April 26, 201312 yr Thought some might find this article interesting. Discuss Party Earth: Top Five Sports Bars in Chicago Abbreviated version 1. Cubby Bear 2. Sluggers 3. Cork & Kerry 4. Houndstooth Saloon 5. Joe's Bar
April 26, 201312 yr Cubby bear is more of a concert hall these days than a sports bar. Sluggers is a crap hole. I haven't been to Cork & Kerry or the new Hounds Tooth enough to comment, but they seem decent enough. I do love Joe's Bar for sports. I think it should be higher. I find it amusing that 3 of the top 5 sports bars are in wrigleyville. I would throw West End on this list, because I love the environment that bar has right before a Bulls game.
April 26, 201312 yr First of all I'd rather hang myself than watch any big game in Wrigleyville. Bars filled with frat guys doesn't make it a good sports bar. Houndstooth is all about country night, not sure one sorority girl there could tell me anything about Bear Bryant.
April 26, 201312 yr I've lived in 3 major cities (Chicago, Boston and Nashville) and without a doubt Chicago has the worst sportsbars in terms of quality and quantity of the theee
April 27, 201312 yr Off the beaten path but I used to live right by Healy's on Madison in Forest Park and really liked it.
April 27, 201312 yr Im gona advertise for a local joint ive been going to for the past couple years already. Fischman liquors and tavern in Jefferson Park, cheap craft beers on tap that constantly rotate week to week, if they dont have anything you want on the draft menu you can walk directly next door to the liquor store partition of the bar and buy yourself whatever you want and theyll pour it for you at the bar. They have a rotating selection of food trucks that park up to the front door of the bar. They show UFC fights free of charge (!!!!!!!). And they are in the process of adding a restaurant to the floor plan. No frat boys, just local friendly jeff park crowd with a sprinkle of hipsters here and there. P.S.: only bad thing is that on football sunday its a Packers bar, packers fans sit on one side of the bar and bears fans on the other side, but they serve up free hot dogs, chili, chips on game day. Pretty cool atmosphere. Edited April 27, 201312 yr by flippedoutpunk
April 29, 201312 yr That list should be retitled "Top 5 Chicago Bars to get drunk as f*** at as a 21-year old"
April 30, 201312 yr Can anyone recommend a fun place to watch Friday night's Hawks game close to the Western burbs? Ideally one that won't be a huge sausage fest? Thanks
April 30, 201312 yr Can anyone recommend a fun place to watch Friday night's Hawks game close to the Western burbs? Ideally one that won't be a huge sausage fest? Thanks How far west?
April 30, 201312 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 27, 2013 -> 03:17 PM) Off the beaten path but I used to live right by Healy's on Madison in Forest Park and really liked it. Healy's westside is not off the beaten path. Love that place. Half mexican restaurant half sports bar.
April 30, 201312 yr QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 02:43 PM) Naperville-ish Thats really broad. Naperville is huge.
May 4, 201312 yr QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 02:43 PM) Naperville-ish My typical watering-hole, Taphouse Grill in Westmont is a pretty solid place to catch the games, and maybe 15 min from Naperville depending where you're at.. They don't have any of those huge TVs/projectors, but it's a relatively small room with enough screens and they'll pipe the audio in.. Not really a bro-fest, but you're probably not going to find a girl to take home either. Awesome craft beer selection, really good food and some pretty awesome bartenders.. I'd say it's worth a shot.
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