Buffalo’s Mohawk Place

It’s still the dive you love but with less weird mold dripping on your head! It’s much clean since re-​opening which is really fantastic. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still divey and not too clean, it’s just cleaner than before.
The drinks are very cheap. I think it was $ 4 for a vodka soda.
The bands are very LOUD. If you have hearing problems, I highly suggest bringing ear plugs. The sound is pretty decent overall though.

I was really skeptical when my friend’s band chose Mohawk’ place to play, especially after reading the reviews! However, I was very pleasantly surprised after checking it out myself. Disclaimer though, I only went for music and drinks so no idea how their food is like!
I was expecting a dingy bar where everything sticks and plastic cups. Not that I have a problem with either, because I like my dingy places. By from previous reviews, that’s what I thought I was going to. However, it was a very clean and friendly local bar and I would definitely go again.
$ 5 cover charge for underground bands that play. All drinks except water was served in a nice glass. They offer a fair amount of beer on tap, well drinks and even a few wine selections, all costing anywhere between $ 4 – 6. $ 10 minimum for all card transactions. Plenty of street parking but there is also a parking garage across the street.
Bathroom was very clean and I got a kick off how if you wanted to bring your drink in with you, there’s room at the sink for that too!
All in all, a very pleasant find!

Came here Saturday night to watch my friend’s band play and really didn’t know what to expect. The bar was kind of dirty, paper menus, stained with previous guest’s god only knows what and ripped in the corners. The glasses they give for beers on tap are plastic. They have an OK selection, but for the atmosphere and cleanliness of the bar as a whole, the drinks were too expensive. I need a reason to come back to this bar like watching a band, wouldn’t come here just to hang.

Finally, we have our local divey venue back.
I’ve visited here countless times under prior management and was kind of nervous of going back to check out the improvements. They didn’t overdo anything here — they did the needed improvements and didn’t change anything too much.
THEY TAKE CARDS NOW! I’m glad that the new owner went the route of taking cards. It’s much easier for me to spend more money at a business knowing that I am not limited to the cash I brought with me.
The (women’s) bathrooms have locks on the stalls now. I’m disappointed though that the new owner didn’t go so far as to replace the mirror in there that was broken years ago. If it’s any consolation, there is a giant mirror in a semi well lit area of the bar elsewhere for all my fellow narcissists.
The beer selection is great too. They have included a local brew from Resurgence Brewery and are still offering old favorites such as PBR. The drafts are a bit pricier than old Mohawk Place but I would rather pay more for drinks than to not have the venue open.
I was happy to learn that the ceiling also wouldn’t be dripping on me the next time I go to see a band. I’m very appreciative that someone with money took an interest in this to reopen it.

I just had drinks and listened to a band, it was nice. If you like music and beer. Come here. I can’t speak to the food, but the band was nice and the beer selection nice. The staff was great and very friendly.
I forgot to mention they are only open for special events and such. Check the website.
I also forgot to say this is the 11 th day they have been open. (Reopened)
Is now Thursday, this place is a gold mine for these guys. There’s another band (s) and the place is packed. It’s fun. Come here and be early, really. This is day 2 here for me. Cool and fun.

Goodbye Mohawk.
It occurs to me that this will be the final review of this venerable Buffalo icon.
Today, January 12^th, the final show will be put on. The building will be, most likely, condemned. When the old timers talk of he old days, Mohawk will be part of the conversation… and for good reason.
It’s one in the morning. I’m just getting back. I watched amazing bands play. I looked around the room, seeing faces that looked so familiar… yet older. Time had taken a toll on all of us.
Kids today may not believe it (have I really gotten this old?) but at one time, Buffalo was a hotbed of music. Perhaps it was the fact that we never caught onto grunge. Perhaps it was the lack of local support. For whatever reasons, the glory days of Buffalo music will be of an earlier decade.
No matter. Nostalgia is virtue for the dying, and a vice for those who dream of the future. Let us pour out a drink to the Mohawk, but remember it represented an earlier age. the future awaits. Buffalo, create a new scene. The old scene is dead.

Excellent dive venue for underground metal bands, and variants of other musical genres.
How often do you think they go to the grocery to stock up on the cheap beer?
and WTF is up with all the plastic cups, they should institute bring your own mug, so long it has a handle, and isn’t ceramic or glass.

I’ve only been here once (a few weekends ago — 3÷5÷11) to see Jonathan Richman and I had a blast.
The place is a perfect small live music venue, and other than the fact that they had no wine (beer and mixed drinks only), and the ladies room was pretty scary, I loved it.