Best Chicago NFL Bars: Where to Watch Every Team (2026)
Where all 32 fan bases watch in Chicago, the best Bears bars and Soldier Field pregame spots, and the bars that show every game.
Chicago is a Bears town, but on NFL Sundays it doubles as a home away from home for fans from all over the league. Packers fans fill a Wisconsin cabin bar a mile from Wrigley Field, Ravens fans have had the same Lakeview pub for years, and the Bills Backers finally got their Lincoln Park home back this spring after a 2023 fire kept it closed for more than two years.
Team bars here move more than most lists admit, though. The Saints, Broncos and Cowboys fan groups have all moved this year, the old Panthers bar has closed, and several of the most-shared Chicago NFL bar lists still send people to places that are gone.
This guide covers all 32 teams. We found a current bar or regular fan meetup for 23 of the 31 visiting teams, and we've flagged the eight we couldn't verify. You'll also find the best Bears bars and Soldier Field pregame spots, and the bars to pick when you just want every game on.
Chicago NFL bars at a glance
Strongest team bars: Will's Northwoods Inn (Packers), George Street Pub (Ravens), The Reveler (Eagles), Duffy's (Lions), Hopsmith Tavern (Steelers), and Roadhouse 66 and The Graystone (Vikings). All of them run real game days with the sound on.
Best for every game: Victory & Vice in Fulton Market, Mother Hubbard's in River North (28 separate feeds) and Joe's on Weed St (more than 100 TVs).
Bars that say they have Sunday Ticket: Wild Goose in Lincoln Square and Four Shadows in Lincoln Park.
Best Bears bars: Four Shadows, Jake Melnick's and Victory & Vice around town. Before a home game, The Staley and Weather Mark open at 9am, and O'Neil's on Wells runs a shuttle to Soldier Field.
Best with kids: Broken Barrel in Lincoln Park, plus The Staley and Weather Mark in the South Loop.
Where the team bars cluster: Clark Street in Wrigleyville (Browns, Broncos, Cowboys, Jets, Vikings, Colts and Bills bars are all within a few blocks), Lincoln Avenue and Diversey Parkway in Lincoln Park and Lakeview (Bills, Steelers, Packers and Lions), and River North (Patriots).
Teams without a Chicago bar: We couldn't verify a current dedicated bar for the Cardinals, Falcons, Texans, Chargers, Rams, Dolphins, Buccaneers or Titans. The every-game bars are your best bet.
NFL kickoff times and bar hours in Chicago
Chicago runs on Central Time, so the NFL day starts an hour earlier than on the East Coast.
International morning games (London, Paris, Madrid, Munich): 8:30am
Early Sunday games: 12pm
Late Sunday games: 3:05pm / 3:25pm
Sunday Night Football: 7:20pm
Monday and Thursday Night Football: 7:15pm
The early games and drinking hours. Chicago bars can't serve alcohol before 11am on a Sunday. Places that also serve food can start at 9am, but until 11am the drinks have to be secondary to the food. So for an 8:30am kickoff, plenty of bars will open and serve breakfast, but the first beer comes at 9am at the earliest.
Check opening times for noon games. Most team bars open early on game days, but a few normally open later on Sundays. Clover Wrigley and Lincoln Tap Room both list afternoon or evening Sunday hours, so check before you go.
Sunday Ticket in bars. Bars get NFL Sunday Ticket through EverPass, which has handled commercial Sunday Ticket since 2023, and the home YouTube TV version can't legally be shown in a bar. If you need an out-of-market game, ask when you book or pick a bar that says it has the package.
Tips for watching NFL in Chicago
Book for the big ones. Victory & Vice assigns Bears tables by request and random draw, Joe's sells tables with sound for selected games (the fee doesn't count toward your tab), and Theory wants a reservation for groups of six or more.
Arrive early at the first-come bars. Toons opens at 11am on game days and is first come, first served, and Brownstone fills up for big Seahawks games.
