10 hidden gems of Buffalo dining

Momos, fuchka, haneeth, manakish, tortas, lacy buns, and more delicious curiosities of WNY

A recent Buffalo Reddit thread asked for the “best unknown places to eat in Buffalo.” The answers identify lots of worthwhile eating opportunities. 

Before offering my patrons the Four Bites version, let me pause to explain how your support makes a Four Bites report better eating intel. 

As an agent of my readers, I check out tips and sightings, plus intel from other sources, every week. Your $.97 a week buys you information analyzed and verified by a professional journalist.

Every week, I collate reports, consult schedules, make a travel plan, coordinate with native cuisine experts, and get in my car to see what’s what. Any cook can write a menu. The proof is on the plate.

If the chow is meh, you’ll never hear about it from me. Drilling dry holes comes with the territory.

So what follows is the distillation of hundreds of hours of work. Conversations with scores of people, followed up with site visits, and revisits, to taste the truth. That’s the Four Bites difference.

These are the 10 dishes or places with the biggest gap between their fame and the marvelousness of their work. If you’ve read every Four Bites missive, some will be familiar, but are still included because most people remain tragically unaware of their existence.