Pre / Post Sabres Game (Buffalo, Liberty: house, live, restaurants)

[jamespurdy2]

Hello all!

I am traveling to Buffalo to go to a Sabres game. I am staying downtown and the game is on a Sunday. What's the best pre and post game party scene????

GO!

[JSmith11]

Lots of people go to the Pearl Street Grill and Brewery before a game. The food is pretty decent, the beer (brewed on premises, I believe) it good. There is also a German-style restaurant/pub near the hockey arena called Lagerhaus 95. I haven't been there yet, but I hear it is good as well.

I think Liberty Hound (inside the Naval Park museum near the WWII battleships) is open on Sabres evenings. I've been there once and I enjoyed the food.

I believe all of these restaurants have bars that will be lively enough before a game.

[Checkered24]

I used to like to pop into Cobblestone before and/or after a Sabres game. It's been a number of years since I was in there however, but I remember some players used to stop in there after games too sometimes (but I have no idea if they still do).

[Matt Marcinkiewicz]

Originally Posted by jamespurdy2

Hello all!

I am traveling to Buffalo to go to a Sabres game. I am staying downtown and the game is on a Sunday. What's the best pre and post game party scene????

GO!

As mentioned by JSmith11, Pearl Street Grill & Brewery is the place I'd usually recommend, and it would certainly be the top recommendation to an out-of-towner looking for a pregame party scene. The fact that the game is on a Sunday and therefore presumably in the afternoon changes things a bit though...almost feel like Irish Times or some smaller bar should get a rec here. PSG (yeah Paris Saint-Germain) probably remains the best bet though, just perhaps curb your expectations for the atmosphere a little given that it'll be a Sunday afternoon. Then postgame I'd head east down Perry or South Park and check out the places in or near the cobblestone district, such as the aforementioned Lagerhaus 95 (I need to listen to my own advice, since I haven't been to this place yet) and Cobblestone Bar. Swannie House at Ohio and I believe Michigan (block south of South Park) isn't a bad option either...I've never been there on a Sunday (haven't been there in a while on any day, in fact), but a yelp reviewer mentions 25 cent wings on a Sunday, so there's a bonus.

Just don't expect much from the actual game itself, if you're a Sabres fan anyway. Last game notwithstanding...they usually play Tampa Bay (and Boston) well