Pearl Street Grill & Brewery

Pearl Street Grill & Brewery came into existence in 1997 at 76 Pearl St in downtown Buffalo, NY. It was initially formed as a partnership between a group of local investors and the Wynkoop Brewing Company of Denver, Colorado which was already a successful brewpub operation.

After only a few short years into the partnership, the local investors bought the Wynkoop stake in 1999 and continued to develop the brewpub into the icon that it is today. Over the years, successive floors have been remodeled and opened to the public for restaurant and banquet space.

As it now stands, Pearl Street Grill & Brewery has opened all four floors and the basement for a total of 9 bars and countless tap handles €“ all of which serve house-made craft beer from holding tanks in the basement.

The building in which Pearl Street resides was originally built in 1841. The business was sold in 1891 to H.O. Putnam.

That year the R.C. Neal Co. took over the building and established a hardware store. The R.C. Neal Co. operated the building as a hardware store for the next 60 years, until 1982. During the time in which the hardware store operated, a restaurant set up shop in the building as well. Mac Garrys restaurant operated out of the lower level of the building from 1927 until 1963. In 1963 the street grade was changed with the arrival of the expressway, and the windows looking into Mac Garrys were now below ground. It was 20 years before another restaurant opened, Garcias Irish Pub, in 1983. Garcias was the only business in the building from 1983 until 1996. In 1997, the dawn of Pearl Street Grill & Brewery began.

Our multilevel and New Orleans style wrap around copper-roofed patios, visible from the I-190, have hundreds of blooming hanging baskets, Lake Erie sunsets, city-scapes and waterfront vistas.
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