What Restaurant Do the Players Go To???

[saviorbledsoe]

If my friends and I were to go to a restaurant the night before the Dolphins game...which restaurant would we have the best chance to see some players hanging out or is that not a reality? I am trying to plan the trip and figured I would ask.

[Ebenezer]

They used to stay at the 4 Points Sheraton on Walden Avenue near the Galleria...don't know if that is still true or if they switch hotels depending on the week. Couple of years ago we were on the elevator with a few of the players and there was a big buffet on the floor they got off at; betting they don't go to a restaurant the night before a game.

[justasportsfan]

Sundowners

[Historian]

It's true. Marv used to curfew the team at the Sheraton the night before a game.

During the week, they frequent Hutch's on Delaware Ave.

[Ebenezer]

Originally posted by Billsology
It's true. Marv used to curfew the team at the Sheraton the night before a game.

During the week, they frequent Hutch's on Delaware Ave.


Salfranco's (now Danny's) was popular too

[ryjam282]

Most of the lineman like the buffets so keep your eyes out for those. :D

[Ebenezer]

Originally posted by ryjam282
Most of the lineman like the buffets so keep your eyes out for those. :D

Leonard Burton and Will Wolford used to hang out at the Ponderosa Buffet in OP. (that was a long time ago)

[ryjam282]

I figured as much...Will Wolford, now there's a name I would like to foget....

[tampabay25690]

They still do stay at the Sheraton. I am good friends with a former Buffalo Bill and the day before a game they have to eat with the team at the hotel!!!!!!!

But yes they still do stay there!!

[Valerie]

The Bills have stayed at the Four Points Sheraton for at least 10 years that I know of. A few of them crashed my girlfriend's wedding back in 1995. They always stay on the same floor too....the 6th. If you get to the hotel around 3-4pm the Saturday before the game, you can watch them as they start to file in after practice. Then, once they're all there, later in the early evening, they get together for one last meeting.

[Ebenezer]

Originally posted by Valerie
The Bills have stayed at the Four Points Sheraton for at least 10 years that I know of. A few of them crashed my girlfriend's wedding back in 1995. They always stay on the same floor too....the 6th. If you get to the hotel around 3-4pm the Saturday before the game, you can watch them as they start to file in after practice. Then, once they're all there, later in the early evening, they get together for one last meeting.

Stalking Flutie again??

[saviorbledsoe]

So they stay at a hotel even though they are in Buffalo?

[Ebenezer]

Originally posted by saviorbledsoe
So they stay at a hotel even though they are in Buffalo?

yup...

[saviorbledsoe]

Originally posted by Ebenezer
yup...

why? dont they all live in the general area?

i know they all show up in there own cars and all...i just assumed they came from home.

[Ebenezer]

limit distractions and such probably

[qcsabresfan84]

I've seen Andre Reed at Fudrucker's twice.

[saviorbledsoe]

So what I am getting here is that the Sheritan's restaurant is my best bet? or i guess i just have to be lucky.

Or how about this....... What is the general consensus of what is the best restaurant to go to the night before a game?

[Ebenezer]

Originally posted by saviorbledsoe
So what I am getting here is that the Sheritan's restaurant is my best bet? or i guess i just have to be lucky.

Or how about this....... What is the general consensus of what is the best restaurant to go to the night before a game?

:shakeno: it is a hotel...you would have to crash the floor they are staying on...

[Historian]

Try the pool in the evening. I used to lifeguard there, and they used it all the time.

[saviorbledsoe]

Originally posted by Ebenezer
:shakeno: it is a hotel...you would have to crash the floor they are staying on...

there isnt a public restaurant at the Sheritan?

[Ebenezer]

Originally posted by saviorbledsoe
there isnt a public restaurant at the Sheritan?


Originally posted by Ebenezer
Couple of years ago we were on the elevator with a few of the players and there was a big buffet on the floor they got off at; betting they don't go to a restaurant the night before a game.

[saviorbledsoe]

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!

lol

[tampabay25690]

Originally posted by saviorbledsoe
why? dont they all live in the general area?

i know they all show up in there own cars and all...i just assumed they came from home.

Because they have curfews............The Bills will have 1 or 2 floors at the hotel and they have a curfew of 10:00 on game nites, and there is security on the floors if the get back late or miss curfew ITS A FAT FINE!!!!!!!!!!!

They split up Offense, special teams, and defense and they go over last minute game planning!!!!!!

[tampabay25690]

Originally posted by saviorbledsoe
there isnt a public restaurant at the Sheritan?

There is a restaurant there......

[saviorbledsoe]

Originally posted by tampabay25690
Because they have curfews............The Bills will have 1 or 2 floors at the hotel and they have a curfew of 10:00 on game nites, and there is security on the floors if the get back late or miss curfew ITS A FAT FINE!!!!!!!!!!!

They split up Offense, special teams, and defense and they go over last minute game planning!!!!!!

thats cool...i had no idea.

[tampabay25690]

Its like that for every team in every city, my wife has been taking care of the NFL for 5 yrs now since her days in Buffalo and now here in Tampa, so thats the reason I know.

I pretty much know where every team will be staying in almost every city!!!!!

[The_Philster]

Originally posted by tampabay25690
Its like that for every team in every city, my wife has been taking care of the NFL for 5 yrs now since her days in Buffalo and now here in Tampa, so thats the reason I know.

I pretty much know where every team will be staying in almost every city!!!!! They used to announce the hotels in the media guide.

[Stadium Sportswear]

Big Tree Inn