Chip Strip

After 10 months and $1.2 million of renovation, the evolution of Chippewa has begun with the opening of the Lodge Bar & Grill. We were there for the "Grand Unveil Gala" Friday night. Photos and video inside.

After College Night was abolished on the Chippewa Strip, underage party goers (and their money) have been sorely missed! Now bar owners are fighting back with a lawsuit against the city's lawmakers who enacted the bar-ban.

According to WIVB.com, The Buffalo Common Council / Mayor Byron Brown have agreed unanimously to ban anyone "Under 21" from being in a bar in the Chippewa Entertainment District ("Chip Strip"), with the exception of Thursday evenings.  The new ordinance is a six-month test to determine whether violence will decrease with the new practice in place, and if not; "Under 21 Co-