Chef’s Restaurant in Buffalo NY, opened at its current site on the corner of Seneca and Chicago Streets back in 1923. This was Lou Billittier’s childhood neighborhood.
By 1950, Lou was half-owner of Chef’s, and in 1954 he became sole owner, with financial assistance from his dad, Anthony Billittier. Chef's Restaurant is the home of the famous Spaghetti Parmesan. It created in 1962 when then host of WKBW Channel 7 children’s show Rocketship 7 host Dave Thomas and Chef’s owner Lou Billittier were sitting having lunch when they decided to try something different instead of their usual spaghetti.
