I was really skeptical coming here late on a Saturday evening. Although I am well over age, they had an intimidating bouncer next by the door which was off-putting. The place itself if a dingy regular bar, with many small TVs around with sports on (and a surprisingly high amount of infomercials). We tried the Yelp check in perk (was pretty difficult to do, no one knew what it was). It's a seat yourself, serve yourself sort of environment (go up to the bar to order everything). That being said, I'm giving this place a 4/5 stars for the chicken tenders alone. I was very very pleasantly surprised (I expected all bar food to be bar food). The chicken tenders were very crispy and tasty. My one qualm is that the size of the different tenders is extremely varied/not uniform. This means between the different orders in the group, some portions looked much larger than others. In addition, as a note, the eight piece tenders does not come with fries, only the four piece. All in all, I was really pleasantly surprised by the food and will likely come back for the chicken tenders again in the future. read more

Clinton Street Pub - a basket of fried chicken and fries - Sports Bars Near Me - Syracuse, New York

This was a pleasant surprise for me, in the end. It was a long, long day, after my event. Went to hotel, and changed, and was almost tempted to stay there, but forced myself out. There are 4 or 5 bar/restaurants just across the street from the Courtyard Marriott Armory Square, where I stayed. First couple were really packed, due to the World Series, and so I walked a little farther down the street. Found Clinton Street Pub, which seemed like the local hangout from the looks inside. Not too many people, which meant plenty of room at the bar, which works for me. The waitress, forget her name, was very nice. Served quickly. At first didn't think it was anything special, until more people arrived and ordered their food. I took a look at the menu, and I could see why locals would return. Ordered Sal's Special Burger with deep fried cheese curds, Sal's sassy sauce, and coleslaw on a kaiser roll. How could I go wrong with that? Well, I didn't. In fact it was fantastic. The potato wedges were fried just right, not overdone, or underdone as many establishments struggle with, and the burger was much bigger, juicier and tastier, than expected. This place reminded me of Lark Street Tavern. The food is typical bar food, but the food is not typical, instead, much better than typical. See photo. read more

Clinton Street Pub - Nice big juicy burger. Sorry, no cheese curds. Ate them all off the burger before digging in! - Sports Bars Near Me - Syracuse, New York

Fun place to go on weekends. Never have had their food before but we have fun spinning the shot wheel and seeing what we get. I'd say it's a college bar for sure read more

One of the only late Monday night games in town. Rolled into town late and found myself here because it was open. I was delighted they took my order after 10pm. All good things my friend. Pub grub for sure - but fresh made. Pulled pork sandwhich double yummy. I had chicken sandwhich which was also great. Food was ready when I got there and over the place had a good vibe. If I didn't have someone waiting for their dinner I could have stayed for a couple. Sides were Mac and cheese and side salad. Would have both again and feel the need to comment the salad was so fresh. read more

Clinton Street Pub - Back at our hotel this take out order was well packaged, have silverware, and sides came on the side so everything traveled well. - Sports Bars Near Me - Syracuse, New York

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Clinton Street Pub is owned by Robb Bidwell and Doug Balle, who launched it under that name in 2004 after it had been RJ Lanigan's for several years. One of Armory Square's most familiar nightspots, it transitioned in 2016 to a sports bar, complete with a full kitchen serving tavern food, expanded hours, new tables and 22 new flat screen TVs. The kitchen is also one of the more recent local outlets for those crispy, sweet Sal's Birdland wings. The kitchen staff, led by Aaron Labulis, has been trained in producing those Rochester-based favorites. The wife and I went to CSP with a couple friends before a show at the Landmark Theatre since it was right around the corner. We walked in and it was surprisingly pretty empty, but it was only 5 PM on a Sunday. We were able to choose whatever seating we wanted, so we sat ourselves and a server brought us menus. CSP now sports classier new exterior signs, a new blue-and-orange color scheme inside, sports memorabilia on the walls and plenty of new high-top tables, arranged for viewing the new TV screens. The old Clinton Street Pub had just three TVs, and while the old pool table is gone, electronic darts machines remain and the pub hosts video games and tournaments. It still has that divey neighborhood bar feel, without making you feel disgusting. We had all checked out the menu beforehand and were surprised that some of the things we wanted on the website were no longer on the physical menu. Luckily, they have a lot of tasty sounding things and we were all able to choose other dishes pretty easily. The wife and I ordered spiedie chicken nachos to share, while I went with their homemade chicken tenders meal with fries and the wife tried their popper burger. I would've went with something more interesting, but I'm always interested to try chicken tenders at a place that hand breads their own fresh. Our friends ordered fried cheese curds and some Sal's birdland wing. Our food was brought relatively quickly. Fried cheese curds were good, but it's kinda hard to screw that up. Our spiedie chicken nachos were delicious. The spiedie marinated chicken was great, with some delicious homemade queso on the chips and guacamole. I liked my chicken tenders a lot, crispy, fresh and HUGE. The wife loved her burger, and our friends enjoyed their wings too, which were also gigantic. I'm not a huge fan of the Sal's Sassy sauce that is served with the tenders, but still tasty. Service was good, prices were fair. It does still have that divey, loud sports bar feel to it, so you gotta be in the mood for that. I'd definitely go again and try some more food options. read more

