Houston Sports Bars

If the fact that even the swanky, retro lounges and dance clubs offer places to see the action on game day isn’t enough to prove that the city of Houston loves sports, what is? Like moths to a flame, the rabid sports-fan population of Houston congregates around massive flat-paneled televisions to cheer for their favorite team. Sports bars in Houston are perfect for just about every type of sports fan, from the laid-back suit types to the get naked and paint your body with your teams colors types. Traditional pub-grub and American fare are stomach-padding staples in Houston sports bars, since the drinks are almost always stiff and it’s hard to stay on the wagon when the crowd is more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Fans of opposing teams may engage in heated discussions from time to time, but it’s nothing that cold beer and a hot bartender can’t negotiate.

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7 Sports Bar

4709 Dowling St., Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.520.0048

7 Sports Bar is a classic Houston sports bar that gets packed with rabid Houston fans on game days. When there's not a game on, which is a very slight time frame in Houston, the 7 Sports Bar plays host to regulars spouting knowledge concerning whatever sport topic of the minute happens to be airing on ESPN.

Al's Sports Bar & Grill

3838 S. Dairy Ashford St., Houston Texas; Tel. 281.493.3838
16203 Westheimer #102, Houston, Texas; Tel. 281.493.9797

With two locations to serve their respective neighborhoods, Al's Sports Bar and Grill is a Houston local bar institution; a great place to down a beer, catch a game and get your booze fueled party on. The mix of regulars at Al's Sport Bar spans the age spectrum from young to old and if you've pounded a cold one there or snacked on their bar fare, you're probably considered by the staff to be one of them.

Big John's Sports Bar

6150 Wilcrest, Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.975.8344

As far as Houston sports bars go it's hard to beat Big John's Sports Bar for the simple fact of that if you get there early on game day, in the back room you can sprawl out and laze on a comfy sofa while you drink your beer and munch on Big John's tasty bar fare. However, if by chance someone has beaten you to the primo couch spot, Big John's Sports Bar still has plenty of seating from where you can catch any freakin' sport imaginable on one of their many, many TVs. Also, for the rare occasion when some sporting event isn't on, this local Houston sports bar gives you pool, darts and video games for diversionary interests, hey, drinking beer and eating are diversionary interests as well, we suppose.

Bungalo 8 Nightclub

1463 Highway 6 South, Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.570.9801

This rock and roll themed Houston sports bar can be small and intimate when it needs to be, but the Bungalo 8 Nightclub can also get jammed packed with hundreds of drinkers on the weekends taking in the local live music acts jamming onstage. On Thursdays, that same stage at Bungalo 8 plays host to local Houston wannabe rockers with their signature karaoke night.

Danny's Sports Bar

12126 Westheimer Rd. Ste 124, Houston, Texas; Tel. 281.558.8693

Even if it's almost a sport, Danny's Sports Bar will be showing it on at least one of their staggering 25 televisions while also serving up some great bar grub and taking care of their mass slate of Houston regulars family style. Seriously, the camaraderie among Danny's regulars truly makes this Houston sports bar a home away from home and with Danny's wallet friendly cocktails and food, we can certainly see why.

Ernie's on Banks

1010 Banks St., Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.526.4566

A laid back neighborhood and sports bar in Houston, Ernie's on Banks caters to the hometown local sports fan that likes to discuss the finer points of the game rather than drunkenly whoop it in some senses assaulting 30 TV joint that shows obscure sports just to have them on. Ernie's on Banks is seriously the perfect neighborhood bar for the sports buff and the upstairs bar and patio area can easily accommodate large parties.

Forgetta'bout It Sports Bar

13245 Jones Rd., Houston, Texas; Tel. 281.807.4116

Locally grown live music acts specializing in rock and sports dominate the Forgetta'bout It Sports Bar in Houston where headbangers can get their fill. This Houston live music club also books some national acts, but as long as the music's load, the customers will come. For those not into getting whiplash while still liking driving rock, Forgetta'bout It has a tamer back room with pool tables and video games.

