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dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Nov 15 @ 12:10 AM ET
Yeah I was reminding myself of that.
- Buffalo-Sabres



I am of the opinion that unless you're staying at the hotel, there is zero reason to be hang out in a hotel bar. Zero.
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Nov 15 @ 12:10 AM ET
Allegedly..........
- dadeadhead


HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Nov 15 @ 12:11 AM ET
They aren't taking reservations so the dinner wait was 2.5 hours. There isn't a lot of common areas around the bars to hang and drink, so if you don't have a bar seat you're essentially standing right by tables while people eat and dodging servers walking by. There are zero bar ledges to set a glass on and zero pub tables with bar stools. There were groups of people ages 24 to 60 having drinks on staircases and in front of broom closets. It was weird.
- Buffalo-Sabres


They're going to start taking reservations December 1st I guess. I'm planning on checking it out on December 20th before the Avs game. I figure I can go and get a late lunch/early dinner before the game and before it gets absolutely crazy in there for dinner.
Buffalo-Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I lost a bet, NY
Joined: 07.05.2007

Nov 15 @ 12:11 AM ET
They definitely wanted it to have an "upscale" vibe to it, in which it delivered.

And keep in mind, there's a hotel opening in the complex next May. That essentially is going to be the hotel restaurant.

- buffalofan19



I guess the 38 foot tv gave me more of an expectation of a sports bar. It just seems like a place that in order to get 4 bar stools together or dinner reservations it will have to be willed in your family to you.
Buffalo-Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I lost a bet, NY
Joined: 07.05.2007

Nov 15 @ 12:12 AM ET
I am of the opinion that unless you're staying at the hotel, there is zero reason to be hang out in a hotel bar. Zero.
- dadeadhead



buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Nov 15 @ 12:12 AM ET
I guess it's possible. I've never had to do that. The best way to know for sure is to ask one of the Refs. NF or Stashu can tell you. They have access to all that stuff.

I know that you and I have disagreements about things, but never once have I felt that making a comment about where you work, the frequency of your posts or anything like that is necessary.

I think in many ways, you think of things similar to me. You have an opinion, but you use facts to back it up most of the time. You use those facts to support it. Never once have you told me that I'm blind or stupid.

- HonkFortheGoose



Yeah, I know I could ask them, but I guess I never really cared that much about it. It had to be at least six months ago now when that happened. I just didn't want to state that I had never been banned, and then one of them go "oh yes you have!" ( )

And agreed on the other stuff. There's really no point in doing that. The reality is that we all essentially really know very little about each other, other than what we choose to share here. I know some folks have met others in person, are facebook friends, etc., but even then, unless you're one of those people that narrate their entire lives on social media, we still know very little.
gerbe42
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.10.2011

Nov 15 @ 12:13 AM ET
They aren't taking reservations so the dinner wait was 2.5 hours. There isn't a lot of common areas around the bars to hang and drink, so if you don't have a bar seat you're essentially standing right by tables while people eat and dodging servers walking by. There are zero bar ledges to set a glass on and zero pub tables with bar stools. There were groups of people ages 24 to 60 having drinks on staircases and in front of broom closets. It was weird.
- Buffalo-Sabres

thanks doesnt sound like somewhere id like to go at all.

Im always on the look out for younger crowd bars and of course elmwood is hands down the best. I Guess it doesnt matter too much anymore seeing as ill be in SC and florida for the next year
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Nov 15 @ 12:13 AM ET
They're going to start taking reservations December 1st I guess. I'm planning on checking it out on December 20th before the Avs game. I figure I can go and get a late lunch/early dinner before the game and before it gets absolutely crazy in there for dinner.
- HonkFortheGoose



You're going to miss our Ugly Sweater party.
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Nov 15 @ 12:14 AM ET
I guess the 38 foot tv gave me more of an expectation of a sports bar. It just seems like a place that in order to get 4 bar stools together or dinner reservations it will have to be willed in your family to you.
- Buffalo-Sabres


Eventually, the novelty will wear off at least a little bit. It will still do well, but I don't think you'll have lines jampacked out the door all the time. It's the brand new hip thing to do right now. I will be interested to see what it's like this time next year.
Buffalo-Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I lost a bet, NY
Joined: 07.05.2007

Nov 15 @ 12:14 AM ET
thanks doesnt sound like somewhere id like to go at all.

