Clothing Store Started By Former Buffalo Bills Named One Of The Best In America

The Buffalo Bills may be one of the most cursed franchises in sports. Making four straight Super Bowls and losing every single one kind of solidified that, and that luck hasn't changed much as the years moved on.

While success may not come on the football field, a group of former Bills players have done something remarkable, and etched their name into American History.

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O'Connell's Clothing

Located on Main Street in Buffalo, O'Connell's seems to be your run-of-the-mill top-line clothing store. Specializing in tailored menswear, it's become a staple not just of Buffalo, but of America, with A-Lister celebrities and major athletes coming from around the globe to get a piece.

This isn't just any clothing store though, it's the legacy of Tommy O’Connell, Richie Lucas and Don Chelf, three former players of the Buffalo Bills. They opened the store in 1959, growing from a tiny 800-square-foot shop into a sprawling 10,000-square-foot monuments to fine clothing.

It's Not Just a Clothing Store...

It's one of the best clothing stores in America, according to the New York Times. Their recent list of the 50 best clothing stores in the United States highlighted O'Connell's, not just for its connection to Western New York's favorite football team, but for its insistence in carrying on the original legacy.

Nowadays, the store is owned by Bernie, John, and Ethan Huber, who have worked around the clock to keep the store's mission of quality and long lasting pieces. In fact, Bernie was one of the store's first employees when it opened, and he's taken that knowledge, and turned O'Connell's into a must visit destination in Buffalo.