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It’s a very good time for followers in Maine to go on the lookout for a sports activities bar.
The area’s beloved New England Patriots haven’t had a successful season since 2021 and have completed final of their division the final two years. However this fall, the Pats acquired off to a 7-2 begin and have followers cheering and dreaming of Tremendous Bowls as soon as once more.
What higher option to have a good time your crew’s resurgence than to look at them with mates and different followers in a party-like environment in a sports activities bar? It’s much more enjoyable to share your crew’s victories with different screaming followers than to only shout at your TV at residence.
In case you haven’t watched a recreation out in public for some time, right here’s an inventory of locations to catch a recreation whereas consuming and consuming. There are actually extra, however these offers you some concept of what native sports activities bars are providing on recreation days, whether or not you’re a fan of the Pats, the Bruins, Celtics, or another crew.
129 Business St., Portland
This cozy neighborhood bar within the Previous Port is a haven for sports activities followers, with 10 TVs that all the time have some recreation on. It’s additionally the place to go should you’re a College of Nebraska fan on the lookout for firm. Bar proprietor John Guinn is from Nebraska, so Cornhusker soccer and volleyball video games are sometimes on and draw large crowds. In case you’re a fan of faculty soccer normally, Business Road Pub additionally has SEC, ACC and Large 10 video games obtainable, plus, in fact, all the professional sports activities.
671 Foremost St., South Portland
This restaurant and bar has recreation day specials after which, past that, “Patriots video games solely” specials, together with $10 pitchers of Miller Mild or Coors Mild, or $18 pitchers with a cheese pizza. There are 12 TVs lining the partitions, together with two which can be 85 inches. The remaining have 60-inch screens.
436 Fore St., Portland
Positioned within the coronary heart of the Previous Port, Fore Play opened in 1995 and payments itself as “Portland’s authentic sports activities bar.” The bar has been promoting 90’s costs to have a good time its thirtieth anniversary, together with $3 effectively drinks on Wednesdays. You may as well try their Fb and Instagram accounts to seek out out when there’s a giant sporting occasion developing, like a Purple Sox playoff recreation, the faculty soccer nationwide championship or, dare we are saying, a Tremendous Bowl.
120 Middle St., Auburn
Not solely does this place have some 20 TVs in three rooms, it additionally hosts the Auburn-Lewiston Sports activities Corridor of Fame. So moreover watching your favourite professional or faculty groups play, you may find out about native sports activities historical past from the plaques on the wall. The homeowners take pleasure within the image high quality of the sport too, due to their dearer OLED (natural light-emitting diodes) TVs. Studying the in depth menu alone is an exhilarating expertise for followers, given so many dishes have sporty names. There are sandwiches named for Tom Brady (The G.O.A.T), David Ortiz (The Large Papi), Ted Williams (The Splendid Splinter) and Boston sportscaster and Maine native Tom Caron (The T.C.)
1567 Lisbon St., Lewiston
This restaurant and sports activities bar has TVs overlaying the partitions and there are all the time a number of video games on. It’s a giant place, so loads of room for you and your entire softball crew. There are meals and beverage specials all day lengthy and an intensive beer menu, together with a number of non-alcoholic selections.
223 Congress St., Portland
On the East Finish of Congress Road, this venue is described by the homeowners as a “neighborhood, sports activities and board sports activities bar.” So moreover TVs exhibiting stay video games, there are additionally movies of snowboarding, skateboarding and browsing. The decor features a Boston Bruins 2011 Stanley Cup Champions banner in addition to snowboards framed and mounted on the wall. On Sundays, for soccer, the menu provides a number of sorts of nachos.
855 Foremost St., Westbrook
Positioned on the Presumpscot River in downtown Westbrook, this place has out of doors eating alongside the River Stroll in good climate. On NFL Sundays there’s an all-day blissful hour, together with $4 Bud pints and $6 for twin pink hotdogs. On Nov. 9 the bar confirmed the Portland Hearts of Pine soccer crew’s playoff recreation, from Spokane, Washington.
4 Mollison Approach, Lewiston
The bar’s web site proclaims that on daily basis is recreation day. There are 18 HD TV screens, half streaming stay sports activities and half taking part in music movies when there’s no recreation. The bar has the “NFL RedZone” TV channel, which exhibits each landing from each Sunday afternoon recreation.
65 Grey Street, Falmouth
This sports activities pub opened in 2021 within the Hannaford plaza, on the west facet of city. There are greater than 15 TVs, exhibiting sports activities from streaming providers and networks. There are beer pitchers and buckets all day lengthy on Sunday, beginning at 11 a.m. The menu consists of “Souper Bowls” of chili, haddock corn chowder and French onion soup.
2 Hat Trick Street, Falmouth
This huge, family-friendly sports activities bar has 32 TVs, together with two with 85-inch screens. The venue serves “elevated pub meals” and has each main {and professional} sports activities TV bundle, so likelihood is they’ll all the time have the sport you’re on the lookout for. Plus, they’re situated off Route 1 inside a slapshot of two hockey rinks, Household Ice Middle and Casco Bay Area.
112 Nice St., Brunswick
This venerable Maine household restaurant has a pair dozen TVs, with entry to NFL and MLB video games, plus Large 10 faculty soccer. There’s additionally a big selection of craft and home beers, plus $11 giant pizzas Monday via Wednesday. The identical homeowners run a Pat’s Pizza on Route 1 in Yarmouth, with the identical set-up for sports activities followers.
242 China Street, Winslow
Stan LaPointe opened this place on Tremendous Bowl Sunday in 1986 and has been internet hosting sports activities followers each since. Open at 11 a.m. on Sundays for NFL video games.
2 Silver St., Waterville
This place has an enormous wall-sized display and projector they use for championships just like the Tremendous Bowl. The remainder of the time you may catch video games on six HD TVs in the principle bar and eating room. Normally the sound is off for individuals who wish to concentrate on dialog – or their meals.
Ray Routhier has written about popular culture, films, TV, music and way of life traits for the Portland Press Herald since 1993. He’s regularly fascinated with tales that present the distinctive character of… More by Ray Routhier
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