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I would LUV to see a cafe or themed restaurant in this space that can draw a crowd 24/7 instead of just at nite.

Main drawback of this failed location....NO PARKING....4800 sq ft is also a lot of space....subdivide and create parking and you will find tenants

You have the same amount of parking here as Spot Coffee does, so how will it affect a tenent? Forget parking, that's what the street is there for and your two legs. More than enough parking withen several blocks around this building.

Too bad they did not tear this building to to make some parking

I know, why not just tear down the remaining buildings across the street and turn that entire block into a surface lot. ...... Hell No!!!!!

yet again, its always about parking. am i the only person in this city who seems to be able to find a spot when i need one.

as a person that went to blu and wondered how the bar was even open (because it was aweful, trashy and just completely unwelcoming) then to Tabu which I really thought was a joke since the same people (with the exception of one of the past owners) tried a new "type" of a bar.. but hmm same location.. same interior.. same goofy crowd but maybe labeling it a gay ULTRA club was going to make it a success.. well obviously not! you could have called its fate after the opening was really big with a little buzz but then a few weeks later the club was limited to underagers and the disenchanted marcella crowd (aka very small group of people) Blu had more people when it was open. They did not grab enough attention early on because it was nothing to talk about.. people were going back to Marcella's after giving it an opportunity. The two twentysomethings that opened the bar had no idea what they were doing because they made the same mistakes again and again weekl after week.. while worrying about getting a cabaret license which never panned out (if you remeber reading about the controversy with the church on the corner)... When I talked to people about why they still preferred Marcella instead of Tabu..people said "Tabu is ghetto" "Its just boring" "no one is there" "its too dark" . soo I wonder if that had something to do with this place's failure??? This club had its destiny written for them as soon as they tried to do something really grand without the right ingredients (namely location, crowd, style, distinctiveness, and the most important a hard working intelligent owner not on drugs) So given what I said, it would have been great for someone to invest in a gay club that would have worked for the gay scene but this another failed attempt added to the multitude in the last 10 years..Marcella most love it...On a side note, I think this location would be perfect for like NEO furniture or like a car show room ( if it was bigger).. its corner lot would be perfect for the drivers by.. please no more bars! its obviously not going to work.. or wait maybe someone can open up a reggae bar? thats new and different? lol lol j/k

A jazz club would be nice anywhere downtown

I agree james, parking is not the issue. people are used to the burbs where they have a nice paved paradise in front of every store. Get out and walk a little bit, it will be good for you!

I have to laugh at the comment about Marcella's, Yes, Tabu was a dive, but to think Buffalo's gay crowd's only other option for a "dance" club is Marcella's is a very sad statement indeed. Friends took me once to see a "Drag" show, just a bunch of children roaming around a large rundown, seedy space. With all the great empty locations around town why is there not a nice, clean dance club for the gay population to patronize? If I was a gay male I would be very disappointed with Marcella's being my only option. That being said, as to the post, this space is going to be a hard sell, from what I understant the tenents of the building got tired of the problems associated with a bar, it is too far off the beaten path for retail and as against surface parking lots as I am, that corner is difficult to park within a safe walking distance due to traffic off the expressway and lack of other pedestrain security. Maybe once the city is done upgrading the streetscape it will become more of a destination location. On a side not, what is up with the empty lot across the street? Is it ever going to be built on? Last I heard a few years ago it was going to be a new build condo building.

Tabu looked nice but ran horribly. Instead of offering decent food, they only had Wings and Pizza (Um, you can get that anywhere in Buffalo and why would we want that in a place that looks like it should be suriving Panini's and Sushi?) And as soon as you walked in a Dart Board, just totally stood out of place. OH AND, if you order a Wine there, the bar tender and waiters look at you like "HUH, what's that?" and looking around and all you see is empty beer bottles, and only about 10 people on a Saturday night, no wonder this venue didn't make it. It was horribly promoted. Tried to be like any other bar in the city instead of being unique.

Problem with parking? A few friends live in that building and I never have an issue with parking and usually find a spot right on Main street.

Although its sad to see Tabu go (it certainly wasn't a dive), Buffalo wasn't ready for this concept and it doubt ever will be. Furthermore the gay population of Buffalo is too set on the "same ole same ole"; trying to introduce any type of new gay establishment is usually met by bitter criticism and dirty ploys to quickly shut them down. Colbalt on Delaware is an except example.

I think a middle of the road coffee/pastry/restaurant would do great in this space with the reconfiguration of Main and influx of new residential and business development. Please, just not another bar off the beaten path.

Problem with parking? A few friends live in that building and I never have an issue with parking and usually find a spot right on Main street.

Although its sad to see Tabu go (it certainly wasn't a dive), Buffalo wasn't ready for this concept and I doubt it ever will be. Furthermore the gay population of Buffalo is too set on the "same ole same ole"; trying to introduce any type of new gay establishment is usually met by bitter criticism and dirty ploys to quickly shut them down. Colbalt on Delaware is an excellent example.

I think a middle of the road coffee/pastry/restaurant would do great in this space with the reconfiguration of Main and influx of new residential and business development. Please, just not another bar off the beaten path.

"You have the same amount of parking here as Spot Coffee does, so how will it affect a tenent? Forget parking, that's what the street is there for and your two legs. More than enough parking withen several blocks around this building."

Here's the difference. Driving on Elmwood has become more of a compliment to the bustling foot traffic scene that has taken over the area. Especially the part of Elmwood where SPoT is, it could honestly survive with no parking at all. You have 4,000 high school students within a mile of SPoT. Great houses and a younger crowd that walks and is into the 'coffee shop' scene and moves around.

It's a totally different demographic in that area, so you really can't compare the two.

no parking? no cars? you see what that did to Main street

We need a few strip clubs in downtown Buffalo. Most of the other large cities in this country have at least one strip club in their downtown area.

I second that - Downtown Buffalo lacks a five star gentleman's club....

The Tabu was seedy even with the glam appearence. It was not promoted right, the owners/managers were rude and it's staff had no knowlege of anything but Beer Drinks. It was trying to compete with Club Marcella's instead of sticking to it's own unique establishment. Yeah, many locals want the same old same old, but give them the option of something "DIFFERENT" and maby they will change thier minds once exposed to something new.

Tabu tanked in the coolness factor fast. I never had a problem parking the few times I went. It's real problem was typical for buffalo gay bars...seedy dumps that attract social outcasts and drunks. We figured out pretty fast why gay professionals do not go out in this city. Pity, we have the cash to spend.