Mind the rivalry weekends. Bears at Packers on October 11 and Packers at Bears on Christmas Day will pack every Packers bar in the city. On October 25, when the Lions host the Packers, Duffy's and Willie Lill's sit directly across Diversey Parkway from each other.
Name your game. If your team plays an out-of-market game, the every-game bars are much more likely to have it than a neighborhood bar.
Chicago NFL bars by team
Arizona Cardinals Chicago Bars
We couldn't verify a current Cardinals bar in Chicago, which is a little ironic for a team that played here until 1959. Head to one of the every-game bars below.
Atlanta Falcons Chicago Bars
We couldn't verify a current Falcons bar in Chicago. Kelsey's in Lincoln Park was called the Falcons bar years ago, but that tie looks long gone. Pick one of the every-game bars instead.
Baltimore Ravens Chicago Bars
Nest in the Midwest, the Ravens' official Chicago fan group, calls George Street Pub home, and the bar bills itself as the largest Ravens fan club and bar outside Maryland.
George Street Pub
2858 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657, USA
A Lakeview pub with scratch-made bar food and a dog-friendly patio, where Ravens Sundays are the main event. A plan to redevelop the building was filed in August 2026, so it's worth checking it's open before a big game.
Buffalo Bills Chicago Bars
Bills fans have one of the deepest setups in town. Bills Backers of Chicago started in 2002, and their home bar, Lincoln Station, reopened in April 2026 after a fire in late 2023. Rizzo's in Wrigleyville and Delilah's in Lincoln Park pull Bills crowds too.
Lincoln Station
2432 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
The Bills Backers' home for two decades, rebuilt after the November 2023 fire and back in business since April 2026. It calls itself the Chicago home of the Bills and Sabres, and the Shout after every Buffalo score is a long-running tradition.
Rizzo's
3658 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613, USA
A big Wrigleyville bar with 50-plus TVs and a glass retractable roof that puts every Bills game on the big screens with the sound up. Sundays fill fast, so message ahead for a table.
Delilah's
2771 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
A whiskey-and-punk dive with a huge whiskey list that became the Bills' stand-in home after the fire. It's tight and doesn't serve food, so eat first.
Carolina Panthers Chicago Bars
The Windy City Riot, Chicago's Panthers fan club since 2016, watches at Joe's on Weed St. Flagship Tavern in Lakeview, the Panthers bar on older lists, has closed.
Joe's on Weed St.
940 W Weed St, Chicago, IL 60642, USA
A 20,000-square-foot warehouse bar with more than 100 TVs and projectors, so the Panthers game is always on somewhere. Joe's sells tables with sound for selected games; the fee is separate from your tab.
Chicago Bears Bars
Most Chicago sports bars will have the Bears on, so they get their own section below, with the best Bears bars around town and where to go before a game at Soldier Field.
Cincinnati Bengals Chicago Bars
Woodie's Flat in Old Town is the Bengals bar, and its game-day posts promise a room full of people with nothing nice to say about Pittsburgh.
Woodie's Flat
1535 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610, USA
Three floors and a patio on Wells Street, with Cincinnati-style chili on the menu, award-winning smoked wings and drink specials on Bengals game days. Saturdays belong to Ohio State.
Cleveland Browns Chicago Bars
Chi-town Dawg Pound, a Browns Backers chapter with more than 800 members and a Club of the Year award, meets at Old Crow Smokehouse in Wrigleyville. A second chapter, the Chicagoland Browns Backers, is listed at Burke's Public House in Edgewater.
Old Crow Smokehouse - Wrigleyville
3506 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657, USA
A two-story Wrigleyville smokehouse with a second-floor patio, where the Dawg Pound runs halftime trivia and giveaways. Its playoff watch parties have filled past capacity.
Burke's Public House
5401 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640, USA
An Edgewater neighborhood pub and the listed home of the Chicagoland Browns Backers, a quieter option for Browns fans on the far North Side.
Dallas Cowboys Chicago Bars
Cowboys fans have moved again. Smoke Daddy in Wrigleyville is hosting Cowboys watch parties this season, so that's where to go now rather than Cheesie's or Commonwealth Tavern, the spots older lists name.