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Food was really good. I placed a to go order inside and it was ready quite fast. I only gave it four stars because I was not given any cutlery, napkins, or condiments. Will return. read more

Clinton Street Pub - Cheeseburger - Sports Bars Near Me - Syracuse, New York

Best drinks I've ever had! I was only going to have one but I ended up with two drinks and two drinks since they were so good! The bartender who made the pride playlist was incredible. He has the best personality, makes great drinks, and his playlist kept a good atmosphere the whole night. We got there right when the kitchen was closing so unfortunately we couldn't try the food, but it smelled so good. Definitely will go again the next time we're back in town! read more

Best chicken wings / tenders I've had in Syracuse. Got wings last week, meaty and delicious; well worth the price. They also have this "CSP plate" I had a couple weeks ago that was also delicious and very reasonable priced. Waitress was good on previous visits, today I got take out from the bartender who had a bit of an attitude, but not enough to change my overall opinion. You can order through GrubHub with paypal (cool) read more

Clinton Street Pub - SBL Tenders from CSP, yum! - Sports Bars Near Me - Syracuse, New York

Stops in here for a late night dinner to bring home... The bartender was delightful... Informative and entertaining while I waited for the food Amazing burger I love their twist with their special sauce... I think it's called sassy sauce Great selection of beers local and imported I will definitely be back hopefully when I can actually go inside and hang read more

Me and my hubby were looking For a place to get some chicken wings from. To my surprise "BOOM" Sal's Birdland chicken wings and potato wedges OMG...!!!!!! So we ordered online and I went to pick it up... Not a long wait maybe 5-10mins then I left my house to head over. Food was just finishing and it all looked great and smelled soooo good too. When I went in I noticed what a really nice place it was to eat in. There was a couple security guys at the front door as well. Idk if it was cause of the weekend or what. They also have a couple outdoor tables as well... once home I had told my hubby We should definitely dine in sometime. The food was perfect, exactly like the original recipe SO happy that there's a place in CNY that we can enjoy Sal's Birdland style wings again and the same wedges recipe as well. That's all I got from here it's a bar/food joint so many options. Definitely recommend trying the Sal's wings..!!!! read more

I will preface this with the fact that we got our food through grub hub. So some of the wonder may have been lost in delivery. The food I ordered was on the high end of mediocre I'd say a solid 3.5 but Dave's was not very good at all so I opted not to bump them up. We are going to eventually get around to visiting them in person and I'm hopeful that I can revisit the review and at least bump them to a 4. I got the pickle burger and it was a bit underwhelming. It was a little soggy and the flavors muddled together. The steak fries had a weird texture from being cold. I feel like it just didn't translate well to delivery. I do look forward to trying their fares in house to see if theyre more impressive. read more

Not going to lie, we went in because of the sign saying best chicken tenders in the square. We aren't from the area and were doing our own little pub crawl looking for some snacks. The waitress was a delight and the tenders? While we can't say we did a direct comparison to others in the square, they were damn tasty! Nice and crispy, and the sassy sauce is really good. Even better when mixed with the bleu cheese. Just what we needed and very glad we stopped in. read more

ordered delivery through grub hub. I ordered a burger and mac and cheese. I am visiting from out of state (Durham, NC) and had it delivered to a hotel. No silverware. No condiments. No napkins. What the hell? If you are ordering from home, you should be fine. If you are ordering because you don't have access to an actual kitchen or its amenities, you are going to be sh*t out of luck. I've never had delivery without silverware and napkins before. I don't know if this is a NY thing or not but it's kind of ridiculous to sell mac and cheese delivery without silverware. I had to use a hotel water cup. Real classy. read more

We were in an time crunch during a very busy dinner rush. Our waitress was the only server on the floor and she did a great job. My fish and chips were delicious. The Buffalo Mac and cheese looked like what dreams are made of! Wouldn't recommend the lemon drop martini. read more

