Favorite Pizzerias in WNY

[BuffaloBill]

10 minutes ago, BoccesOnTransit said:

I'll always prefer Bocces...on Transit Rd!

 

I worked there for a few years and had some great memories.

 

 

So you’re the guy who made that crappy pizza.....  

 

welcome to the board.

[Buffalo716]

1 hour ago, BoccesOnTransit said:

I'll always prefer Bocces...on Transit Rd!

 

I worked there for a few years and had some great memories.

 

Translation...

 

im the owner of bocces... on transit!

[PRBills]

Just picked up a half pie from Bocces on Bailey! Yum

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

 

this is what Bozanna's was. Oh my God.

 

[stevewin]

On 11/9/2017 at 10:07 PM, BringBackFergy said:

Santoras was decent. They still have one on Transit in West Seneca I think near the apple cider mill (Myers?). 

 

 

Santora's/Picasso's (do they have same ownership now?) is my go-to when I visit Lancaster.  For some reason it doesn't always agree with me going the other way though -  although always also gorging almost exclusively on wings / beef on weck (Franks), Ted's, and Zorba's might have something to do with it

Edited November 29, 2017 by stevewin

[BringBackFergy]

4 hours ago, stevewin said:

Santora's/Picasso's (do they have same ownership now?) is my go-to when I visit Lancaster.  For some reason it doesn't always agree with me going the other way though -  although always also gorging almost exclusively on wings / beef on weck (Franks), Ted's, and Zorba's might have something to do with it

I have the same problem. Get back to Buffalo to visit folks and go to games 6-10 times each year and always get JustPizza (Center Rd. West Seneca) three cheese steak pizza and BBQ wings. Then another night it’s BarBill for wings, then to Pasquales for cheese pepp. Then Teds. My eyes tell me one thing, and my intestines tell me another. Soooo damn good. 

[plenzmd1]

1 hour ago, BringBackFergy said:

I have the same problem. Get back to Buffalo to visit folks and go to games 6-10 times each year and always get JustPizza (Center Rd. West Seneca) three cheese steak pizza and BBQ wings. Then another night it’s BarBill for wings, then to Pasquales for cheese pepp. Then Teds. My eyes tell me one thing, and my intestines tell me another. Soooo damn good. 

Then that was compounded by white hots at the tailgate, all us transplants have gone through the painful food weekends!

 

So much wiser now, especially with so many good restaurants downtown now..even had great sushi in Buffalo a few trips back! 

[BuffaloBill]

2 hours ago, BringBackFergy said:

I have the same problem. Get back to Buffalo to visit folks and go to games 6-10 times each year and always get JustPizza (Center Rd. West Seneca) three cheese steak pizza and BBQ wings. Then another night it’s BarBill for wings, then to Pasquales for cheese pepp. Then Teds. My eyes tell me one thing, and my intestines tell me another. Soooo damn good. 

 

4 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:

Then that was compounded by white hots at the tailgate, all us transplants have gone through the painful food weekends!

 

So much wiser now, especially with so many good restaurants downtown now..even had great sushi in Buffalo a few trips back! 

 

 

Yeah and then your families suffer the disgusting stinky aftermath.....  

[Luka]

Pontillos will always have a place in my heart, considering I worked there for 5ish years. If there weren't so many damn pizza places I would open one myself, loved the work but you've gotta do it for yourself otherwise you make no money lol

On 11/10/2017 at 3:54 PM, Augie said:

 

Good eye, I am both. 

 

(But I think of Sarasota, FL as home now, and the WNY pizza ex-pats there do the trick for me.)

 

I am an ex=Sarasotian. Moved back home, couldn't take it anymore. Somehow managed to convince my Venice Beach native wife to come with me haha

 

But on topic, Pizza Chef on Fruitville near 75  (plaza with Publix)is amazing. Family is from one of the buroughs I believe. And if you're on the island in Venice, Ntinos. Doesn't look like a pizza place but trust me, order the pizza.

[Augie]

18 minutes ago, Luka said:

Pontillos will always have a place in my heart, considering I worked there for 5ish years. If there weren't so many damn pizza places I would open one myself, loved the work but you've gotta do it for yourself otherwise you make no money lol

 

I am an ex=Sarasotian. Moved back home, couldn't take it anymore. Somehow managed to convince my Venice Beach native wife to come with me haha

 

But on topic, Pizza Chef on Fruitville near 75  (plaza with Publix)is amazing. Family is from one of the buroughs I believe. And if you're on the island in Venice, Ntinos. Doesn't look like a pizza place but trust me, order the pizza.

 

Thanks, I’ll look to check them out when I get back. Pizza Chef (which I️ don’t remember but we’re about 8 years removed) is only one exit from Casa Di Pizza off University which I loved! 

 

Portillo was in Gulf Gate in Sarasota, but they are gone now, sadly. 

[Luka]

11 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

Thanks, I’ll look to check them out when I get back. Pizza Chef (which I️ don’t remember but we’re about 8 years removed) is only one exit from Casa Di Pizza off University which I loved! 

 

Portillo was in Gulf Gate in Sarasota, but they are gone now, sadly. 

