Top 7 Places to Eat & Have Beers Before a Buffalo Sabres Game

The restaurant world is so strange right now. Western New York is set to have the most amount of restaurant closures in one year of all time--but also, there have been so many great openings and new beginnings as well!

As the Sabres just came off their best year in 15 years, the Sabres fans are coming back downtown and have sold out every single home game so far this year at the Key Bank Center. If you have not been downtown in a little bit, you might notice a few of the old time staples and popular places have shut down--such as the Swanie House and the Washington Square.

Where do you go when you are tailgating or looking to get a bite before the games downtown? Theres pros and cons to every single one of them (really the only down side is that some of them get TOO BUSY before a Sabres game)

Where are the top spots to eat in Western New York before a Sabres game in downtown Buffalo?

We are leaving Swanie House off the list on purpose until they are opened and reinstated. I feel like I have to write that before we get slammed for it missing. Also, part of our criteria was, if you can't walk to the stadium from these places then it is not close enough.

7. Bad Neighbors

6. Labatt House

5. Panorama on Seven / Southern Tier (yes, we are going to combine them for location purposes)

4. Union Pub

3. Ballyhoo

2. Pearl Street

1. Cobblestone

Where is your favorite in downtown Buffalo?