The best Tampa Bay bars and restaurants for watching sports

Anchor Bar

Both locations of this Tampa staple are rife with televisions (the outside tube at Anchor’s Davis Islands location is clutch), and the menu of well-executed bar food favorites makes it a low-key place to watch sports elbow-to-elbow with regulars who might as well have their names etched onto the barstools.
514 N Franklin St., Tampa or 304 E David Blvd., Tampa

Walter’s Press Box Sports Emporium

In South Tampa, kids come of age inside Press Box. It’s where they see their relatives cry over the Bucs, and their really drunk uncle get mad when dad tries to put him in an Uber. And it’s where said kids repeat the cycle upon reaching adulthood. Approaching its 50th year serving the neighborhood, Walter’s has taken a step into the future with more than 40 TVs showing what feels like pretty much every sporting event happening in the U.S. on any given day.
222 S Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa

Miller’s Ale House

An ADHD nightmare, the walls at Miller’s are almost literally covered in TVs. With three locations in the Bay area (West Tampa, University, Brandon), Miller's is a kid-friendly chain where a child can gorge on chicken Zingers while grandpa can feel all fancy eating the pork osso buco.
Multiple locations

Bar Louie

Send your kids into the mall with a wad of cash and plop your ass on a barstool at this longtime International Plaza sports bar where the beer seems to be colder than anywhere on Westshore Boulevard. Bar staples like the wings, fried pickles and tots make it a no-brainer for someone who wants to waste away in front of the boob tube.
2223 N Westshore Blvd. 202 Suite B-202, Tampa

Yuengling Draft Haus & Kitchen

We all know it as “America’s oldest brewery” and the favorite beer of middle aged and boomer dads across the nation: Yuengling. The popular brewery opened a massive, state-of-the-art restaurant and beer garden in 2023 and it’s probably your dad’s favorite place to watch his team. It boasts five total bars and 88 different taps of lagers, ales and more.
11109 N. 30th St., Tampa

Tampa Bay Brewing Co.

Come for the game, stay for the brews and tasty bar grub. Located in the heart of Ybor City (right next to a streetcar stop, aka the ultimate designated driver), Tampa Bay Brewing Co. offers a comfortable place to watch the game and have dinner before heading home or continuing the party elsewhere in Ybor. Its second location in Westchase (13937 Monroes Business Park) also offers the same variety of craft beer and casual fare, too.
1600 E 8th Ave., Ybor City

Park & Rec

In the backyard they play oversized beer pong with handballs and trash cans in the shadow of under construction hi-rises. Inside, they drink cocktails called the “Donkey Kong” (vodka, whiskey, lime juice and ginger beer) or shots like the “Grape Nerd (Absolut Citron, grape pucker, sour, sprite). With loads of TVs on the walls, it’s a good place to pretty much get shitfaced when your team starts to see a win slip away.
100 4th St. S, St. Petersburg

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Come on, you wanna see the house that’s collecting all your bad bets on the Hard Rock betting app. The casino is the place where time stops and you always have a chance at redemption. The center bar alone has a tower of 12 TVs (and 17 slot machines), so there’s always something to do in between plays.
5223 Orient Rd., Tampa

Beef O’Brady’s

Beef’s is without a doubt a Tampa institution, and there’s one in pretty much every corner of Tampa Bay, which is great for anyone with a serious wing addiction. Be sure to stop by on Wednesdays for 99-cent wings, and pick from entry level sauces like garlic parm or their new “smokehouse maple,” to inferno levels of spice like “atomic” or “firecracker.”
Multiple locations

Hattricks

For 27 years, downtown Tampa’s most tried and true sports bar has been a staple for Tampa Bay Lightning fans, but the high ceilings, friendly staff and smorgasbord of TVs and sports memorabilia make it one of Tampa’s greatest places to watch any game. Get the wings, and most definitely opt to have them “Shake & Bake” style (aka put in the oven after getting the sauce out of the fryer). And if you’re there for the Big Game, don’t leave without dapping up the big guy, Larry Heisel, manager at Hattricks and legend of the local hospitality scene.
107 S Franklin St., Tampa

