Best-of list
The 10 best sports bars in the US, ranked by our editors. Legends NYC, Yard House, Bleacher Bar, Pitch 25 and more, with what to order at each.
The short answer
10 ranked rooms follow. How we picked is at the end of this guide.
A great sports bar solves a specific problem: it puts the game you care about on a screen you can see, keeps the beer cold and the food fast, and reads the room so a quiet weekday match and a playoff night both feel right. The US has thousands of rooms that call themselves sports bars. Far fewer get all of that correct.
This is a national shortlist, not a single-city roundup. We kept it to rooms with a clear identity: a soccer bar with its own pitch, a bar built into a ballpark wall, an East Village taproom that opens for European kickoffs. Where a name on our working list could not be confirmed as a live venue in our directory, we cut it rather than pad the number. That is why this runs to 10 and not a rounded 25.
For the occasion at large, the sports bars hub collects every city we cover, and the best bars for watching the game in Las Vegas guide goes deep on a single sports-mad town.
We weighed five things: sightlines and screen count, whether the sound follows the right game, the food and drink beyond the obvious wings, the crowd's energy on a real game day, and a distinct reason to choose it over the bar next door. Every venue below is a live listing in our directory, so each name links to a full profile with hours and what to order.
Three floors of screens across from the Empire State Building, with more than 100 live matches a week and a dedicated soccer floor downstairs. It is the Midtown default for a big game or a specific overseas kickoff. Loud, touristy, and built for volume, so plan around the crowds.
Full listing & hours →The Downtown LA outpost at LA Live puts a wall of screens over a beer list that runs into the hundreds, poured by the half-yard if you want the party trick. Right by Crypto.com Arena, it fills fast on Lakers and Kings nights. A safe group pick more than a beer-nerd destination.
Full listing & hours →Built into the wall beneath Fenway Park's center-field bleachers, Bleacher Bar looks onto the field through a garage-door window. On non-game days it is a relaxed spot for a Fenway Lager; on game days you enter a lottery for a window seat. An only-in-Boston room.
Full listing & hours →An EaDo soccer bar from a Houston Dynamo legend, Pitch 25 pairs an indoor five-a-side pitch with close to 100 self-pour taps. It is the city's clear pick for a World Cup morning or a Dynamo match. Come for the setup, stay for the tap wall.
Full listing & hours →The East Village's craft-beer sports bar has held down 7th Street since 2005, running 12 taps with a Good Beer Seal pedigree and packed soccer mornings. It is tiny, so arrive early for a Champions League kickoff. The anti-mega-bar, for people who care about the pour.
Full listing & hours →A Chelsea sports bar that skews upscale, with a high screen count, the Ainsworth Burger, and a weekend brunch crowd. It works for a game you want to watch without a wings-and-buckets room. Better for a date-adjacent group than for hardcore supporters.
Full listing & hours →Attached to Fenway Park, Game On! is the high-energy option on game days, with screens on every sightline and a Game On Pitcher built for sharing. It leans party over precision. Best when the Sox are home and you want the full Fenway crush.
Full listing & hours →Hudson Grille on Peachtree Street puts every game on screen with lemon-pepper wings, a deep draft list, and booths built for groups. A dependable Midtown default for a Falcons or Hawks night rather than a scene.
Full listing & hours →A three-level Lower Broadway bar with two stages, a rooftop, live music all day, screens for the game, and never a cover. It blurs the line between honky-tonk and sports bar, which is exactly the Nashville move. Loud by design.
Full listing & hours →A no-frills South Street sports bar at 1612 South Street, with wings, a wall of screens, cold drafts, and games on until 2am every night. No pretense and no reservations. The pick when you just want the game and a cheap beer.
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