INIZIO
Buffalo, NY
534 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222, USA125 itemsUpdated March 8, 2026
Structured menu data
ALTRE
Don PX 1999 pedro ximenez sherry
$12.00Limoncello
$5.001oz
Lustau amontillado sherry
$9.00Luxardo amaretto
$9.00Po' di poli grappa
$10.00Romana sambuca
$9.00Tenuta tamburnin vermut rosso
$7.00AMARI
Averna
$8.00Bràulio
$9.00Ciociaro
$8.00Dell'etna
$8.00Montenegro
$7.00Nonino
$9.00Nonino l'aperitivo
$8.00Ramazzotti
$7.00BEVANDE CALDE
French press coffee
$48.00Small (12oz) or Large (34oz)
Harney & sons tea
$2.00A rotating selection of black, green, and herbal teas
BOCCONCINI DOLCE
Cake
$12.00Mini almond meal cake with rosemary-honey ice cream
Cookies
$8.00Choice of 2: chocolate chip, sugar, or peanut butter
Ice cream & sorbet
$4.00Selection of seasonal scoops
Panna cotta
$12.00Coconut cream pudding with almond streusel and clementine sherbet
BOTTLE BEER
Asahi
$8.00Super dry 5% (Japan)
Birra Moretti
$8.00L'autentica 4.6% (Italy)
Peroni
$8.00Nastro azzuro 5.1% (Italy)
Peroni N/A
$8.000.0 non-alcoholic (Italy)
COCKTAILS
Caldera
$14.00Mezcal, falernum, aperol, lime, chili shrub
Last word
$14.00Gin, boomsma clooisterbitter, maraschino, lime
Martini, martini, martini
$14.00Classic gin, dirty vodka, or vesper
Negroni / Boulevardier
$14.00Gin or bourbon, sweet vermouth, campari
Penicillin
$14.00Scotch, ginger-honey, lemon, single malt islay rinse
When it rains
$14.00Calvados, nonino l'apertivo, apple chamomile
CONTORNI
Butter
$2.00Calabrian chili
$4.00Hanger steak bites
$12.00Olive oil
$2.00Parmigiano
$1.00Toast
$3.003 pcs
Tomato sugo
$7.00White anchovies
$6.00DRAFT BEER
Great Lakes
$8.00Edmund Fitzgerald Porter 6% (Ohio)
Stella Artois
$8.00Pilsner 5% (Belgium)
Weihenstephaner
$8.00Hefeweissbier 5.4% (Germany)
EXCEPTIONAL BOTTLES - AUSTRALIA
Shiraz
$400.00Penfolds St. Henri '16 (South Australia)
EXCEPTIONAL BOTTLES - ITALY
Nebbiolo
$400.00Ca'Viola Barolo Sottocastello di Novello Riserva '16 (Piemonte)
EXCEPTIONAL BOTTLES - USA
Cabernet Sauvignon
$500.00Mayacamas Mt. Veeder '20 (Napa Valley, CA)
EXCITING BOTTLES - ORANGE
Gruner Veltliner, Chardonnay, Riesling
$1872.00Milan Nestarec Dopamine NV (Moravia, SL)
Pinot Gris / Gewurtztraminer
$2080.00Joe Swick Only Zuul '22 (Oregon, USA)
EXCITING BOTTLES - RED
Catawba / Delaware / Concord
$1975.00chëpïka Buzzards Crest '22 (Finger Lakes, NY)
Cinsault / Syrah / Cabernet Sauvignon
$1975.00Chateau Musar Jeune Red '21 (Beqaa Valley, LEB)
EXCITING BOTTLES - WHITE
Albariño
$45180.00Hiyu-Tzum Eventyr '22 (Columbia Gorge, OR)
INTEGRATORI
Crumbled sausage
$8.00Goat cheese
$3.00Organic chicken
$10.00Rock shrimp
$12.00Spinach
$3.00MOCKTAILS
Bergamot spritz
$8.00Earl grey, lemon, ginger, tonic
Chamomile soda
$8.00Apple chamomile, lemon, tonic
Seasonal shirley temple
$8.00Anise grenadine with ginger ale
PASTA A MANO
Butternut cappellacci
$37.00Hat-shaped squash parcels from ferrara, with sausage, sage brown butter & amaretti
Farfalle florentine
$37.00Bowtie pasta with organic chicken, garlic, spinach & goat cheese
Gnocchi pomodoro
$38.00Pillowy potato dumplings in a light marinara sauce with sheep's milk ricotta & basil
Nonna's four-cheese ravioli
$37.00Ricotta, mascarpone, mozzarella & provolone ravs with beef & pork-enriched san marzano tomato sugo
Short rib pappardelle
$38.00Broad flat noodles with braised beef rib, green olives & fresh horseradish
PASTA AL BRONZO
Aglio e olio
$22.00Bucatini pasta with sauteed garlic, chili flake, olive oil & parm. V
Cacio e pepe
$25.00Mafalde pasta with pecorino & black pepper. V
Mushroom
$29.00Casarecce pasta with mushrooms, spinach, walnuts & gorgonzola. V
Ragù bolognese
$35.00Tagliatelle pasta in classic meat sauce from emilia romagna
Vodka
$25.00Creste di gallo pasta with pink sauce & basil. V
PICCOLI PIATTI
Autumn salad
$17.00Mixed greens & chicories in a citrus vinaigrette with oranges, celery, fennel & olives. V+, GF