Smoke Daddy BBQ - Wrigleyville
3636 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613, USA
A Clark Street barbecue joint with sandwiches, nachos and wings that's hosting Dallas Cowboys watch parties all season. It opens at 10am on Sundays.
Denver Broncos Chicago Bars
Chicago Bronco Nation, a fan club going since 2004 that says it has more than 500 active members, moved to the Billy Goat in Wrigleyville for 2026 after three seasons at Almost Home.
Billy Goat Tavern (Wrigleyville)
3724 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613, USA
The Wrigleyville outpost of the Chicago institution, and now where Bronco Nation watches every Broncos game. Open from 9am, and until 2am on some game days.
Detroit Lions Chicago Bars
Displaced Detroiters have two solid choices, and both run Lions games with the sound on. Hi-Tops, which older lists still name, has closed.
Duffy's Tavern and Grille
420 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
A Diversey sports bar of more than 40 years that calls itself the home of Lions football, with watch parties scheduled through Thanksgiving and Michigan on Saturdays. Pool, darts and pop-a-shot if the game gets ugly.
Tin Lizzie
2483 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Chicago's go-to for Detroit and Michigan State sports since 2009, with Lions games on with sound across 14 TVs. Groups of eight or more should book ahead.
Green Bay Packers Chicago Bars
Packers fans have more Chicago bars than any visiting team, which says plenty about the rivalry. Will's Northwoods Inn is the original, Willie Lill's is the newer Lambeau-themed spot on Diversey, and Ranalli's is a more conventional sports bar for Packers and Wisconsin fans.
Will's Northwoods Inn
3030 N Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60657, USA
A Wisconsin cabin bar in Lakeview where the Packers hold their official Chicago pep rallies, most recently the night before January's Wild Card game. Fried cheese curds, brats, Brandy Old Fashioneds and a meat raffle every game, with doors at 10am on weekends.
Willie Lill's Spirits & Kitchen
433 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Billed as Lambeau South East, with walls of Packers history, brats and curds, and every game on with sound. For January's playoff game against the Bears it let in Packers fans only.
Ranalli's Pizza Bar - Lincoln Park, Chicago
1925 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
A Lincoln Park pizza bar known for tavern-style and pan pizzas, where Packers and Wisconsin fans make a home base. A more conventional sports-bar option than the two above.
Houston Texans Chicago Bars
We couldn't verify a current Texans bar in Chicago. Older lists name Daily Bar & Grill in Lincoln Square, but recent fan reports say it isn't a Texans spot anymore. Wild Goose, a few doors away, shows NFL Sunday Ticket, so you can still find the game.
Indianapolis Colts Chicago Bars
The Colts list two official fan clubs in Chicago. Clark Street Colts meet at Clover Wrigley (the bar was called Trace until recently), and Colts Fans of Chicago are listed at The Warehouse Bar in Lincoln Park. Four Shadows, the Colts bar on older lists, is now a Bears bar.
Clover Wrigley
3714 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613, USA
A two-floor Wrigleyville party bar with TVs on every wall and the home of the Clark Street Colts. It normally opens at 2pm on Sundays but opened at 8:30am for this season's London game, so check before a noon kickoff.
Warehouse Bar & Pizzeria Chicago
1419 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
A pizza bar near DePaul with a 23-foot bar and 15-plus TVs, listed by the Colts as the home of Colts Fans of Chicago.
Jacksonville Jaguars Chicago Bars
There's no official Jaguars club in Chicago, but Jacksonville fans have been gathering at The Globe Pub in North Center for Jags Sundays this season.
The Globe Pub
1934 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613, USA
A British-style international sports pub that's best known for soccer, with European food and a long draft list, and now the meetup spot for Chicago's Jaguars fans.
Kansas City Chiefs Chicago Bars
Chiefs fans have had a Chicago home for a long time. Toons on Southport has been the unofficial Chiefs bar for years, and its sister bar, Beck's in Lincoln Park, calls itself a proud Chiefs bar with the game always on with sound.