Griff's Café & Bar

3416 Roseland St., Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.528.9912

Before the Houston bar scene explosion there was Griff's Café and Bar, a definitive Houston neighborhood bar landmark that started kicking over forty years ago and shows no signs of letting up. Local sports are huge at Griff's, the Astros, the Rockets and the Texans all get equal fan time from the TVs, staff and the long list of patrons who are considered regulars at this local bar. Also, in something of a coup de grace to other sports bars, Grifff's Café and Bar has itsown open top party bus to haul their boozers to and from home games. This really should be enough for you to put Griff's on your regular drinking tour of Houston, but we'll give you one more reason: St. Patrick's Day—seriously it's one of the biggest celebrations in the state, and that's saying a lot.

KC's

1975 West TC Jester, Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.864.3944

A Houston sports bar housed in a cool rec room styled space, KC's broadcasts any and every sport imaginable from their televisions that seriously number in the double digits. KC's is so unpretentious and come as you are that you could probably drink here in your pajamas—the men in white coats might come, but the KC staff wouldn't bat and eye. Also, as with all great Houston sports bars, KC's has plenty of distractions like foosball and darts for when the competition has to leave the big screen and get sorted out properly.

Knuckleheads Sports Bar & Grill

2655 Winrock Blvd., Houston, Texas; Tel. 832.251.0400

A great sports bar in Houston to wolf down a burger, drink a beer and spout armchair quarterback or pitcher philosophy in, Knuckleheads Sports Bar and Grill is crowded with regulars doing just that. It's hard to get a seat at the four-cornered bar on game days, but there are plenty of TVs so every place in the joint has a good vantage point.

Live Sports Café

407 Main Street, Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.228.5483

Live Sports Café is a decent place near the ballpark to catch an Astros game or to grab one of their many drink and food specials before you head on in. This Houston sports bar also turns into a burgeoning dance club on the weekends pumping the usual dance jams over the sound system. The food at Live Sports Café is pretty good and they do sport one of the best decks to hang out on in Houston.

Logan's on Main

708 Main Street, Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.222.6473

Seriously wallet friendly food and drinks at Logan's on Main sports bar more than make up for the amalgamated décor at this Houston bar. Logan's has some big screen TVs for watching the game, but when there are no sports on—does that ever really happen in our 24-hour culture?—the tunes get cranked up in hopes a spontaneous party will break out.

Nick's Place Italian Sports Bar & Pizzeria

2713 Rockyridge Dr., Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.780.8338

With arguably the best pizza in Houston Nick's Place has everything you could possibly want is a neighborhood sports bar; plenty of TVs tuned to various sporting events, an extensive beer and cocktail selection, pool tables and such, a great crowd and some of the best Italian and American food anywhere. Nick's Place seriously gets our vote for one great Houston bar and restaurant because it is so reminiscent of those pizza and beer joints our parents always took us to and we imagined continuing the established bar and pizza cycle. Well, we're still dodging bullets, but at least at Nick's Place Sports Bar and Pizzeria in Houston we can regain those warm fuzzies.

PJ's Sports bar

614 W. Gray St., Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.520.1748

PJ's Sports bar in Houston is casual and packed with amenable regulars sidling up to the bar or hanging at tables catching the game and a good buzz on the cheap. Housed, well, in an old house lends PJ's a great atmosphere and upstairs at this Houston sports bar sometimes plays host to fledgling live music acts just stepping out of their parent's garage.

Rock Neutney's Irish Pub and Café

18301 Egret Bay Blvd., Houston, Texas; Tel. 281.333.1785

An awesome bar anytime, but especially on game days, Rock Neutney's in Houston has just an insane amount of TVs—three are 60-inch HDTV's and one could cause serious myopia 'cause it's like 70-square feet projection—and sports are the dominant force behind these electronic marvels. Also, this Houston sports bar has drink specials daily, further lessening their already wallet friendly prices and, as one of the best added bar bonuses we've seen because not many establishments do this, the full service kitchen at Rock Neutney's Irish Pub serves until 2am, making that sobering bite blessedly within arm's reach.

