S. Thomas Group Trivia (formerly Trivia, A.D.) is a traveling trivia company which conducts trivia…read morecontests at local bars & restaurants based on popular shows and movies (definitely targeted at the 25-35 demographic). Oftentimes seen at Acropolis, Sonoma Grill, and Malone's (but not exclusively). We went to the Festivus Party / Seinfeld trivia night at the Pan American in the Lafayette on December 23rd. Customer service: no phone number, although usually pretty responsive through email. They definitely had a seating and sound problem, having been completely unprepared for the number of people that signed up. I don't understand why they didn't just cap the number of people who entered instead of making it a worse experience for everyone attending. Questions: some were great, some were - I think - waaaay too hard and specific. It's fun to have hard questions, but when the first place team (out of 70+) gets 1/3 wrong, it's probably too hard. Just an opinion though, did not factor into my review score. Price: we had the biggest beef with this: $15 PER PERSON (not 4 person team) to us was super hefty- they brought in over $4,000 that night (which did not include anything but participation) and only handed out $350-$400 in prizes. The restaurant provided a limited but full price menu and certainly brought in money itself. This is a little weird to me. Where did the rest of that money go? At least throw in bar specials or something. That's a ton of pocketed cash and makes me feel like I got ripped off. I know they likely had to pay licensing fees and the like, but $60 a team just seems like too much and is the main reason we likely won't attend another Trivia, AD event. Program: They had comedians fill in gaps in the evening. The opening act was terrible and extremely "blue." Clearly the crowd liked Seinfeld, so why bring in someone who makes cancer jokes? Not only did the crowd ignore both comedians, but the first one was boo'ed an awful lot, too. If you really like Trivia, this might be worth it to you. It's a relatively new company so I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt with an "A-OK" rating.

Founding Fathers is filled with US History memorabilia, and its owner/bartender is super personable…read moreand knowledgeable on all things historical. I would classify it as a dive bar, good ambiance and not too loud, easy to talk to others while there. The food is like sophisticated bar food. Inventive sandwiches and sides. I believe they still do trivia night, very cool. Mike the bartender keeps everyone entertained with trivia on pop culture, history, and his witty conversation. Highly recommended!

A hole in the wall bar, which is usually my favorite type of bar…read more The bartender was friendly enough. They were out of several tap beers. The kitchen is right off the bar and didn't look well kept, we decided against getting food here because of the look of things. Not sure I would come back, but it was interesting for a visit. It definitely seems like a locals spot and they did stay pretty consistently busy while we were there.

First time here and we had a ball!…read more Place was open late, great food and nice beers on tap. The staff was friendly n cool, service was good as well The ambiance is your usual bar, loud music and people talking and having a good time. Def will go back

Excellent food. Service was great. Ambiance and decor is fresh and relaxed. The bartenders were…read morereally funny and personable. You are welcomed as soon as you walk in and they make you feel like family right away. More than 30 unique sauces for your wings and chicken fingers. Ended up staying for several hours. Great conversation and you can tell the regulars that come here keep coming for a reason. The location is right in the heart of downtown Buffalo and plenty of on street parking. The music was good and the atmosphere is great. Prices are significantly better than most every other place I've been to, and the options are plentiful and unique. Highly recommend this place for drinks and food. A+! Check it out guys. You won't regret it.

Came on a Tuesday for trivia. Staff was nice but they were out of majority of the draft beers, and…read morea good amount of the cans too. The food selection was very small, basically a handful of fried items (wings, mozzarella sticks, nachos, etc. sorry forgot to take a photo), definitely not the same menu Google says they have, or what's posted on Yelp photos). And the website listed also doesn't work. Chips, salsa, and queso 3/10 They were out of salsa, so we got double queso. It was definitely not queso, it was just nacho cheese; and the chips were just about stale tasting.

Upon walking in, was overcome by the smell of stale, funky beer like the place was wiped down with…read moredirty mop water. The draft beer tasted like the lines hadn't been cleaned. I woke up with a stomach ache. The bar only had about 8 people in it on Thanksgiving eve and I can see why, it's a dive bar without dive bar prices. This place needs an overhaul.

This place is great for cheap drinks and a nice place to relax and play pool…read more It's small and has pretty decent late night food, I really like the Reuben. Unfortunately the chicken wings are not very good at all. One time i tried a quesadilla and the manager at the time charged me extra for a side of salsa which should obviously come with a quesadilla. It should be common sense that people don't eat a quesadilla most of the time completely dry? I know many of the other pool players and all of the workers. Everyone is really friendly it's a fun place where fights never start and it is drama free. Good place to check out if you have not ever been there before.

