The Best Sports Bars in Austin

In Austin, which went without a principal pro sports team until Austin FC’s inaugural season in 2021, college football reigns supreme. Nothing beats the roar of 100,00 at Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium, but you can’t watch the Longhorns in person every day.

For those other, non-Longhorn days, there are tons of bars in town with football, basketball, soccer, baseball, and hockey dominating screens all year long. No matter what team you’re rooting for, these sports bars have enough TVs and snacks to keep you satiated. Sausages and pitchers of beer near the University of Texas at Scholz Garten are hard to beat for ‘Horns games.

If you’re a Green Bay Packers fan, there’s no place better than burger bar Billy’s on Burnet to wear your cheesehead. Soccer fans are in luck with games at Irish pub B.D. While not listed below, many of Austin’s best breweries as well host watch parties or have large screens for sports.

For those looking to tailgate, scope out Austin’s best bets for tailgating with our complete guide to tailgating for UT Longhorn games. Without fail, sports are happening in Texas.

In Austin, which went without a principal pro sports team until Austin FC’s inaugural season in 2021, college football reigns supreme. Nothing beats the roar of 100,00 at Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium, but you can’t watch the Longhorns in person every day.

For those other, non-Longhorn days, there are tons of bars in town with football, basketball, soccer, baseball, and hockey dominating screens all year long. No matter what team you’re rooting for, these sports bars have enough TVs and snacks to keep you satiated.

Sausages and pitchers of beer near the University of Texas at Scholz Garten are hard to beat for ‘Horns games. If you’re a Green Bay Packers fan, there’s no place better than burger bar Billy’s on Burnet to wear your cheesehead.

Soccer fans are in luck with games at Irish pub B.D. While not listed below, many of Austin’s best breweries as well host watch parties or have large screens for sports. For those looking to tailgate, scope out Austin’s best bets for tailgating with our complete guide to tailgating for UT Longhorn games.

The Bon Aire

The North Shoal Creek bar with Midwestern vibes is a good place for all sports, but is home base for Pittsburgh Steelers, Longhorns, Texas Tech, Austin FC, St.

Louis Blues, and Kentucky Wildcats fans. Food-wise, there are a bunch of burgers, kabobs, and seafood — including 39-cent peel-and-eat shrimp — plus beers $4 mimosas on the weekends.

Mister Tramps Sports Pub and Cafe

Besides holding open mics and trivia, the North Austin bar is headquarters for plenty of soccer. Football fans thanks to its variety of local and craft beers and a food menu that hits all the favorites, including burgers, handmade pizza, salads, and plenty of appetizers.

Daily drink specials, like $5 Jameson Irish Whiskey Mondays, are an added bonus.

Cover 3

It’s all sports, all the time at Cover 3, which has outposts on Anderson Lane and in Round Rock. The restaurant gets festive with weekday social hours boasting drink specials, and weekend brunch with a bloody mary and bubbles bar that can take any game-watching experience up a notch.

Here, pub fare meets American/Southern dishes: think flatbreads, nachos, and burgers, but in addition salads, enchiladas, and shrimp pasta.

Billy’s on Burnet

Green Bay Packers fans don’t have to feel out of place in Austin.

This Rosedale bar serves as a home base for the Cheeseheads, offering more than 30 beers on draft, as well as burgers, and hot dogs for game-day fuel. There are often specialty Wisconsin snacks and beers, and there’s plenty of camaraderie to be had, both inside and on the friendly patio.

But, fair warning: Don’t don a Bears jersey here.

B.D. Riley’s Irish Pub

The Mueller Irish bar is home to the most Irish-slash-New England teams out there: the Patriots and Fighting Irish, plus it’s a major soccer headquarters.

Eat dishes like fish and chips, Shepherd’s Pie, and a full Irish breakfast consisting of eggs, Irish bacon, sausage, black and white puddings, grilled tomato, mushrooms, and toasted homemade soda bread. In addition to 11 TVs inside, there are also two huge displays on the dog-friendly patio.

Crown & Anchor Pub

This North Campus bar and restaurant is an easy place to hole up and watch games, especially with its iconic burger made with a fine double grind of locally-sourced beef, and its daily beer specials.

On Sundays, it’s happy hour all day: Enjoy $5 pints of Guinness or a $20 pitcher, and most canned beer is just $3.50.

Posse East

Known for serving the Canadian delicacy poutine, this Cherrywood neighborhood bar is also an ideal sport for sports-watching and stacked sandwiches.

Longhorn, Detroit Lions, and soccer fans will feel at home here, but especially when they bite into the signature Haymaker, a handheld stuffed with rare roast beef and topped with a combination of French fries, gruyere sauce, slaw, tomatoes, and a fried egg. Drink specials are also offered daily, including $4 bloody marys, mimosas, and sangrias on Sundays, and $2 off all pints and Texas liquor on Tuesdays.