Sansone's West Oaks Bar

14144 Westheimer Rd. Ste 1, Houston, Texas; Tel. 281.558.4545

Sports and thematic party nights are the main draws at Sansone's West Oaks Bar and the service staff ain't hard on the eyes either. With more TVs than you're local hi-fi store this Houston sports bar is packed whenever there's a game on, especially during football season. But, even if we're in a sports dry spell, Sansone's keeps the party going and the packed house certainly appreciates the effort.

Sky Club

2710 Richmond Ave., Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.526.5100

Sky Club creates a good mix of sports, DJs and dancing for the partying Houston club goers to revel away a weekend in. When there aren't sports dominating the tubes, resident spinners take over the sound system and Sky Club begins its ascent into the nightclub stratosphere. On Saturdays, a local group of traveling party promoters, known as Chamito, takes over this Houston dance club for one of the cities hottest Latin dance parties.

Slider's

1424 Westheimer Rd., Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.528.2788

Known in Houston just as much for its reputation as a post professional sports team collapse congregation bar as for its more than dangerous daiquiris, Slider's embodies the Houston neighborhood bar serving its crowds of diverse patrons very, very well. Also for when the pain on the TVs gets to be too much to bear or the rampant socializing gets to be a little much (if that's even possible), Slider's has pool tables, foosball and pinball for you to take out your frustrations on.

SRO Sports Bar and Grill

444 Northwest Mall, Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.683.5025

This Houston sports bar is a great place to catch a game, any game, because SRO Sports Bar and Grill has about 100 TVs broadcasting anything even remotely sports related. The beer and cocktails are also first rate, but SRO also has something that you don't really expect at most sports bars, a really phenomenal menu filled with favorites such as burgers and appetizers, but also some killer seafood including a raw bar and some down home gumbo, all of which work together to attract a boisterous crowd of gratuitous sports fans.

Tavern on Gray

1340 West Gray St., Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.522.5152

Tavern on Gray is a popular Houston local bar that serves as game central for a lot of sports fans during the season and a raucous party bar for after the game. Also, Tavern on Gray serves some excellent pub grub, and even though there's a Union Jack over the door the food is really pure Texas. The beer selection at this Houston sports bar is as varied as Tavern on Gray's clientele, with selections from all over the world.

The B.U.S.

1800 Texas, Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.222.2287
1410 Bell, Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.659.4667

Both locations of this rocking Houston sports bar are near Minute Maid Park and the Toyota Center making The BUS the place to down some beer on game days even if you're not going to the game because The BUS has more TVs than your local electronics store all tuned to sports. Also, this Houston sports bar staple has pool tables and shuffleboard for some different diversionary action when the game goes sour.

The Mezzanine Lounge

2200 Southwest Fwy. Ste 150, Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.528.6399

The best precision combination bar melding in Houston is evidenced in The Mezzanine Lounge that houses a raucous sports bar upstairs and a chill out hip lounge downstairs for people that want the best of both worlds under one convenient roof. The sports bar at The Mezzanine Lounge has a ton of TVs constantly tuned to the likes of ESPN with special nights when they get Pay Per View fights and such while downstairs Houston lounge hipsters kick back. Both floors of the Mezzanine Lounge are fueled by one kitchen that serves up some excellent pub grub until the wee hours of the morning so you can grab a sobering bite before slogging it through the Houston night.

The Wet Spot

160 West Gray, Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.523.7768

A decidedly younger sports minded set hangs out at The Wet Spot in Houston because of the heavy drinks, the numerous televisions and the, well, the hotties, which make every bar in Houston that much better. The laid back clientele may engage you in a heated discussion if you're rooting for the opposing team, but after a round of The Wet Spots more than dangerous drinks, you guys won't even remember what the heck you were talking about.

Time Out Ale House and Sports Bar

1400 Shepherd Dr., Houston, Texas; Tel. 713.863.8865

Time Out Ale House and Sports Bar in Houston initially appears to be a tiny hole in the wall bar, but actually opens up to reveal a spacious room where sports, drinking and cheap, good food are the focus. Nearly 50 beers on tap and cocktails, whose prices both seem perpetually stuck in a time warp, fuel sports tinged "conversations" among the neighborhood regulars catching the game while chowing down on steak sandwiches that hitched along for the time travel ride with the cocktails at this relaxed Houston sports bar.