DrinkNorth Buffalo

Parkside Meadow

Parkside Meadow opened in 2015 in what used to be the similarly named Park Meadow bar, but if you've come in search of the rowdy frat-boy hijinks that old place was famous for, you're in for a rude awakening: the place has been thoroughly chilled-out and hipster-fied by its new owners. Sure, there are plenty of places in North Buffalo to wash your upscale pub grub down with a lengthy selection of local and regional craft beers or a chichi specialty cocktail, but where else can you do so amidst a collection of old-Buffalo postcards, photographs, and artifacts so vast that it may as well be considered a satellite location of the Buffalo History Museum?

Address: 2 Russell St
Getting there: Metro Bus 11 or 32
Website: parksidemeadow.com (opens in a new tab)

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