The Tavern

Though this historic Downtown bar is home to fans of the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, and Arsenal and FC Barcelona soccer teams, bar patrons can watch any sports game on one of its 46 televisions. The Tavern’s daily happy hour and updated food menu are all the more reason to visit, with bite-sized Tavern White Wings, which are stuffed with jalapeño, wrapped in bacon, and tossed in your choice of sauce with a side of ranch or blue cheese dressing.

On Sunday Fundays, specials include $15 domestic buckets and $5 Fireball Jager, and Texas whiskey.

Shoal Creek Saloon

Louisiana sports fans aren’t left in a lurch at this longtime Cajun restaurant on Lamar. Heck, there’s even a giant football helmet on the side of the building.

Catch LSU Tigers, New Orleans Saints, as well as Longhorns games while dining on crawfish boudin balls, gumbo, etouffee, fried seafood, and other Creole favorites. There’s a happy hour every day, including the weekends, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., with $15 boiled shrimp platters, $3 select domestic pints, and $4 Texas vodkas.

Star Bar

This West Sixth Street bar offers all a sports fan could want — cold drinks, ample spots to watch the game, and food from one of Austin’s most lauded pizzerias, Via 313.

In addition to a plethora of canned and draft beer, there’s in addition wine, and cocktails, like Yes We Do with vanilla vodka, Irish cream, Kahlua, and cold brew. Star Bar is a mainstay for football and hockey fans, especially for the University of Wisconsin Badgers, Green Bay Packers, and Longhorns.

Nickel City

As you might expect for a bar named after the sobriquet for Buffalo, New York, this Central East Austin neighborhood bar is a go-to for Buffalo Bills fans and bar-goers looking for a great place to watch games with smash burgers, wings, and Dr. During game days, large projector screens come down so no one has to crowd around the bar’s tiny TVs.

Go for the Bills, stay for the Frozen Irish Coffees.

Scholz Garten

Historically, the Downtown beer garden has always been a Longhorns destination. In 1893, it was where the team celebrated early wins, so it’s a fitting place to watch college football games and other sports too.

Plus, the food is filling, with potato pancakes served with a choice of mushroom bacon gravy, applesauce, or heavy cream; jumbo smoked wings; and giant Bavarian pretzels served with bier cheese.

Corner Bar

Get in on the action at this busy South Lamar neighborhood bar, which airs NFL, baseball, basketball, and Austin FC soccer games on its 10 TV screens.

There are also strawberry lemonade cocktails loaded with vodka, along with more than 20 craft beers and espresso martinis on tap. The on-site barbecue truck Brown’s will keep you satisfied when the game works up an appetite.

Bouldin Acres

This spacious South Lamar pickleball bar screens a broad range of sports, including Houston Texans games, and hosts regular tailgates for Longhorn games during the season. The North Braker location is exceptionally close to Q2 Stadium, so it’s excellent for Austin FC matches as well.

There’s in addition another location way south on Menchaca Road. Expect drink and barbecue specials.

Koko’s Beer Hall

You’re not going to find a more immersive viewing experience than at this beer hall on South Lamar, which features more than 50 TVs, including a 23-foot-long giant screen and live sports stats on display. Enjoy a giant Bavarian pretzel, plenty of beers on tap, and classic bratwursts inside the massive 7,000-square-foot space.

Or while away game day on the sprawling patio, where there are, of course, more screens.

Lavaca Street Bar

Catch all of your favorite NFL, NCAA, MLB, NBA, and NHL teams duke it out at all three locations of the bar mini-chain (on South Lamar, Downtown, and the Domain). The restaurant features a revolving selection of beer on tap, which means you’re bound to try something new with each visit. Those who work up an appetite can score food from the on-site restaurant, Thunder Chief, which serves everything from wings and banh mi sliders to pork belly bites.

Doc’s Backyard

The Sunset Valley bar is a good place to lounge and watch games on its multiple television screens, especially with margaritas at hand. Happy hour is where all sports fans can win big, with $8 appetizers (excluding its wings), $1 off all wells and drafts, and $4 off all pitchers of beer.

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- 5207 Brodie Ln Ste 100, Sunset Valley, TX, 78745, US This easygoing bar in the West Congress neighborhood often plays games on its seven television screens, but that’s not the only draw.

Bender offers a Game Day menu, featuring a variety of stellar burgers, including a chili cheddar burger, and appetizers meant for sharing, like its stuffed jalapenos, mini corn dogs, and Bender sliders. Round that out with beer: Pitchers are $2 off every weekday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Enjoy the Dallas Cowboys, soccer, baseball, and more on dozens of TVs at this gem in far South Austin. This sports bar features daily drink and beer specials, including $3 well drinks and $15 mimosas carafes until 3 p.m. on weekends.

The menu boasts a variety of American favorites, including chicken and waffles and brisket tacos for brunch, and Game Day wings, nachos, and Chicago-style hot dogs any other time.