I felt a little guilty ordering from this place via Grubhub since I work in the hospitality industry as well... But sometimes a 10 hour day in class calls for a shameless late night burger delivery I got the bacon & blue burger w fries and coleslaw, everything was delicious and exceeded my expectations. Yum. Thanks CSP! I appreciate the excellent end to a very long day. read more

If you want to black out, puke, hit on ugly chicks, or have a generally debaucherous evening in Syracuse I highly recommend this establishment. They have cheap drinks, a shot wheel, pool tables, free popcorn, filthy bathrooms, awesome bartenders, and less douchebaggery than other Armory Square bars. I'd probably recommend skipping happy hour, or showing up too early on in general. You'll usually just find lecherous old creepy dudes hitting on the bartenders and getting sloshed out of their minds. However, if you find that sort of thing entertaining to watch, you might want to show up. The crowd usually switches at about 10 to the young'uns who want to get down, dirty, and drunk. Did I mention there's $1 drinks on Thursday nights? Come on, you know you wanted to make some bad decisions. read more

Been here a couple of times since they have revamped the place and added a new menu. It's kind of a divey bar but in a good way. Stopped in on Saturday night. They have a good draft selection. We ordered Ommegang Nirvana IPA and 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon. Both good choices. Now on to the food, great chicken tenders and wings from Sal's Birdland, with the sassy sauce. Can't go wrong ordering either of these. Lots of tv's so you can check out whatever game might be on that night. Fun sports bar! read more

Clinton Street Pub - Chicken Tenders and wings - Sports Bars Near Me - Syracuse, New York

Stopped in a few days ago and got a burger and fries. Brioche bun takes it from a 4.5 to a 1. Just another place that caters to bovine america and it's infatuation with all things sugar. Use a real burger bun, not something that is used for dessert in its country of origin. Brioche buns are trash for burgers. They fall apart far too easily. Been in restaurant and hospitality for nearly 20 years and I just don't get the fascination with the brioche for a burger or sandwich. read more

Very uneven quality with delivery. First time we ordered, food was excellent! Next time we ordered the exact same thing and the meal was inedible. I am not going to risk spending $50 on the hope I get a decent meal. read more

After our visit last night, I'm changing our rating to 2 stars. Service sucked. It was different employees. Stayed for one drink and left. read more

Decent size pub in Armory Square. Place has plenty of seating, TVs on the walls with constant Sports on. There's a dart board in the back. Beers are cheep, chicken tenders were pretty good. They have a shot wheel that the bartender spins & you get discounted shots. Not too far from the SU campus & the Carrier Dome. Not bad, but also nothing to rave about. Very average read more

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How awesome is it to find the Yankees on in a place that serves such great food. I had never heard of chicken spiedie food before we had the nachos(best I have ever had ) and a chicken spiedie salad . Also great beers! A winning combination! read more

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We love CSP! Great food, great bartenders and perfect spot to watch sports.

They claim to be the best tenders in the square and they serve these? Next time I'll stick with Tully's read more

Clinton Street Pub - a tray of fried chicken with dipping sauce - Sports Bars Near Me - Syracuse, New York

Great for good bar food & a beer. They make the blue cheese from scratch and it's amazing. I was dipping EVERYTHING in it

We came for A quick bite to eat waited a very long time for food, dinner came before appetizers and we never got refills on our drink. waitress couldn't be bothered read more

Okay so let's start this story with the fact that GrubHub royally screwed up. That being said, every staff member we talked to on the phone was more than helpful. The manager called us back in a timely manner, not one, but TWO times. She also spoke to GrubHub on our behalf to try and sort out our order. When all was said and done, she took my card number and came to deliver the food herself. AMAZING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND AMAZING FOOD WHEN WE GOT IT!! A+++ CSP! read more

clinton street pub is the reason i have to go to therapy. every time i go something traumatic happens (old men being aggressive, feeling like a drink got roofied, etc.) and the staff always seems to take the side of the person who is in the wrong. csp, u may have good chicken tenders but other than that you're a low level bar xoxo xoxo read more

Clinton Street Pub - the sign for the restaurant - Sports Bars Near Me - Syracuse, New York

Alex fantastic service. Greater me very nicely on the bar crawl. Made her drink of choice and it was great don't know what I got it this is the type of bar I want to be apart of. Suds was bad this place made my mood better. read more

