The Best Philly Sports Bars for Watching the Eagles
Get your green on and cheer for the Eagles at these prime spots that have game-day snacks and plenty of TVs.
Eagles game day at Lucy’s / Photograph courtesy of Lucy’s
Spending your Sunday on the couch with one eye on the screen and the other on your phone (your fantasy league is a full-time job, we get it) is a perfectly respectable way to close out the weekend. But sometimes, you need a little more. Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows the Eagles fight song but no one knows your name. There’s just something special about watching a game with hundreds of strangers, dozens of TVs, and lots of beer. You may share nothing but a fandom, but that’s not nothing, especially in Philly. Here’s where to go when you want a game-day outing that will be worth leaving the couch.
McGillin’s Olde Ale House
According to their website, the beer taps have been flowing at McGillin’s since 1860. But it’s not just one of Philly’s oldest bars, it’s also a memorable place to watch the game. You’ll find plenty of TVs inside, including a high-definition projector, which means there’s really not a bad seat in the house. Fans can purchase an Eagles Super Mug for $6 and get $2 refills of Bud Light every game all season long. There are always additional specials, too, like the almost disturbingly green Iggletini. 1310 Drury Street, Midtown Village
Game-day snacks at Craft Hall / Photograph courtesy of Craft Hall
Craft Hall
Located inside a 35,000-square-foot former warehouse, Craft Hall is lined with TV screens (including a massive video wall and two screen projectors) for watching the game. It’s also a great place to bring the whole family, since they have a pirate-ship playground, an arcade, and more. You’ll find a large craft beer selection from Mainstay Brewing, plus snacks, sandwiches, and BBQ to fuel you though the action. This year, they’ve got a new Eagles-inspired menu featuring cheesesteak nachos, a “Da Birds” chicken sandwich, and Saquon’s Wings with “Brotherly Shove Sauce.” And to drink: $5 Mainstay pints, $15 pitchers, $50 Surfside or Stateside buckets, and a rotating $8 Bird Gang Shot. Bonus: They’re also planning an 8:30 a.m. game-day brunch on October 11th for the Birds’ London game. 901 North Delaware Avenue, Northern Liberties
Lucy’s / Photograph courtesy of Lucy’s
Lucy’s
This Rittenhouse spot takes inspiration from the erstwhile Lucy’s Hat Shop … in spirit, anyway. To quote them, “Lucy’s Hat Shop has shed its fedora for a Eagles jersey.” There’s still a dance floor downstairs should the mood strike — only now there’s a DJ playing during Birds game breaks. Watch the Eagles on a giant screen, and enjoy specials like the $40 “Philly Philly” platter loaded with wings, cheese curds, pretzels, and onion rings. Plus, their own version of a Citywide called the Buddy System. Coming for Monday Night Football? They’ve got 25-cent wings! 1720 Chestnut Street, Rittenhouse
Cavanaugh’s Rittenhouse
This popular Center City sports bar moved into a bigger, better space a block away from the original location, filling out two floors on 1921 Sansom Street. Despite the larger capacity, it still fulfills a key requirement for game-day viewing: Wherever you are, you can see a screen (and they’re high enough up that crowds at the bar won’t disturb your sightline). Cav’s Ritt seats nearly 200 people total and has 30 TVs and an 11-foot-high media wall. Game day goes big with five-can buckets ($22 for Bud Light), specialty cocktails, and DJ entertainment during commercial breaks. The food menu is exactly what you’d want to eat while watching a game — wings, burgers, various appetizers — and there’s even a kids’ menu. But for game day, they’ve got some additions: a roast pork sandwich and giant Bavarian pretzels. Cav’s also has Headhouse Square and Riverdeck locations, FYI. 1921 Sansom Street, Rittenhouse
Cav’s Ritt’s new location / Photograph courtesy of Cavanaugh’s Rittenhouse
Jimmy’s Timeout Sports Pub
There’s a time for publicly watching the Eagles — immediately after a win, say — and then there’s a time when you need to surround yourself only with people who will understand if you curl into a ball as the fourth quarter ticks away. If that’s more your lot in life, gather 20 of your friends and family and rent out the Ringside Room at Jimmy’s Timeout. 5001 Linden Avenue, Northeast Philly
Mifflin Tavern / Photograph by Joseph M. Kitchen
Mifflin Tavern
At the corner of 2nd and Sigel, deep in the bowels of Pennsport, you’ll find a shrine to the ballsiest play in Birds history. The mural, replete with all the X’s and O’s that ended with Nick Foles waltzing into the end zone in Super Bowl LII, stands as a three-story reminder of the last time the Lombardi Trophy made its way down Broad Street. After paying proper homage, walk around the corner to Mifflin Tavern, where they’ve got game-day specials like $1 wings, chili nachos, Thai cauliflower, and a monstrosity they call the “brisket grilled cheese wafflewich.” 1843 South 2nd Street, Pennsport
Sports & Social at Live! Casino
With a massive 52-foot screen and 24 additional TVs, the sports bar inside South Philly’s Live! Casino is a fun place to watch (and bet on) games. On game day, they’ve got food and drink specials, halftime contests, giveaways, and live entertainment. 900 Packer Avenue, South Philly
Sports & Social / Photograph courtesy of Live! Casino
O’Neals Pub
This Irish pub and sports bar has been holding it down just off South Street for four decades, and it shows (in the best way). They’ve got an enviable bottle list, a great selection of Irish whiskeys, rare scotches and cognacs, and “19+ beers on draught.” (Why not just say 20? Why, O’Neals?) The bigger-than-it-looks-from-outside space has lots of TVs, and food-and-drink specials on game day (including 65-cent wings). 611 South 3rd Street, Queen Village
Yards Brewing Company