We live in New York City so have never experienced this sort of racism. The lady who was the…read morebartender was horrible to my husband and I. It starts off with us calling out to her she for our drinks which she ignored. Not only that, when my husband asked her to remove the ice she removed the whole drink. We decided to leave it at that, I thought I could speak to her kindly to change it. When I went there, she said "you made me remove the ice that's why this is like this, and I can't give people like you free shit" I was honestly just shocked and a little bit drunk from the place we went before so I couldn't process it, looking at my shocked face she goes "I can make you another drink but you'll have to pay for it" I say yes do that please. She shows me quantity mocking me, "this is what is used and the amount of quantity I'm not gonna do this again so I'm showing you" I still say thank you When she comes back with the new drink, i was about to take it and then go back to our seat where my husband is and get money to pay her, returning her my old drink, she goes "nah I'm not giving it to you until you pay it" since I'm tipsy I say please keep my drink too I'll give you the money, while I'm giving her back the drink she doesn't hold the glass and it tips off and falls and she makes a nasty face I say sorry and proceed to get the money from my husband. By then husband saw me at the waiting at the bar too long and was heading towards me to help me out. When he comes I tell him to give me money and he gives it to me, again at the bar we're trying to catch her attention, she comes back are you paying for the drink? I say yes with the 20$ in my hand reaching out to give it to her, and asked the drink you spilled I already paid for that, are you gonna give me that back? She proceeds to not give the new drink I say can I have my drink back, she screams I'm not serving you lady, get off! I was still calm and didn't say anything cuz I was tipsy, my husband right next to me while this happened. (He was confused as he didn't know what happened in the first half of the conversation as he wasn't there) We were absolutely shocked and ended up leaving, I ended up crying the whole night. Waited for the alcohol to wear off to understand what I've truly been through. Saw the timings of the bar so we could go and talk to the manager/owner about it, I called the number present in google, waited for someone to pick up, the cleaner picked up after I called multiple times, it opens at 3pm on Sunday we would've left Buffalo by then to start for home, so we went at 1pm to see if anyone was there, same cleaner. Left him our numbers, he said he will let his manager know but didn't help (as apparently he didn't know anything else, didn't even know the name of the tall female bartender, who was so ugly to me) Since then I've emailed, called, there has been no response. I'd not have posted this had there been any response since then. I've been affected by this humiliation horribly, my mental health got messed up cuz I'm still questioning as to how can someone behave like this with me, what did I do wrong, because surely the color of my skin cannot be the only reason you hate me, we were celebrating 6 months of our marriage, seeing Niagara Falls was so immensely beautiful, but this experience changed my whole perspective about human behavior, all I can say is Please donot spend your hard earned money there that is my only request. PS: I keep posting the review on Google but they keep removing it somehow I just posted it again. But they removed it. I'm gonna keep posting until it's there.

I may have gone on a french onion soup bender this week. And this is hands down. The best french…read moreonion soup ever crafted. Not watery at all. Maybe some sherry in it. Big mouth feel. Deep broth. We were catching up with friends so it was just us in the back room for a while and our fabulous server was so accommodating of us. I also really enjoyed the buffalo shrimp. Sweet, big shrimp. Way better than I assumed when ordering it as an appetizer for us. Such a cool building too. Can't believe it's taken me this long. But im ruined on french onion soup.

Going to Cole's brought black lots of great college memories. The inside looks the same.....a…read morehomey, decorated over-the-top Irish Bar. It was right after Christmas and we were lucky to get in just before the crowd. I'd never had a Tom and Jerry, but had heard about it it being a great holiday drink served here so I ordered one. It was hot milk, brandy and rum with a creamy whipped egg white topping, and warm spices. My hamburger was med rare, juicy and delicious and the salad was fresh and a good size. My husband had a Reuben he said was excellent.

As with pretty much everything in everywhere, everything is somebody's personal preference…read more This was my first time coming to Alley Cat , and I just didn't feel comfortable there. This was just not my kind of place There was nothing wrong with it. Nothing specific anyway just not for me. The bartender was nice, I didn't have any problems with anybody. There are booths and of course, the stools around the bar, so there's lots of places to sit, which is always A Plus for me. I just had one beer and then I left. So I can't really comment too much on this place. A person likes what they like.

SCAM!!!! Avoid this place at all cost. They charged my card on a $24 charge for $84 ($60 in…read moretip!!!!!) the bank tried to help but alley cat refused to lower the charge to a reasonable amount. Place should be shut down for credit card scams. Avoid this place or use cash only

love this place!! A favorite to bring out of town friends for shows and food!! Staff and owners are…read morealways friendly and helpfu! the shows they have are always fun!

My husband was feeling snackish after an impromptu visit to the Merry Shelley last weekend but…read morewanted something more substantial than their small bites so we came here. We didn't have to drive far to find parking but it might be a longer hike on busier nights. The establishment is bigger than the Merry Shelley and Revolution Gallery (the three have a lot of joint events complete with shuttle service, but we haven't been to one). Plenty of space and seats. My husband tried their in house mango BBQ sauce, but it packed too much of a punch so he went with a burger he really enjoyed. They have a full bar. Our cocktails were great. Service is friendly. We'll be back. The darkwave nights in particular caught my husband's attention.