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Top Five Sports Bars

City bars with better-than-stadium grub and more TVs than you can possibly watch at once.


The Blue Seats.  

Blondies Sports
212 W. 79th St., nr. Amsterdam Ave.; 212-362-4360.
With more TVs than Circuit City, this place is straight out of John Madden’s wildest dream.

The Blue Seats
157 Ludlow St., at Stanton St.; 212-614-1494.
The name is an homage to the seating in Madison Square Garden, but the food is a major step up from concession-stand grub.

Gym
167 Eighth Ave., nr. 18th St.; 212-337-2439.
If you think big-city gay men and major-league sports are contradictory, you can get over your stereotypes at this one-of-a-kind sports bar for men who really like athletes.

Jimmy’s Corner
140 W. 44th St., nr. Broadway; 212-221-9510.
Owner and professional trainer Jimmy Glenn’s shrine to boxing is lined with personal effects pasted up over nearly 30 years. (Check out the shots of him with Ali.)

Village Pourhouse
64 Third Ave., at 11th St.; 212-979-2337.
Games play here via 22 flat-screen TVs luring in investment bankers looking to experience East Village funk and wayward NYU students in search of happy hour $1 Buds.

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