Bocce Club Pizza Timeline

4174 North Bailey Avenue
Amherst, NY 14226
716-833-1344

1614 Hopkins Road
East Amherst, NY 14221
716-689-2345

"My favorite is Bocce’s Double cheese, pepperoni with mushrooms, onions and anchovies.. I remember as a kid we would ride down the the Hickory street location and have to smell that pizza all the way home to the Cold Springs area but it was well worth the wait. Living in Atlanta, you cannot get any pizza that looks,let alone taste like Bocce’s! I wait for my yearly vist to buffalo or get my sister to bring it when she comes to visit. Once she sent it Fed Ex! I could not wait for the driver to leave, straight to the toaster oven! Best I have ever eaten!"- Barbara DeBose

Bocce Club Pizza Timeline

1922 – May 18th S. Dino Pacciotti was born to Italian immigrants in Buffalo, NY.

1942 – Dino goes off to war

1945 – When he gets back he works part-time for Bocce Club and gets a job at General Mills as an accountant.

1946 – Dino Pacciotti and sister, Melvina Sacco purchase the Bocce Club and starts developing pizza.

1955 – Dino takes a risk and quits job at General Mills to work full-time at Bocce

1958 – Hickory Street closes, Clinton Store opens

1959 - Bailey Ave. store opens.

1966 - Bailey Ave. store existing brick structure built
          Old wooden structure torn down

1978 - Dino Pacciotti dies October 19th
          Pacciotti family continues to run Bailey Store, Sacco family runs
           Clinton St.

1983 - Bailey store remodels with wood front

1988 - Pacciotti family opens Hopkins Rd. store

1996 - Bocce celebrates 50 years in business!

2009 - Bocce on Bailey Ave. remodels with new stucco front and celebrates 50 years at Bailey Ave. location