1983
South MacDill restaurant, bar and arcade from a Tampa hospitality group. Publishes Bucs and Gators schedules, NFL and college football all season, and Premier League on weekends. Says it has 80 TVs.
220 East
220 East sits on Davis Boulevard in the small village strip at the top of Davis Islands, and its own site calls it a locally owned American kitchen 24 years strong. The menu runs wider than most neighbourhood rooms: shrimp and grits, a hand-cut New York strip, pizzas including a dill-pickle one the site tells you to trust it on, and a weekend brunch with chicken and waffles. Its Cuban sandwich is built on Cuban bread from La Segunda, which it names on the menu. Several dishes are marked GF on the menu itself.
7th + Grove
7th + Grove sits on East Seventh Avenue in Ybor City and describes itself as the flagship of the 7th + Grove Hospitality group. The cooking is Southern comfort food crossed with Guyanese flavours, served with what the site calls creatively crafted cocktails, and the room runs late on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It is one of the Ybor rooms Creative Loafing Tampa Bay lists among Tampa Bay's restaurants, and it leans into events... a Saturday day party with hookahs and small bites, NFL Sundays, private parties and catering.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
Al's Finger Licking Good Bar-B-Que & Soul Food
Al's cooks Tennessee-style barbecue in Ybor City, dry-rubbed ribs smoked over wood with a tomato-based sauce, and it has won best barbecue in Tampa more times than anyone bothers to count. The food is family food in the literal sense, with dishes on the menu named for the people they came from ... Uncle John's smoked sausage, Aunt Nita's black eyed peas, Sparky's pulled pork, Mazie's serve-it-up yellow rice and chicken. The business started as a concession stand in 2003 and became a sit-down restaurant in 2009, and it now runs barbecue and soul food out of one address on East Seventh Avenue after folding the two shops together.
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24 spots
1983
South MacDill restaurant, bar and arcade from a Tampa hospitality group. Publishes Bucs and Gators schedules, NFL and college football all season, and Premier League on weekends. Says it has 80 TVs.
Bad Monkey Ybor
Military-themed bar on 7th Ave in Ybor. Its home page calls it the Sports HQ and posts weekend slates for FSU, college football and the Bucs, plus Rays playoff games. Happy hour runs Monday to Friday, 3 to 6 pm.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
Bel Mar Saloon
A South Tampa neighborhood bar and grill. Its homepage says to catch all the games on over 20 TVs, and its Instagram bio lists happy hour Monday to Friday, 11 AM to 6 PM.
Charann's Tavern
A tavern on Memorial Highway known for its cheesesteak. Its own site says it has more than 20 TVs and a patio, and it runs a football Sunday wings and pitcher deal.
District Tavern
District Tavern is the neighborhood bar of the Channel District, a block off Channelside Drive, and it is the room downtown workers and residents use when they want a kitchen open late rather than a show. Its posted hours run from late morning to three in the morning Tuesday through Saturday, which is later than almost anything else in the district.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
Good Luck Chuck's
Good Luck Chuck's works two shifts on South Howard: a football bar by day, with TVs through the room for NFL Sundays, Monday and Thursday night games and full Saturdays of college football, and a late-night bar after. It stays open until 3am six nights a week, which is as late as anywhere in Tampa posts. The kitchen does wings and burgers and the bar splits its drinks list into Frontstage and Backstage menus.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
Grove SoHo
SoHo bar on S Howard. Its Instagram bio calls it a Seminoles bar and an Eagles bar, and it hosted an FSU watch party on Aug 29. Its own site lists Wednesday to Saturday evening hours, open to 3 am Friday and Saturday.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
Hattricks
Hattricks is the hockey bar of downtown Tampa, an Irish pub and sports room on South Franklin Street that has been there for years and fills before and after everything at the arena. Its own description is the number one spot for Lightning pregame parties, postgame celebrations, and any concert or event at the arena or the convention center. The posted closing time is honest about how that works: eleven in the morning until as late as three, according to volume.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
Hattricks South Tampa
The second Hattricks, on Henderson Blvd. The company's site is built around game days and says both rooms are open every day.
Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery, Hyde Park
The original Irish 31 pub in Hyde Park. Its own page says any game on goes up on the flatscreens and LED walls, and it shows UFC Fight Night live on the big screen. Happy hour runs 3 to 7 pm Monday to Friday.
Longbar Pub & Grill
A neighborhood sports pub that says it has 25+ TVs for college, NFL, Lightning and MLB games, plus pool, darts and shuffleboard. Happy hour is Monday to Friday 11 to 5 and Saturday 11 to 3. Open until 2:30 am.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
MacDinton's Irish Pub
MacDinton's is the long-running Irish pub at the center of the South Howard crowd. It is the easy pick for soccer, football, karaoke, and a packed late finish. Current public posts show nightly specials and activity through 3am, while the official site confirms the SoHo address and phone.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
Mackenzie's Sports Tavern
A South Tampa sports tavern since 1995, open 11 AM to 3 AM every day. Its site calls it the best place to watch the Rays, Bucs and Lightning.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
Magnanimous Brewing (Seminole Heights)
The newer and larger of Magnanimous's two Tampa taprooms, on the corner of Sligh and Nebraska, with 24 rotating taps and a room built for sticking around: classic arcade games and pinball, cornhole, board games, a projector with sound for games, a covered outdoor patio and a free parking lot. Sliceadelic Wizard Pizza parks there Tuesday through Sunday. The brewery says this is where most of its events and live music happen.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
Magnanimous Brewing (Tampa Heights)
This is the original Magnanimous taproom, on Florida Avenue a short walk from Armature Works, and the brewery is known around Tampa Bay for hazy IPAs, especially its Juice Lord. Twenty taps rotate, there is a package cooler for cans and bottles to go, and there is a free shuffleboard table and several TVs. The brewery has no kitchen: you bring your own food or order delivery.
North 30th Sports Pub & Grille
A sports pub and grille in University Square, north of USF. Its site counts 40+ big screens and lists football, hockey and baseball playoff viewing on its events page.
Peabody's Restaurant, Bar & Billiards
A bar, restaurant and billiards room off Amberly Dr whose Instagram bio calls it Your Game Day HQ. Its September 2026 posts promote Bucs vs. Vikings game-day raffles. Also on the Buccaneers Bar Network list.
Pour House at Grand Central
Pour House sits in the Grand Central at Kennedy building in the Channel District and works as both a small brewery and a beer and wine bar, with about forty taps running and a shared outdoor seating area with the other businesses in the complex. It has a pool table and a popcorn machine, no kitchen of its own, and food trucks the third Thursday of every month. Guests are welcome to bring food in from neighbouring restaurants.
Press Box Sports
Also called Walter's Press Box Sports Emporium. A South Tampa sports bar since 1978 with 42 screens, a patio with screens, and hours of 11 AM to 3 AM every day.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
Stones Throw
Stones Throw is the open riverfront pavilion at the Armature Works end of the Heights waterfront, a short walk along the Riverwalk from downtown. It runs on oysters, seafood and craft cocktails, with sunset happy hours, weekend lunch, Taco Tuesdays and live music on the water. The pavilion sits on the Hillsborough River with the boardwalk and the boat slips right there.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
Tampa Burgers & Pirates
A pirate-themed sports bar and burger spot on N Ashley Dr, across the street from the University of Tampa. Its own pages list UFC nights, Lightning and Bucs game deals, weekday happy hour and live music on Fridays.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
Thomas P's Sports Bar & Patio
A sports bar whose Instagram bio says 42 TVs, a pet friendly outdoor patio and live music Monday, Thursday and Friday. The Tampa Ravens Flock lists it as an official 2026 watch bar.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
Top Shelf Sports Lounge
The Downtown room of a two-location sports bar, the other is in Wesley Chapel. Its homepage invites fans to catch the Lightning or the Bucs and its events page lists weekly nights.
Uncle Fat's Tavern
A Temple Terrace bar and grill that says it has served the area for over 35 years. Its own site promotes Sunday NFL viewing parties, with trivia Monday, bingo Tuesday and karaoke Wednesday to Saturday.
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