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Buffalo Iron Works is a highly recommended, intimate music venue with a bar/lounge atmosphere located in the cobblestone district of Buffalo. Reviewers praise the reasonable prices for both tickets and beverages, the variety of acts hosted, and the efforts made during COVID times to keep the venue going. The acoustics are highlighted as very good, with well-lit and clean surroundings. Staff members are commended for their friendliness and helpfulness, even assisting with securing cab rides. The open garage door feature in summer provides an airy vibe to enjoy shows. Food options are mentioned positively, particularly the seasoned fries at a good price point.
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This is a very cool, intimate, music venue with a bar/lounge like atmosphere. Located in the cobblestone district, it's slightly off the beaten path but still within walking distance from other downtown attractions.They host some surprisingly big names for their size and have local and regional acts as well. The prices are very reasonable especially considering some of the acts they book.It's a great example of the Buffalo music scene. I would highly recommend it if you are from out of town.It seems like they really worked hard throughout covid to keep things going.
I love this place. The drinks are expensive and so is the food but it's worth it. Well worth it! I love that there was plenty of tables on the bottom floor and the second floor. Plenty of floor space for people to be in front of the stage without interfering with the people that are sitting at the tables. We were there as soon as they opened so I know that there was things still to be done. With that being said, when I got to our table I had to go get a dish rag from the bartender to clean our table and chairs up and I even did the table next to ours and the floor. There's no excuse for the floor. My sandals my flip-flops were sticking to the floor. I tripped myself up once when I got up to use the restroom and my flip-flops stuck to the floor and stayed stuck on the floor when my foot came out of my shoe. But I had a blast and so did my fiance. The music was good. The drinks were good. The crowd was good. It was a blast! I do recommend this place!
My wife and I took our 3 kids to a sold out show last night at Iron Works and the staff there was absolutely incredible. Everything from the seating accommodations to the food was excellent and the bar staff was awesome at keeping up with a full house of people. We will definitely be going back for more shows at this venue!Buffalo IronWorks Rocks!
My FAVORITE small venue. ALWAYS has bands lined up on the calendar, all very reasonably priced. Has a lot of variety at the bar. Bar also has great prices, not the typical "up-charge because we can" like you'll see at other venues. It has a great side alley for some fresh air. In the summer they open the garage door located just off stage, meaning you can watch the show with an open air sort of vibe.Super ideal venue.
What a cool place! Went to see Lost Dog Street Band with The Local Honeys last night and were really impressed with the acoustics, as well as the atmosphere. Every staff person there was super friendly and helpful (granted I didn't go up to the bar). We were early in line and were able to snag a table and seats like 25' from the performers, on a raised platform, which was PERFECT! And surface for food and drinks. (Although there was quite a lot of flat space scattered around for standers to set things, too). We were right near the aforementioned garage door, which they had opened. Let in some great cooler air, and they had big fans going. Of course, a lot of the smoke and other stuff blew right in, too, but not much you can do to avoid that. It prevented most except a few d*cks from smoking inside, at least.For bar food, the huge boat of seasoned fries for $7 was a win! 3 of us shared them. Which did make us very thirsty. The $6 can of I forget-what-it-was Light was not quite as good a deal, but overall, the food portions I saw ppl have were really big.We'll def keep an eye out and come back if we see anyone else we like, even though it's a 1.75 hour drive for us. 3 thumbs up from us! :)
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