The Blue Monk, one of the first Buffalo bars to sell almost exclusively craft and specialty beers, is closing on April 16 because of rift between Shatzel and the Brinkworths.

Blue Monk to close, but owner will open several local bars in its place.

Opened in 2010 in the former Merlin’s space, Blue Monk’s Belgian-intensive craft beer offerings helped usher in a new chapter in Buffalo’s beer history.

The Blue Monk, the Southeast Belmont bar and music venue, is closing permanently next week. According to employees, the lease was bought out by an undisclosed party.

Blue Note Records has emerged the triumphant owner of a 1957 recording by the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane, trumping the interest of Sony BMG's Legacy Recordings and Verve Records.

There's surprising news coming from Buffalo's Elmwood Village. The popular restaurant and bar Blue Monk is set to close its doors.

Blue Monk, the Elmwood Avenue restaurant that helped put Buffalo on the national craft beer map, is closing. The only question left is when, said Mike Shatzel, an owner. The restaurant, at 727 ...

The net is plotting a return to original scripted programming with light procedurals in the mold of the "blue sky" era that included Monk and Psych.

A sign for Saturday's event still hangs in the window at Blue Monk. bar owner Sheri Dietrich said she expected the event to be exciting, but it turned out to be exciting in an unexpected way ...

Replace being the Last Airbender with being the reincarnation of Bahamut, and you’ve got a Dragonborn Monk character welcome at any table. Wong Fei-Hung ...

Following last Saturday's hip-hop show at the Blue Monk—which caused headliner Illmaculate to cancel his performance in protest over excessive police presence—the City Auditor's Independent ...