The Toasted Monkey

While it may seem like an unconventional option for game days given its location and tropical decor, The Toasted Monkey has an expansive outdoor patio with ample seating and several TVs to accommodate any sports fan's desires. Pair a Rock’s Rita, the signature house cocktail, with your choice of fresh fish dishes or traditional apps while enjoying the complementary views of adjacent Sunset Beach.
678 75th Ave., St Pete Beach

Top Golf

Don’t be fooled, Top Golf isn’t just a decent place to pound some beers and whack a few balls with the fellas. There’s also an absurd amount of TVs up in here (200-plus to be exact), and they’re all tuned to sports. Plus, there’s wings, burgers, pizzas, tacos, and all the usual sports bar fare for when you’re done duffing ‘em into the ether.
Multiple locations

Riveters

Tell your out-of-towner friends that you’re taking them to see the spaceship atop 2001 Odyssey—and then take a hard turn into Riveters next door. The restaurant is a hidden gem on its busy strip of Dale Mabry and pumps out opulent North American bar fare (get the Hellcat wings or poutine fries and BBQ chicken sliders) plus classic sandwiches and burgers, too.
2301 N Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa

5 Bucks Drinkery

While Pinellas Park’s 5 Bucks Drinkery offers the same stiff drinks as its flagship bar in downtown St. Pete, this large space and accompanying parking lot definitely draws more of a sports bar crowd from the greater P-Park area. But its soon-to-open Seminole location at 7498 Seminole Blvd. boasts an even bigger bar, full lunch and dinner menu, and a whopping 70 flat-screen TVs for all your favorite games.
7402 49th St. N, Pinellas Park

Big Easy

Dean Hurst and Daniel Bareswilt have breathed new life into this Seventh Avenue hotspot. There are enough TVs to watch a game, but the real draw is its renewed commitment to the spirit of the Crescent City and a whiskey and scotch list, plus revamped cocktail menu from some of the brightest minds in Tampa’s drinks game.
1704 E 7th Ave., Ybor City

Bilmar Station

This neighborhood bar in Town N’ Country has food that exceeds pub standards and drinks that are strong enough to rival what you’d make at home. There are several TV’s and bar games to accommodate any game day, as well as beer and wings specials during every football game. They even offer an impressive list of craft drafts that will satisfy anyone who fancies themself as a beer aficionado.
8501 W Hillsborough Ave., Tampa

Buffalo Wild Wings

You know we had to put B-Dubs on here. For a national chain with more than a dozen Bay area locations, it’s still one of the best spots to get saucy fingers and stare at dozens of glaring flat screens. Sure it’s a little sticky, and a little dirty, but this chain is one of the only restaurants that is perfectly designed for both toddlers and grown men alike. A true family-friendly sports bar.
Multiple locations

Dead Bob’s & Dead Bob’s Too

With two locations on either side of the Bay, these locally loved restaurants serve up some seriously delicious food and offer rotating daily specials and hefty portions for a great price. Regulars suggest the fried pot roast, but a less adventurous diner will be just as pleased with the juicy burgers. Both locations have plenty of TVs for game day and promise a good time with good folks.
6717 Central Ave. N, St. Petersburg or 3681 S West Shore Blvd., Tampa

The Dog

The Dog is a popular place to watch a game due to the abundance of TVs, including individual sets for most of the suspended wooden tables. There’s also a variety of bar games and traditional pub fare that includes crowd pleasing chicken wings. The outside patio is a great spot to take a breather in between plays and watch a South Tampa sunset.
3311 W Bay to Bay Blvd., Tampa

Ferg's Sports Bar

Downtown St. Pete’s Taj Mahal of sports bars enjoys the company of Rays baseball fans 81 nights of the year, but for the other 284 afternoons you can find fans on any of Ferg’s two levels, firmly parked underneath the big ol’ globe (RIP World Liquors) taking in college games, hockey, and yes, American football, too.
1320 Central Ave., St. Petersburg