Sports Bars
- The Beginning II · East Syracuse
- Wolff's Biergarten · Downtown
- PressRoom Pub · Downtown
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Chicken Wings
- Shifty's Bar & Grill · Eastwood
- Cicero Country Pizza · Cicero
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Pizza
- Apizza Regionale · Armory Square
- Varsity Pizza Syracuse · University Hill
- Toss & Fire (North Syracuse) · North Syracuse
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Burgers
- Ale 'n' Angus Pub · Downtown
- Kitty Hoyne's Irish Pub · Armory Square
- Blarney Stone · Tipperary Hill
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BBQ
- Dinosaur Bar-B-Que · Armory Square
- Angry Smokehouse · Baldwinsville
- the Brickyard Tavern and Barbeque · LaFayette
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Hot Dogs
- Heid's of Liverpool · Liverpool
- Twin Trees Restaurant · West side / Avery Ave
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Dive Bars
- Nibsy's Pub · Tipperary Hill
- Coleman's Authentic Irish Pub · Tipperary Hill
- Blarney Stone · Tipperary Hill
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Breweries
- Middle Ages Brewing Company · Park Ave
- Talking Cursive Brewing Company · Downtown
- Willow Rock Brewing Company · Outer Comstock
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