 

Yea, the guy that owned that one was the brother of the guy I worked for up here. His first Pontillos outside of WNY was actually Hawaii, then Gulf Gate. Our guilty pleasure was always the Hungry Howies buffet on University. For the price, I still haven't found anything nearly as good. Sarasota has pretty good pizza actually, Joey D's for deep dish is another stand out. We also liked Dino's on Bee Ridge.

[Augie]

2 minutes ago, Luka said:

 

Yea, the guy that owned that one was the brother of the guy I worked for up here. His first Pontillos outside of WNY was actually Hawaii, then Gulf Gate. Our guilty pleasure was always the Hungry Howies buffet on University. For the price, I still haven't found anything nearly as good. Sarasota has pretty good pizza actually, Joey D's for deep dish is another stand out. We also liked Dino's on Bee Ridge.

 

Dino’s on Bee Ridge was a guilty pleasure! Good stuff. Their kids went to St Martha’s or Cardinal Mooney I think, knew my kids I’d bet. 

[Wooderson]

Good Guys Pizza in North Tonawanda.  It's my favorite.  It's heavy but it's great. 

[Kelly the Dog]

Casa di Pizza was good because it was a triple threat. Had good pizza, good wings and good subs. They made a good royal sub and some super sub that had mile high meats, not to mention (on Elmwood) a full sports bar attached to it. Wasn't the very best of any of the three but one could pig out on a lot of stuff. A lot of them have all three but are pretty weak on one or more.

[Buffalo716]

15 minutes ago, Kelly the Dog said:

Casa di Pizza was good because it was a triple threat. Had good pizza, good wings and good subs. They made a good royal sub and some super sub that had mile high meats, not to mention (on Elmwood) a full sports bar attached to it. Wasn't the very best of any of the three but one could pig out on a lot of stuff. A lot of them have all three but are pretty weak on one or more.

 

Exactly

 

the triple threat

 

pizza, wings and subs

 

if you can do all 3 in Buffalo you are set 

[Augie]

3 hours ago, Kelly the Dog said:

Casa di Pizza was good because it was a triple threat. Had good pizza, good wings and good subs. They made a good royal sub and some super sub that had mile high meats, not to mention (on Elmwood) a full sports bar attached to it. Wasn't the very best of any of the three but one could pig out on a lot of stuff. A lot of them have all three but are pretty weak on one or more.

 

Casa di Pizza was a Godsend when they opened in Sarasota...and it just happened to be between my office and my house. Very good food and they had Labatts.  I’d take the family there when they came to town. It was almost like going home! 

 

Just Pizza also opened in Sarasota, and it just wasn’t good. Then they kept adding more to the menu...and now it’s a Jimmy John’s or something. 

[Kelly the Dog]

14 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

Casa di Pizza was a Godsend when they opened in Sarasota...and it just happened to be between my office and my house. Very good food and they had Labatts.  I’d take the family there when they came to town. It was almost like going home! 

 

Just Pizza also opened in Sarasota, and it just wasn’t good. Then they kept adding more to the menu...and now it’s a Jimmy John’s or something. 

Yep. I tried that Just Pizza a couple times and it just wasn't any good. The people who owned and operated it had a couple in Buffalo, too. That was just weird.

 

There also was a really hot bartender in the bar in that same plaza who was from Buffalo, and right across the street there was a breakfast and lunch place that was owned by a guy from Buffalo that sold Sahlen's hot dogs by the pound so you could cook at home and had a bunch of Buffalo foods on his menu. I heard it closed a few years ago though, maybe around when Just Pizza did.

[aceman_16]

Well.. not really Western NY in terms of Buffalo but I LOVE Pizza Land in Caledonia NY. I rarely get over there but when I do I always stop by. However, IF it has to be in the Biffalo area I really like La Nova on Ferry Street.

[Augie]

5 minutes ago, Kelly the Dog said:

Yep. I tried that Just Pizza a couple times and it just wasn't any good. The people who owned and operated it had a couple in Buffalo, too. That was just weird.

 

There also was a really hot bartender in the bar in that same plaza who was from Buffalo, and right across the street there was a breakfast and lunch place that was owned by a guy from Buffalo that sold Sahlen's hot dogs by the pound so you could cook at home and had a bunch of Buffalo foods on his menu. I heard it closed a few years ago though, maybe around when Just Pizza did.

 

Was she a blonde at Gecko’s? I remember her.  She would joke about her special “big tip cleavage shirts”. The Wings and Weinies (Sahlen's place) was a nasty, greasy dive, and I went there all the time for wings when we lived in Laurel Oak. The one on Fruitville is, I believe, still open. 

[Kelly the Dog]

12 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

Was she a blonde at Gecko’s? I remember her.  She would joke about her special “big tip cleavage shirts”. The Wings and Weinies (Sahlen's place) was a nasty, greasy dive, and I went there all the time for wings when we lived in Laurel Oak. The one on Fruitville is, I believe, still open. 

She worked the afternoons at Gecko's, I never saw her at night. But she was fun and really cute all around. Yeah, Wings and Weinies was a total dive but I liked it for the greasy hole that it was.