This popular West Seattle bar has a long cocktail list with a selection of Bloody Marys, a weekend brunch menu featuring house-baked biscuits, and an expansive food menu with bar snacks like wings, sandwiches, and burgers. It also serves tacos with fillings including braised brisket, pork with salsa verde, and jack fruit. There’s a covered patio, and the service is warm and welcoming.

Ballard’s Australian and New Zealand-themed bar (housed in a former library) is known as a hangout for rugby fans, but it also shows plenty of American football, with a menu of hearty items such as meat pies with “brekky spuds” and a spicy avocado toast served on a pub roll.

The Westy has 18 TVs, a robust beer selection, and strong pub grub such as fried chicken and waffles, poutine, and cheesesteaks. Diners should scour the menu for delightful surprises, including Butterfinger bites (mini doughnuts with caramel sauce and Butterfinger pieces baked in), and a solid cocktail assortment. The bar also serves excellent, juicy, burgers, and massive wings with a selection of hot sauces and dry rubs. A similarly equipped second location is in Roosevelt.

Fremont’s family and pup-friendly sports bar advertises itself as both a Seahawks and Green Bay Packers venue — which sounds like a recipe for trouble. NFC rivalries aside, there are 15 TVs, boozy slushies, an outdoor patio that added some seating, and lots of bar game distractions on hand, make it a winner on game days.

After five years, Belltown’s award-winning gastropub No Anchor is no more — but the proprietors replaced it with a retro sports bar. Here, one can sip on great well-crafted cocktails, such as a Rusty Nail with salted honey, and grab some brunch while watching the game. The decor includes old memorabilia from local teams.

This Wallingford favorite moved locations recently (just down the block), but retains its quirky nautical vibes in a convivial atmosphere. During the pandemic, it introduced a food operation called the Salty Shack, which serves satisfying sandwiches, salads, Seattle dogs, Frito pies, and a tater tot (or fries) chili bowl called a Chum Bucket.

This new nightclub near Lumen Field hosts regular dance parties, like a Latin music night on Thursdays, but also puts on events for most big games. There’s a full bar, and snacks like wings and sliders as well as quesadillas, burritos, and burgers. A DJ normally plays music during halftime, and you can reserve tables for various VIP experiences on game days.

This Northgate brewpub has a full bar, more than 20 beers on tap, and great bar food like grilled cheese sandwiches with Beecher’s cheddar and gouda and “pie folds,” crispy sandwiches made with pizza dough folded in half. There’s also pizza, pasta, and mac and cheese. The screens, including a large TV on the covered and heated patio, are always turned on to relevant games.

This sports-focused gay bar in Capitol Hill has a relaxed vibe, cool pinball machines, video games, and well-positioned TVs, which are always tuned to the local games (with sound). On Sundays, there’s free pool and peanuts, plus discounted pitchers.

This U District classic seemed to close for good in 2020, but recently got a revival from longtime fans Jen, Gonyer, her husband Al Donohue, and friend Seth Howard (owner of the Collins Pub and Last Drop Bottle Shop). The popular grinders are still on the menu, and there is a TV in each of the dive’s rustic rooms, with all the local games on throughout the season.

Columbia City’s reliable jock spot serves solid bar bites (such as the Irish nachos, topped with beer cheese and shredded corned beef) and stiff drinks in a family-friendly setting, with reclaimed floors and a shuffleboard bar top. If things get too crowded, don’t forget about next-door neighbor, the Backyard, which has an outdoor patio and more food options.