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Not impressed 01/06/2008

 

 

High cover charge for a bar like every other on Chippewa. I never heard of a band going there and I don't know where you would fit one in that cramped little bar. Music is not as diverse as said above its 90% dance music. 

Great Bar 02/25/2007

 

 

Fun club with lots of good looking women!!!!!!!gota love buffalo. 

Buffalo Sucks 11/09/2006

 

 

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BUFFALO SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTHING BUT A DEAD END TOWN. TOWN SMELLS!!!!! TACKEY HOMES!!!!!!! GIRLS LOOK LIKE MUTANTS!!!!!!!!!!! NO REAL NIGHTLIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTHING BUT TEENS IN THE BARS and FAT COWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHANGE YOUR TOWN OR BE NUKED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUFFALO SUCKS  

BIG FAT LOSER BAR 07/11/2006

 

 

Guys take the time and read this, repost it, and stay the hell away from Big Shotz The News, Briefly Big Shotz or Big Loser? by Jamie Moses ARTVOICE The Big Fat Loser Bar on Chippewa Street The 11th Annual Artvoice Mardi Gras was another successful fundraiser and great party for the city of Buffalo. It was remarkable to see a full contingent from the Buffalo Police Department lead over 200 runners huffing 4.5 miles through freezing weather down Elmwood, through Allentown and across Chippewa Street. They were followed by more than 40 Mardi Gras floats, which are getting more lavish each year. The Crocodile Bar and Nietzsche's both won Best Float awards. And the Mardi Gras parties after the parade were a blast. From Soho to Cozumel to Crocodile, Nietzsche's, JP Bullfeathers or any of the 42 participating venues, Artvoice Mardi Gras in Buffalo was a February celebration of our cold weather hardiness. Whether you were a drag queen in heels, a musician on a stage or just wandering from club to club with hundreds of beads around your neck looking for a warm Mardi mate, you knew this was not your usual Tuesday night. But the most laudable part of the event was the thousands of dollars raised for the Center for Hospice & Palliative Care. Buffalo now has the third largest Mardi Gras in the country and the only Mardi Gras celebration that is a charity fundraiser. Soho, Nietzsche's and Cozumel rocked in fundraising, as did Quote. Crocodile doubled their contribution from last year and McMonkeez made a very healthy contribution as well. Every venue that participated that night deserves applause—except one. Big Shotz on Chippewa Street. The fundraising structure of the event is simple. We sell $5 bracelets at the door at all venues and once you purchase a bracelet anywhere you are admitted into any of the 42 participating clubs. All the bracelet money from all the clubs is collected and donated to charity (minus some expenses for beads, masks and city permits, etc.). The gross raised this year for this single-night event was around $25,000. In January, Artvoice staff met with Big Shotz manager Jeremy Schiffmaker about participating in the Mardi Gras event. Jeremy, who is a nice enough guy, said he had the authority to make a decision, but just to be safe he phoned the owner of Big Shotz, Randy Phafen, to verify they would participate. He told Artvoice everything was cool and signed an agreement form saying, "YES! We are participating in the Artvoice Mardi Gras Festival. YES, we will contribute with Mardi Gras bracelet sales at our door (or make an optional donation) and we will honor bracelets sold at Mardi Gras Central and other venues." So for the next two months Big Shotz had the benefit of being included in dozens of radio promotions on three Citadel stations, flyers, posters and 13 full-color pages of advertisement in Artvoice, as well as an additional three-page Mardi Gras pullout in Artvoice the week of the event. And on the night of the event, 103.3 the Edge and 97 Rock were down on Chippewa Street doing live broadcasts. But the day before the event Randy Phafen, Big Shotz owner, phoned to say that they didn't want any Hospice volunteers at their door. Nonetheless, he said, they would honor the Mardi Gras bracelets which allowed admission to all venues and that they would make a donation. "No way can we have volunteers here," said Randy, "we'll make a donation, but no volunteers." Unfortunately, that's not what happened. Our fist indication that we had a problem came the day after Mardi Gras when Artvoice received its first complaint via e-mail. "I think Big Shotz should no longer be included on your flyers or any form of advertisement since they refused to honor any bracelets…I purchased the bracelet in good faith, along with at least ten of my friends and they turned out to be a waste of money since our sole intention was meeting up at Big Shotz." The e-mailer complained that "the flyer clearly stated" Big Shotz was a participating venue but when they got to the door, not only did Big Shotz not honor the bracelet, they insisted these people pay another $5 to get in. "We paid the cover charge of $5 and went inside because our friends were meeting us there. My problem is why sell bracelets when they're not accepted as an admission? Please get back to me on this issue." Needless to say, Big Shotz also refused to make any charity donation from the bonanza cash register they had on what in years past had been a dead Tuesday night in February. They won't take any phone calls about the matter and others who have tried to talk to the owner said he refuses even to discuss it. So 41 out of 42 clubs stepped up and did what they promised and this loser decided instead to be greedy. Big Shotz took advantage of the efforts of a lot good people—volunteers from Hospice, race runners, Artvoice staff, sorority and fraternity volunteers, Citadel radio employees and volunteers from 103.3 the Edge, Oldies 104 and 97 Rock, United Way and Univera volunteers, float builders, Forever Elmwood, Buffalo Blue Bicycles, the Buffalo Police Department, the Buffalo Reserves, the Mayor's Impact Team and many others who spent hours outside on a cold February night to raise money for the Hospice & Palliative care charity. Big Shotz basically took money intended to comfort dying people and instead put it in their scummy pockets. This is like being at the scene of a car crash and shouting to the crowd, "Let me through, I want to help," and then sneaking away with the victim's wallet, watch and jewelry. Quite frankly, and I hate saying this because I'm an avid promoter of Buffalo business, but by the time next year's Artvoice Mardi Gras event rolls around I hope Big Shotz is out of business. I'm sure another, more worthy tavern entrepreneur would be happy to take the location.  

Big Shotz Sucks 04/27/2005

 

 

They get one star for serving alcohol- is anyone over the age of 1 in the place? no. 

Wanna a be 03/19/2005

 

 

Awanna-a-be biker bar. Being an attractive black women I don't pay for drinks. Managers try to get me drunk by pushing drinks & shots. Last time my purse was stolen, and I had free drinks all night. Just show clevage ladies and these idiots will take care of you all night. You can drink for free until the bar is cleaned up (6:00 am) 

I'm the owner 12/03/2004

 

 

bar is dirty an smells,bar tenders rob the place blind,ya all should learn to handle problems not create them ,over react to a miner situation,so big shotz should work on people skills nobody has to no I'm the owner get a life ya Loser 

great 09/28/2004

 

 

i love this place, new years eve i hooked up with 5 different girls here, the best part was, they were all friends....staff is great,the DJ will play pretty much anything you request...but its small...very hard to move on a busy night..still 5 stars 

lame 05/25/2004

 

 

lame 

AQUADISCO's Review 11/12/2003

 

 

THIS IS A REAL GOOD PLACE TO HANG OUT . 

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