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Sisters Restaurant represents Bills Mafia for Sunday playoff game 

January 23, 2025
By Anna Ridilla

Diners at Sisters Restaurant, located at the end of Railroad Plaza, would probably be able to guess which NFL team owners and twin sisters Lisa Ianita and Paula Marum are rooting for in the playoffs. 

Lisa Ianita in front of Josh Allen’s #17 jersey, pictured Tuesday. Photo by Anna

The sisters grew up in Batavia, New York, as Buffalo Bills fans and the bar in their restaurant certainly shows it. The walls are covered in Bills signs and memorabilia, including a signed Josh Allen jersey, quarterback for the team.

“My dad was a fan,” Ianita said. “He liked the underdogs and back in the day they were always the underdogs. I became a fan because of my dad.”

In fact, football is the reason that Sisters is closed on Sundays. “Me and my sister are diehard fans,” she said. They always go to All-Star sports bar in Port Charlotte to watch their team. 

This season, the Bills are far from underdogs, playing the AFC Championship against the Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday (though technically Buffalo is the No. 2 seed after Kansas City).

“We beat them once during regular season – I think that was a home game,” Ianita said. “But we’re gonna kick some ass!”

For the occasion, the sisters got matching Bills-themed nails. “I usually don’t get any color on my fingers, but my sister said we had to be matching,” she said.