Buffalo Bar is returning to its former glory days on Windsor Place. Cocktail connoisseur Alexander Taylor has taken the space previously occupied by his Japanese restaurant Koi No Yokan - which before that was the site of iconic music venue also named Buffalo - and transformed it into an intimate, homey watering hole. The bar will pay homage to and take inspiration from its namesake, which was forced to closed in 2019 due to rising costs.
Alex owns the building at 11 Windsor Place in which lies the newly opened and refreshed gig space Buffalo Bar (upstairs) and High Street's Pennyroyal (which has just been named as one of the UK's top 50 cocktail bars). He bought the building early last year with plans to divide the two floors into a music venue upstairs and a separate restaurant downstairs. However, after only six months, Koi was forced to close - read more on that here.
However, this closure did not dampen Alex's spirits as he got to work on a new incarnation of the space, leaning into the building's history. He says he feels relieved the space has made its way back to the type of establishment that the people of Cardiff once knew and hopes this will attract customers.