Drove all the way from New Jersey to Syracuse to go bar-hopping with my girlfriend and her friends downtown. We ended up trying Clinton Street Pub during the night and the establishment looked promising, until I met with the bouncer. After the group got ID'd and proceeded to go in, the bouncer, who was relatively short and older looking, looked at my ID and then back at me. He says "It's fake" and begins to harshly bend my legal ID, leaving a dent in it. Obviously I was not happy and left, but this sorry excuse for a bouncer started shouting slurs such as "homo" and told me to take "my Jersey trash out of here." Thanks a lot Clinton Street Pub, now I don't even know if my legal, New Jersey driver's license scans, now it looks like a fake ID because of the dent and I am considering filing a report. Wouldn't recommend this place to literally anyone and my friends said the drinks were watered down anyway. That bouncer was also way too short to be a bouncer. read more

I like it here. Has a How-I-Met-Your-Mother feel. The Amaretto Sours are the best I've found around and they're only 3 bucks. Laid back place with a mixed demographic on any Saturday night. I've found that it becomes most lively around 11. Lot of standing space but there are tables as well. TVs scattered around the perimeter usually have games on. Haven't tried the food but I will update when I do. I'll be back. read more

After partaking in Syracuse's "Wednesday Walk", this was our final destination for some discounted beverage and time to chat with fellow participants. The pub was dark but open with lots of open barstools and a plentiful tap selection. The bartender was friendly and engaging with us, although not overly so. She was happy to offer samples of beer prior to a final selection. We indulged in their Shandy option, Illusive Traveler Grapefruit. A lover of grapefruit-flavored beers and shandies, but never before trialed, the Traveler shocked me with both grapefruit yet authentic beer flavor (This comes in 2nd to my fav, the Stiegl Radler). There was a small sampling of some of their appetizers (free to Wed Walkers). The Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip was very tasty- salty, tad spicy, nice quality of chicken with tortilla chips. The other option was just a standard queso and tortilla chips, satisfying but not super special. An additional upside to The Clinton Street Pub was the offering of sport options on the TVs and an NFL package and something they call the shot wheel (free shot w Yelp Check-in FYI). I foresee a return trip to Clinton Street. read more

Really good sports bar in the area with a ton of tvs and large beer selection. From the people at our hotel they suggested coming here and trying the sassy sauce. It was awesome perfect for the wings. Yes the wings here were larger than normal and extremely filling. The sassy sauce with the wings were out of this world. Also the brownie sundae was definitely worth capping off this meal. This place is a must for sporting events and definitely trying the sassy sauce on your wings or sandwich. read more

Clinton Street Pub - Sassy sauce Buffalo wings - Sports Bars Near Me - Syracuse, New York

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My boyfriend and I ordered food from here for the first time, trying something new. He ordered the fish and chips which is catfish and potato wedges, with another side as well. For starters, he didn't even get his potato wedges and they told me I had to reorder them and pay for them AGAIN when I didn't even get them the first time. Nope. Second and more importantly, there was a tapeworm in my boyfriends catfish. Thankfully he found it and didn't eat it but I am so disgusted and livid and recommend that NO ONE ever eat here!!!! read more

Clinton Street Pub - I've had multiple people that work in the food industry tell me it's a tapeworm. - Sports Bars Near Me - Syracuse, New York

Watched the Bills beat the Rams here before the Steely Dan show. Already that is a positive. Was recommended to come here and was not disappointed. The waitress was attentive, and the burgers were great. Good draft beer selection. I will definitely stop in when I am in Syracuse again. read more

Disappointed in the service from CSP tonight. I understand that it's a busy night, however if you cannot provide a service fully than you should have pulled off of GrubHub for the night. Not only did our order came very late but it was missing two different orders. In discussing with GrubHub, I was told that CSP did not have stuff to make what we ordered. Why did I not receive a call to inquire if we wanted to make a change or order anything else? Now, multiple staff members who are working hard to care for our community on this holiday evening will have to scramble to figure something out for food. read more

We stopped into this bar and like most take your credit card to hold, we paid cashed and the bartender was confused and I still have a $10 hold on my account for no reason. This should have been deleted out when we paid cash going on 4 days now. Time for a nasty phone call. read more

Best place to sit back and chill during happy hour. Or shake ur a*s after 11 pm on the dance floor. Good times! read more

Clinton Street Pub - Bartender... - Sports Bars Near Me - Syracuse, New York

I'm not going to lie, this place is pretty fantastic. It was almost as if Syracuse was rolling out the red carpet for me, and let me explain. The music was absolutely banging, the drinks were pretty fantastic, and the general ambiance was just... perfect for what I needed it to be. The menu was pretty extensive for a pub menu, too. read more

Great chicken tenders!!! However, the service isn't always the best. Happy hour goes until 9pm!