Green seltzer, a beer featuring a trash-talking raccoon wearing a green Jason Kelce-esque tracksuit, games on with sound, and a DJ for added vibes. What’s not to love? 500 Spring Garden Street, Northern Liberties
Eagles-inspired “Trash Talk” IPA at Yards / Photograph courtesy of Yards Brewing
Garage
If great beer is at the top of your priority list when you’re watching the game, you’ll love the 300-plus varieties offered here (plus cocktails, shots, and pouches they call “fun bags”). Bonus: All three locations include pool tables, Skee-ball and other games to keep you entertained at halftime. 100 East Girard Avenue, Fishtown; 1501 Spruce Street, Rittenhouse; and 1231 East Passyunk Avenue, East Passyunk
Founding Fathers Sports Bar and Grill
This South Street game-day staple offers fans a relatively relaxed atmosphere with more than a dozen TVs lining the walls, and 20 different draft lines for a great beer selection. And if you’re looking for an emerald-hued cocktail, their special Philly Mule adds Midori to the traditional ginger-lime drink. 1612 South Street, Grad Hospital
Eagles fans gather around the bar at Founding Fathers on South Street. / Photograph courtesy of Founding Fathers Sports Bar & Grill
Frankford Hall
This German-style beer garden in Fishtown has indoor TVs, sure. But we prefer their outdoor area with its own bar, fire pits, and a big screen for watching the Birds. Grab a giant pretzel and some house-made sausages and hunker down to watch — when it gets cold, the fire keeps it toasty. 1210 Frankford Avenue, Fishtown
Misconduct Tavern
Misconduct is nautical-themed, which is a fun fact that doesn’t really affect your game-day viewing but worth sharing nonetheless. Their original Rittenhouse location has plenty of TVs, 12 draft beers and over 50 bottles available, as well as a solid food menu that includes your basics (burgers, wings) along with lobster sliders and oysters (possibly explaining the nautical theme). P.S.: They’ve also got a location in Logan Square. 1511 Locust Street, Center City
Tradesman’s and BRÜ Craft & Wurst
These side-by-side restaurants, both operated by Craft Concepts Group, are reliable spots to watch the Birds. Tradesman’s boasts four viewing areas, multiple TVs, plus a 100-inch media wall above the main bar to give you plenty of watching options while you house some traditional BBQ and drink specials. Another special? Their six-foot-long cheesesteak — it’ll run you $90, and comes with long hots and fries. When it’s nice out, you can even snag one of their sidewalk window seats and watch the game through open-to-the-bar windows on Chestnut Street. Or head over to BRÜ for German food and game-day faves, plus 32 beers on tap and the Eagles on a 105-inch projection wall (plus eight additional HDTVs). 1322 Chestnut Street (Tradesman’s) and 1316 Chestnut Street (BRÜ), Midtown Village
Photograph courtesy of BRÜ Craft & Wurst
Libertee Grounds
The combo of golf and football makes this a unique experience for every Eagles game, thanks to the bar’s two Philly-themed mini-golf courses and golf simulator lounge. Kids are allowed all day on Sundays, which just happens to coincide with many of the games on the Eagles’ schedule, so bring ’em along, too. Plus: More than 30 taps of craft beer and game-day specials like a green “Pick 6” cocktail, pitcher and bucket deals, and $1 jello shots, if you’re into that. To eat, of course there are wings … but there’s also cheesesteak fries, so order both. And for game viewing, there are more than 20 TVs and a projector screen. During commercial breaks, there’s a DJ spinning hype-up tunes. And when the weather’s nice, there’s also an outdoor TV setup in the beer garden. 1600 West Girard Avenue, Fairmount
Stateside Live!
Xfinity Live! is now Stateside Live! (their exclamation mark, not ours), and it definitely brings its own kind of hardcore viewing experience. With its prime location smack dab in the middle of the stadiums and its massive size, it’s probably the closest thing to actually being at the game. Fans can watch the Birds on a 58-foot LED screen in Live! Arena (which also has a full-service menu for bar food and drinks). There’s also Miller Time Beer Hall for a more casual kind of atmosphere (including long communal tables, a stage, and a patio), along with other bar and restaurant options throughout the complex. Outside, you’ll find a 24-foot-tall screen, too. Reservations are recommended for game day, as this place understandably gets very crowded. 1100 Pattison Avenue, South Philly
Eagles fans at Stateside Live! / Photograph courtesy of Xfinity Live!
Chickie’s and Pete’s
Chickie’s and Pete’s is the “official sports bar of the World Champion Philadelphia Eagles,” so you can rest assured they’ll prioritize showing the game all over the place. While their famous Crabfries put them on the map, this energetic sports bar also has everything from wings to mussels to pizza. From its start in Northeast Philly, you’ll now find locations throughout the Philadelphia area, each with plenty of TVs, beer, and fans to celebrate/commiserate with. One notable game-day location (for obvious reasons) is the massive, 24,000-square-foot spot right by the stadiums on Packer Avenue. And if you’re looking to pair your sports watching with some sports betting, head to their Parx Casino Bensalem location. Multiple locations, but the OG is at 4010 Robbins Avenue, Northeast Philly
JD McGillicuddy’s Manayunk
You don’t necessarily have to leave your own neighborhood to come here, but if you’re already in Manayunk or nearby, this is probably your best bet for watching the Eagles. (Our logic: Pitcher’s has better food, but there are more screens and just more of a basic sports-bar feel here, which is what you really want on game day). They’re aiming exactly for what you’re picturing: wings, beer specials, lots of TVs and cheering. 111 Cotton Street, Manayunk
Additional reporting by Bradford Pearson.
