After 44 years, landmark TCU-area bar is out; Buffalo wings are in
The University Pub, a beloved and timeless TCU watering hole for two generations of Horned Frogs students from the days when Coors Light was new through today’s age of craft cocktails, will close in the wee hours early May 18, according to the bar’s Instagram post.
Buffalo Bros, a pizza-and-wings restaurant next door that often draws overflow crowds to watch TCU and Buffalo Bills games, will expand the dining room, said the restaurant’s owner, Jon Bonnell. He rented the space when it came available, he said.
The University Pub, 3019 S. University Drive, opened in 1981, when TCU had about 6,200 students and accepted 93% of applicants.
Now, the enrollment is about 13,000 and the university admits about 40% of applicants.
“Sometimes you eat the bear; and sometimes the bear terminates your lease extension so they can turn a legacy business into your neighbor’s dining room,” the bar’s Instagram post read.
“We’ll be around, having as much fun as ever, until 2am May 18th. It’s time for Dick to come home. Dave says he loves you.”
Bonnell responded in an Instagram comment: “The Pub is not closing because of Buffalo Bros. ... We’re sad to see them go as well, been great neighbors for many years.”
Within 10 hours, Instagram users had posted 260 comments on the Pub’s post and more than 1,000 sympathetic “likes.”
On a TCU sports message board, regular commenter “BrewingFrog” commented, “Oh, the zillions of brain cells killed in that place.”
“TxFrog1999” commented, “The last vestiges of the TCU I knew and recognized are now lost to time.”
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Buffalo Bros, 3015 S. University Drive, serves Buffalo, New York-style chicken wings and tenders.
It also serves sandwiches such as Buffalo-based Sahlen’s hot dogs and a roast “beef on weck,” referring to a caraway-seeded kummelweck roll.
The restaurant has often added an extra tent to accommodate customers during football season, when it draws Buffalo Bills fans from across Texas on Sundays.
The expansion is expected to be finished in time for football season, Bonnell said.
This story was originally published May 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM.
