Favorite Restaurants: What's Good

[] Aléthea's
[ for wings only] Anchor Bar
[] Forte
[] Gino's NY Pizza
[] Jasmine Thai
[] Linguine's
[] MacDuff's
[] Olivers
[] Original Pancake House
[] Pizza Pizza
[] Ristorante Giardino
[] Salvatore's
[] San Marco Ristorante
[ m] La Scala
[] Scallion Bistro
[] Tandoori's

[] Bijou Grille
[ a] Caffe Aroma
[] Carmine's
[] Chester's Cajun Grill
[] Kaldi's Coffee House
[] Papaya
[] Rue Franklin
[ am]Sonoma Grill
[] Towne
[] White Inn

Buffalo News restaurant reviewer Janice Okun's favorites

Note: Janice Okun has used at least 3 and possibly 4 or even 5 different rating schemes:

1. Her first scheme had a maximum rating of 4 stars.
2. Her second scheme had a maximum rating of 5 stars (but, as far as I know, no restaurant had ever gotten 5 stars!).
3. But then (11/99) she resumed the 4-star maximum.
4. However, she then added a 3½-star ranking to the 4-star max.
5. And, in June 2010, she seems to have added a 4½-star ranking.

4½ out of 5 stars (ranking system #2)

Rue Franklin

4½ out of 4 stars (ranking system #5)

Seabar [6/10]

4 out of 4 or 5 stars (ranking systems #2 and #3)

Buffalo Chop House [12/08]
Daniel's [11/10], [9/08], & [12/03]
E. B. Green's [4/05]
Escabeche
Hutch's [8/10], [7/07], & [5/04]
Kuni's [12/08]
Lombardo's [6/09]
MacDuff's
Mark's Dining Room
Oliver's [4/10] & [3/05]
Rue Franklin [1/12], [10/10], & [4/04]
San Marco [4/06] & [7/09]
Seabar [9/07]
[am] Siena
[m] Sinatra's [4/05]
[am] Tabree [11/11]
Tempo [9/09]
[m] Torches [10/09]
Twenty One Club
[a] Wasabi [5/07]
Wellington Court Café

3½ out of 4 stars (ranking system #4)

17 Noir [8/04]
31 Club [10/11] & [3/09]
[a] 800 Maple [8/10]
Asa Ransom House
Bacchus [3/06]
[a] Black and Blue Steak and Crab [1/08]
[a] Black Forest Adler [1/12]
Calvaneso's [11/05]
Carmelo's [9/10] & [9/07]
La Cascata [3/07]
Chris' N.Y. Sandwich Co. [6/03]
Chop Chop [5/08]
Curly's [9/10] & [2/07]
Delduca's
DiGiulio & Co. [8/06] & [5/08]
Empire Grill [12/06]
Encore [2/09]
Fiamma Steak [1/11]
Il Fiorentino [10/06]
Francesca's Italian Cuisine [7/10]
Frog Grill at Warren's [2/05]
Gate House Grill [11/07]
Golden Lotus
Hillebrand's Vineyard Café [10/07]
Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse [11/08]
Inn on the Twenty [6/08]
[a] Woo Chon Korea House
Left Bank [3/10], [1/04], & [9/08]
Liv
[m] Ming Cafe [1/12]
Ming Teh [7/09]
Moscow Nights Cafe [5/07]
Mother's [10/06]
Mulberry Italian Ristorante [1/10]
Muse [9/06]
Nektar [1/11]
[m] O'Connell's American Bistro [12/11]
Old Heidelberg
Papaya [10/10] & [4/05]
Peller Estates
Peninsula Ridge
Prime 490 [5/10] & [1/06]
Rick's on Main [1/12]
Russell's Steaks, Chops & More [2/11]
Saigon Bangkok (Transit Rd.) [5/09]
Saigon Café
Sake Café [12/07]
Sample [4/07]
Samurai Japanese Grill [8/08]
Seabar [7/08]
[m] Shango [2/10] & [4/08]
Star of India
Stone Road Grille [6/05]
Taki
Tantalus [3/11] & [4/10]
[a] Thai Orchid Cafe [1/09]
Tim's Rendezvous
Trattoria Aroma (Williamsville) [4/07]
Trattoria Aroma (Buffalo) [4/10]
Treadwell [12/06]
Twelve
Wasabi (Elmwood Ave. location) [6/08]
The Western Door [6/04]
[a] Windows on the Green [6/10]
Zees [7/05]
Zest

3 out of 4 stars (ranking system #1)

[Bistro at the] Old[e] Fort Inn
Chon Buri Spicy Thai
[m] King's Wok
Ristorante Giardino
Tandoori's

Buffalo News "Cheap Eats" favorites:

4 out of 4 pennies

Boomerang's [11/10]
Ilio DiPaolo's [9/10]
Niagara Café & BBQ [9/10]
Nine-Eleven Tavern [1/12]
Pauly's Pizza [12/11]
Santasiero's [5/11]
Skaros [5/11]
Sun International Foods [1/11]
Tom's Family Restaurant (Irving) [9/11]
Tunisian CousCous House [12/09]

3½ out of 4 pennies

Aunt Millie's Kitchen [10/09]
Brothers [9/11]
[m] Bruno's Pizzeria [3/11]
Buffalo Beef and Brew [10/10]
[a] Burrito Bay [10/10]
Cafe 1206
Carol's Cafe [7/11]
Corner Bakery Cafe [12/11]
Daddio's Pizzeria [12/09]
Franco's Pizza [6/11]
Frank's Grille [1/10]
La Galera [2/11]
Goode's [9/10]
[am] Hucklebuckets [5/15]
L'Isola d'Oro [1/10]
Johnny J's Lancaster Pizza [2/11]
[m] Kabab and Curry Express [9/09]
Lancaster's Broadway Deli [1/11]
Luigi's Pizza & Catering [11/09]
Luzvina's Family Restaurant [10/09]
Macedonian Family Restaurant [1/12]
Mickey's New Rise N Dine [11/11]
Mister Dee's [10/11]
[am] My Tomato Pie [6/09]
Mythos [11/09]
Nelson's Ridge [1/12]
Paddy's Pizza [11/10]
Page's [11/10]
[a] Peking Quick One [12/11]
Peter K's [10/09]
La Pizza Club [11/11]
Polish Villa [12/10]
Rose Garden [3/10]
Sara's Deli [1/10]
Say Cheese! Pizza Co. [11/11]
Sophia's [1/11]
Trina's [8/11]
Youngstown Village Diner [7/11]

Other reviewers' favorites that are **not** listed above

La Bella Sicilia
Bistro Europa
Bravo Cafe
Café 59
El Canelo
Coyote Cafe
Doctor Birds Caribbean Rasta-Rant
The Dove
Globe Market
Hideaway Grille
India Gate
Kabab and Curry
J.T. Wheatfields
Ken's Chuckwagon
La Tee Da
Lee's
Lone Star Fajita Grill
Middleport Inn
99 Fastfood
Old Prune Restaurant
Old Orchard Inn
Plaka
Romeo and Juliet's
Rundles
Sterling Place Tavern
Suzy-Q's Bar-B-Que Shack
Taste of Thai