Im always on the look out for younger crowd bars and of course elmwood is hands down the best. I Guess it doesnt matter too much anymore seeing as ill be in SC and florida for the next year

- gerbe42




Don't not go. You have to experience it. Just have reservations once they start and plan on waiting 4 months. Just don't go randomly on a Friday night and expect to have a good time.
gerbe42
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.10.2011

Nov 15 @ 12:17 AM ET
Don't not go. You have to experience it. Just have reservations once they start and plan on waiting 4 months. Just don't go randomly on a Friday night and expect to have a good time.
- Buffalo-Sabres

alright, noted. thanks for the input
Buffalo-Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I lost a bet, NY
Joined: 07.05.2007

Nov 15 @ 12:17 AM ET
Eventually, the novelty will wear off at least a little bit. It will still do well, but I don't think you'll have lines jampacked out the door all the time. It's the brand new hip thing to do right now. I will be interested to see what it's like this time next year.
- buffalofan19



If the Sabres get Mcdavid, plan on it being busy for a long time. It was cool we went to Lagerhaus 95 and they had the Otters game on. Fox and Strome both looked good.
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Nov 15 @ 12:18 AM ET
If the Sabres get Mcdavid, plan on it being busy for a long time. It was cool we went to Lagerhaus 95 and they had the Otters game on. Fox and Strome both looked good.
- Buffalo-Sabres



Another place I've heard nothing good about.
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Nov 15 @ 12:18 AM ET
Yeah, I know I could ask them, but I guess I never really cared that much about it. It had to be at least six months ago now when that happened. I just didn't want to state that I had never been banned, and then one of them go "oh yes you have!" ( )

And agreed on the other stuff. There's really no point in doing that. The reality is that we all essentially really know very little about each other, other than what we choose to share here. I know some folks have met others in person, are facebook friends, etc., but even then, unless you're one of those people that narrate their entire lives on social media, we still know very little.

- buffalofan19


That is very true. I don't use Twitter and I don't post on facebook a ton. Usually it's stuff from when I go on vacation or is sports related in some way. It drives me crazy that some people pretty much tell everyone how many times they poop in a day.

But on that topic, I did just get a promotion at work and a decent raise along with it to essentially do that same job I've already been doing for the last 2 years. Go me.

There are a few that I've met on here and hung out with a few times. I can't say that I've had a bad experience as far as that goes. I actually work in the same building as one of the posters here, so he's one of them. I think in total I've met 7 or 8.
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Nov 15 @ 12:18 AM ET
You're going to miss our Ugly Sweater party.
- dadeadhead


Does it end prior to 10 pm?
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Nov 15 @ 12:20 AM ET
Another place I've heard nothing good about.
- dadeadhead


I was there once. Food was very average and the bartender was a b!tch.

EDIT: Hatty
gerbe42
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.10.2011

Nov 15 @ 12:21 AM ET
I was there once. Food was very average and the bartender was a b!tch.

EDIT: Hatty

- HonkFortheGoose

sounds like the title of a country song
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Nov 15 @ 12:21 AM ET
Looks like Terry can take his time on the new stadium.

http://www.si.com/college...our-host-cities-announced
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Nov 15 @ 12:22 AM ET
I was there once. Food was very average and the bartender was a b!tch.

EDIT: Hatty

- HonkFortheGoose



Is that the old Malamute or whatever it was called next to the Swannie House?
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Nov 15 @ 12:24 AM ET
Does it end prior to 10 pm?
- HonkFortheGoose



Nope, its when it starts.

HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Nov 15 @ 12:28 AM ET
Is that the old Malamute or whatever it was called next to the Swannie House?
- buffalofan19


No. It's closer to the arena. It's on the corner of Perry and Mississippi. Same block as the Cobbleststone, just on the Perry end instead of the S. Park end.
Buffalo-Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I lost a bet, NY
Joined: 07.05.2007

Nov 15 @ 12:29 AM ET
Another place I've heard nothing good about.
- dadeadhead



It doesn't suck. The menu is tiny but the food was good and the drinks are downtown priced as expected. Its got a nice vibe in there.
dadeadhead
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I don't want to say Greztky was a dude when I was watching. Mentalorgasm5 , NY
Joined: 07.16.2006

Nov 15 @ 12:29 AM ET
That is very true. I don't use Twitter and I don't post on facebook a ton. Usually it's stuff from when I go on vacation or is sports related in some way. It drives me crazy that some people pretty much tell everyone how many times they poop in a day.

But on that topic, I did just get a promotion at work and a decent raise along with it to essentially do that same job I've already been doing for the last 2 years. Go me.

There are a few that I've met on here and hung out with a few times. I can't say that I've had a bad experience as far as that goes. I actually work in the same building as one of the posters here, so he's one of them. I think in total I've met 7 or 8.

- HonkFortheGoose



JT
Cab
You
Ash
Kept
Nf
Jochfr


I don't think I missed anyone.
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Nov 15 @ 12:30 AM ET
Nope, its when it starts.


- dadeadhead


I think I'll have to make an appearance then. Maybe I can convince Andy to stay sober enough to drive so I don't have to for once.
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Nov 15 @ 12:32 AM ET
JT
Cab
You
Ash
Kept
Nf
Jochfr


I don't think I missed anyone.

- dadeadhead



I didn't count him. But I've known him for a lot longer than I've posted on here.
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