus on West Chippewa Street downtown is the wine bar inside the historic Calumet building, with a deep by-the-glass list and a full New American menu.
Signature pour: Burgundy by the glass
Wine focus: Old World by the glass, Burgundy and Italian
Food: Steak frites, charcuterie, full menu
