Mulberry Italian Ristorante on Jackson Avenue in Lackawanna has been serving scratch-made Italian-American food to the Buffalo area since it opened, building a following around house-made pasta, braised meats, and the kind of red-sauce Italian cooking that earns a neighborhood restaurant its regulars one slow-cooked dish at a time. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Homegrown and Homemade,” which aired May 3, 2010. Guy Fieri found a kitchen doing genuine Italian cooking from scratch in a working-class steel city neighborhood that appreciated the effort.
Quick Facts
Restaurant: Mulberry Italian Ristorante
City: Lackawanna, New York
Cuisine: Italian
DDD Season: 9
DDD Episode: 2
Episode Title: Homegrown and Homemade
Original Air Date: May 3, 2010
Address: 64 Jackson Ave., Lackawanna, NY 14218
Phone: 716-822-4292
Website: https://www.mulberryitalianristorante.com
Status: Open
What to Eat
House-made pasta — rigatoni, pappardelle, gnocchi — with slow-cooked sauces that have been building flavor all day. The Braised Short Ribs over house-made pasta is the dish that gets ordered at nearly every table. The Chicken Marsala and Eggplant Parmigiana are the Italian-American classics executed with the care of a kitchen that treats every dish as if it matters. The Arancini and Bruschetta are the starters worth ordering while you wait. Find a Buffalo area hotel on Booking.com.
Plan Your Visit
Check the website for current hours.
Address: 64 Jackson Ave., Lackawanna, NY 14218
Phone: 716-822-4292
Website: https://www.mulberryitalianristorante.com
Status: Open
Triple D Essentials
Stream the Homegrown and Homemade episode on Amazon and bring Italian cooking home with Guy Fieri Cookware for stovetop pasta and braising work.
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Mulberry Italian Ristorante appeared in Season 9, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Homegrown and Homemade,” originally aired May 3, 2010.