You want to watch a Red Sox game with a bunch of raucous fans but can’t get a ticket? No ticket, no problem. There are plenty of bars around Fenway Park where Bostonians gather to root for the home team together. Here are some of the best options:
There is no need to worry about finding a seat with a view of the Red Sox game at Champions because there are almost too many TVs, if such a thing is even possible at a sports bar. Whether you’re sitting at the spacious circular bar or your own table, you can watch the game on one if its dozens of enormous HDTVs. Champions is located in the second-floor lobby of the Marriott Copley Place and has a menu loaded with the perfect ballpark food to complement with a Red Sox game. They serve a selection of nachos, wings, soft pretzels, hot dogs and its pièce de résistance, the Champions Sampler Tower. This monster includes two pounds of wings, eight cheeseburger sliders, a stack of onion rings and cheese fries with “table reinforcements included.” That is sure to sustain any fan through a three-hour game.
Where: Marriott Copley Place
110 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
617-927-5304
Known as “America’s First Sports Bar,” McGreevy’s is a Boston institution forever connected to the Red Sox and to baseball fans in Boston. The bar opened by "Nuf Ced" McGreevy (you might know him from the song “Tessie,” revived by the Dropkick Murphys) in 1894 as the 3rd Base Saloon and is considered by many be the “birthplace of Red Sox Nation.” Its bar menu includes a wide variety of beer, Irish whiskey, scotch, bourbon, wine and cocktails, such as the Rose Tattoo and the Whiskey Smash. McGreevy’s even counted and the bar is a mere 1,200 steps from the ballpark. To watch a Red Sox game at McGreevy’s is to be almost as much a part of the team’s history as watching it at Fenway.
Where: 911 Boylston St, Boston, MA
617-262-0911
The Tony C’s Fenway location is directly across the street from the Park, so you can be sure to soak up the atmosphere around the ballpark while watching the game on one of the restaurant’s 40 huge TVs and two projectors. Named after Red Sox legend Tony Conigliaro, Tony C’s is naturally a perfect place to watch a Red Sox game. The menu includes steak tips, a #25 burger with pork belly and a fried egg honoring Conigliaro, warm pretzels, New England Clam Chowder and Red Sox-style cheesecake as one of the options for dessert. Along with its Fenway location, Tony C’s also has spots in the Seaport, Peabody, Somerville and Burlington, each with equally large TVs to watch every pitch.
Where: 1265 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
617-236-7369
If you’re looking for a place that offers huge portions of almost every dish imaginable to enjoy while watching a Red Sox game, look no further than the Pour House. The menu, filled with ballpark fare, ncludes all the standard favorites, along with loaded tater tots, a variety of steak tips, grilled cheese and all-day breakfast. The bar is usually packed with fans on game days and the infectious excitement that spills out onto Boylston Street.
Where: 907 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
617-236-1767
The Greatest Bar is a little farther away from Fenway Park but it is a perfect place to watch a Red Sox game. This bar opened in 2004 and has four floors of Boston-sports-themed rooms, such as the Boston Room, the Dirty Water Room, the Championship Room and the “Sistine Chapel of Sports,” with a Boston sports mural on the ceiling celebrating the city’s legendary sports figures. And, of course there are plenty of huge HDTVs everywhere to catch all the action of every Red Sox game.
Where: 262 Friend St, Boston, MA
617-367-0544