Broccolini
$18.00Seared broccolini stalks with marcona almonds, garlic & parmigiano reggiano. V, GF
Caesar salad toscano
$17.00Whole romaine leaves in classic caesar dressing, with bread crumbs & pecorino
Cauliflower steak
$22.00Seared slab with a tuscan stew of beans & lacinato kale. V+, GF
Chicken cacciatore
$2243.00Hunter-style chicken thigh stewed in a ragu of tomato and mushroom, with polenta & sour cream. GF
Hanger steak
$2243.00Espresso-marinated hanger steak bites with smoky potatoes & saffron aioli. GF
Mushroom risotto
$1937.00Aged acquerello rice with roasted mushrooms & parmigiano reggiano. V, GF
Mussels
$22.00Hollander & dekoning mussels steamed with white wine, fennel, sweet sausage & sopping bread
POZIONI DIGESTIVE
Allen'tini
$14.00Allen's cold brew brandy, vodka, amaro dell'etna, crème de cacao, bergamot
Amaretto sour
Rye, amaretto, simple, lemon
SPRITZ
Aperol spritz
$12.00Sweet - Aperol topped with prosecco & soda
Hugo spritz
$12.00Floral - Elderflower liqueur with prosecco, soda & mint
Terrazza spritz
$12.00Herbaceous - Vermouth topped with lambrusco & soda
SPUNTINI
Boquerones
$9.00White anchovies marinated in olive oil & vinegar with toast
Bread & butter
$9.00v
Castelvetrano olives
$5.00V+, GF
Crostini toscani bruschetta
$17.00A Tuscan classic of toasted bread with chicken pâté, caramelized onions, grapes & pecorino
Fresh cheese
$10.00House-made fresh cheese with olive oil, saba & toast
House-made pickles
$5.00V+, GF
Smoky marcona almonds
$6.00WINE BY THE BOTTLE - RED
Barbera
$52.00Scarpetta, Barbera del Monferrato DOC '23 (Piedmont, IT)
Cabernet Franc
$72.00La Varenne Chinon '23 (Loire Valley, FR)
Corvina
$140.00Farina Amarone della Valpolicella Classico '20 (Veneto, IT)
Gamay
$80.00Chateau Thivin, Reverdon, Brouilly '21 (Beaujolais, FR)
Malbec
$50.00Mary Taylor Odile Delpon Cahors '22 (Cahors, FR)
Merlot
$80.00Paraschos '18 (Collio, IT)
Nero D'Avola
$60.00Sikele Terre Siciliane Rosso '20 (Sicily, IT)
Nero D'Avola/Frappato
$80.00Valle dell'Acate Cerasuolo di Vittoria '20 (Sicily, IT)
Poulsard
$72.00Domaine Rolet Arbois Rouge Tradition '22 (Jura, FR)
Zinfandel
$100.00Ridge Vineyards Three Valleys '23 (Sonoma, CA)
WINE BY THE BOTTLE - WHITE
Arneis
$67.00Macarini '23 (Piedmont, IT)
Garganega
$60.00Corte Sant'Alda Soave '22 (Veneto, IT)
Gavi
$56.00Castello di Tessarolo Gavi Orsola '23 (Piedmont, IT)
Gewürztraminer
$112.00J. Hofstätter '21 (Alto Adige, IT)
Macabeo
$64.00Bodega Clandestina El Soci '23 (Catalonia, ES)
Müller-Thurgau
$60.00Pojer e Sandri Palai '23 (Dolomites, IT)
Nerello Mascalese
$72.00Terrazze Dell'Etna Ciuri '22 (Sicily, IT)
Pecorino
$80.00Tiberio Colline Pescaresi '23 (Abruzzo, IT)
Tocai Friulano
$100.00Paraschos Kai '20 (Collio, IT)
Trebbiano
$68.00Rabasco Cancelli Vino Bianco NV (Abruzzo, IT)
Viognier
$90.00Hervé Souhaut Domaine Romaneaux Destezet '23 (Rhone, FR)
WINE BY THE GLASS - RED
Cabernet
$153060.00Requiem '22 (Columbia Valley, WA)
Grenache
$153060.00Éric Texier Chat Fou '22 (Rhone, FR)
Montepulciano
$153060.00Wonderwerk Marinara! red blend '23 (California, USA)
Pinot Noir
$153060.00Bellande '22 (Willamette, OR)
Sangiovese
$122448.00Scarpetta Frico '22 (Tuscany, IT)
WINE BY THE GLASS - ROSÉ
Cab Sauv/ Cab Franc
$122448.00Mary Taylor Agenais '24 (FR)
Cinsault
$132652.00Figuière '24 (Provence, FR)
WINE BY THE GLASS - SPARKLING
Chenin Blanc
$1664.00Ciel De Perle, NV (Fr)
Lambrusco
$12.00Carpi e Sorbara (Emilia-Romagna, IT)
Prosecco Brut
$12.00TreCase Prosecco Treviso (Veneto, IT)
WINE BY THE GLASS - WHITE
Chardonnay
$142856.00Ancient Peaks '23 (Paso Robles, CA)
Grüner Veltliner
$122448.00Meinklang '23 (Burgenland, AT)
Muscadet
$122448.00Chateau Guipiere '22 (Loire, FR)
Pinot Grigio
$122448.00Vigneti del Sole '24 (Veneto, IT)
Sauvignon Blanc
$122448.00Chateau Claouset '24 (Bordeaux, FR)