Just days after a devastating fire destroyed the historic 1897 building that housed Mulligan’s Brick Bar in the city’s Allentown neighborhood, demolition of the structure began Wednesday morning. Read

Brick Bar is the second bar that has been destroyed by fire in the Allentown neighborhood in less than a year. Its next-door neighbor, The Old Pink was destroyed by a fire on June 17, 2024. The Buffalo man accused of setting fire to that building, John Burns of Buffalo, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on arson and attempted arson charges.

Mulligan’s Brick Bar in Buffalo’s Allentown neighborhood is officially set for demolition following a fire at the property Sunday morning.