Sometimes, two-dozen televisions within eyeshot just isn’t enough. To tip the scales, a triple-digit-inch screen must exist, smack-dab in the middle of a complex with more than three-dozen beer choices in one direction, and a room full of unique video games in the other. Sometimes, the sports-bar experience cannot be complete without suddenly needing to challenge a buddy to a round (or seven) of Pop-a-Shot. Or air hockey. Or a quirky Japanese game that has no English subtitles, but is just so dang addictive. And sometimes, that first date arranged at a large, public gathering place needs to involve a chance for some one-on-one time, inside a wobbling, shuddering, jiggling roller-coaster simulator, to seal the deal.
Runners up:
2. Famous Sam’s
Various locations
3. TIE
4329 N. Oracle Road, No. 135
888-3184
1390 W. Irvington Road
799-9464
68 N. Harrison Road
296-8409
The Depot
3501 E. Fort Lowell Road
795-8110