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| - For starters, this is a SPORTS bar. If you want just a BAR, go elsewhere. Also, this is mainly an "Eagles" football place. If you want a team agnostic place, go elsewhere. I experienced this on a Sunday that the Eagles were to play on Monday night. If my experience is the same as when the Eagles play on Sundays, then I would give it five stars. Four stars for now, summed up as:
Show up 30 minutes before the game, get a great pick of seats. Note to all us game watchers: don't expect to get the best seats if you show up 1 minute before kick-off. You know that, so why do you keep doing that?
Your team is guaranteed to be on their TV's given they have over two dozen screens. Mind you, the 3 big screens will almost certainly have the Eagles, the Bears, or the Lions on the screen. However, showing up early as I did, the 'tv dj' let me select the TV I wanted. NICE.
The reason I capitalized SPORTS above is because you can not expect great food at a SPORTS bar, it should be ok to good and cheap. Upper Deck scores on this one. You don't go to a stadium and walk away saying damn they have great hot dogs and the draft brew is wonderful. You go to SPORTS bars to WATCH THE GAME. Upper Deck ensures you can.
+++'s: FREE fast WiFi (so you can check the scores and your girl that's with you who gets bored after the 1st Qtr can social network); OK cheap sports bar food (breakfast burritos & other stuff before 11a and under $9); plenty of TV's; plenty of seating if you get there early; friendly, although not speedy, wait staff who put Hooters girls to shame; good relatively clean crowd although a little more than a healthy dose of the mid-western/north-eastern boys who think their team is THEIR team and those mid-west girls with the witch-chin, beady eyes, thin plucked brows, stark nose, and brown straight bob that wear banana republic clothes (they're still hot and I'd take one on the chin for 'em).
- - - 's: bloody mary i ordered was a bit too peppery, not sure what the bathrooms looked like
In sum, a good sports bar for guys & girls that want a place in Old Town that is down-to-earth and will have your game on (just don't expect to hear it over the regional fan din). GO BILLS!
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