Toons Bar & Grill
3857 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613, USA
A Southport Corridor bar open since 1989 that has hosted Chiefs Kingdom for years, opening at 11am on game days on a first-come basis. Smoked barbecue and wings on the menu, and a regular has been known to lead touchdown chants from on top of the bar.
Beck's Chicago
2201 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Toons' Lincoln Park sibling, with two rooms, wings, a double smash burger and every Chiefs game on with sound.
Las Vegas Raiders Chicago Bars
Dante's Tavern in West Town is the Chicago home of Raider Nation.
Dante’s Tavern
1936 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622, USA
A West Town tavern on Chicago Avenue where Raiders fans take over on Sundays. It opens at noon every day except Tuesday, right on time for the early games.
Los Angeles Chargers Chicago Bars
We couldn't verify a current Chargers bar in Chicago, and the team's official Bolt Fam bar network has nothing in Illinois. Head to one of the every-game bars.
Los Angeles Rams Chicago Bars
We couldn't verify a current Rams bar in Chicago, and Rams fans here say there isn't a regular spot. Use one of the every-game bars below.
Miami Dolphins Chicago Bars
We couldn't verify a current Dolphins bar in Chicago, and the old Dolphins bar, Cleos, has closed. The every-game bars below are your best bet.
Minnesota Vikings Chicago Bars
The Vikings list two official watch bars in Chicago, about a block apart in Wrigleyville.
Roadhouse 66 Gas N' Grill
3478 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657, USA
The official bar of the Cook County Vikings Club, done up like an old roadhouse gas station and open from 10am. Iowa takes over on Saturdays.
The Graystone Tavern
3441 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657, USA
Calls itself the official Vikings bar in Wrigleyville, with a dog-friendly beer garden that runs all year and rooms you can book for a group.
New England Patriots Chicago Bars
Theory and Tripoli Tap are both established Patriots bars. Theory is the registered home of Chicago Patriots Nation, and Tripoli Tap, a longtime home for Chicago's Boston sports fans, is on the Patriots' official bar registry too.
Theory
9 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
An upscale River North sports lounge with dozens of TVs that turns the Patriots audio on every Sunday and opens at 7am. Book ahead for groups of six or more.
Tripoli Tap
1147 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
A Lincoln Park tavern that's been the city's Boston sports bar for years, with Red Sox and Celtics games too and clam chowder on the menu.
New Orleans Saints Chicago Bars
Who Dat Nation Chicago moved for 2026. After years at Frontier in West Town, which now only does private events, the club's new home is Sol & Stone in the Loop.
Sol & Stone Bar
216 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60606, USA
A Loop bar that opened in 2026 and is now where Who Dat Nation Chicago gathers for Saints games.
New York Giants Chicago Bars
Blue Bayou on Southport is the home of Giants football in Chicago, and it says so right on its homepage. Racine Plumbing, the Giants bar on older lists, has closed.
Blue Bayou
3734 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613, USA
A Louisiana-style sports bar on Southport with dozens of big TVs, gumbo, jambalaya and crawfish boils, and Giants games every Sunday. Saturdays belong to Iowa Hawkeyes fans.
New York Jets Chicago Bars
The Country Club in Wrigleyville is the home of the Chicago New York Jets fan club.
The Country Club
3462 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657, USA
A multi-level country-western bar on Clark Street that shows every Jets game with the sound on and game-day specials. Call ahead to reserve a table.
Philadelphia Eagles Chicago Bars
Eagles fans have three strong options in Chicago, and all of them treat Eagles games as the main event.
The Reveler
3403 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60657, USA
A big Roscoe Village sports bar with 60-plus taps and 30-plus TVs where "Fly, Eagles, Fly" plays after every score. The Philadelphia Inquirer's own guide for Eagles fans visiting Chicago sent them here.
The Beer Temple
3173 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618, USA
An Avondale craft beer tap room and bottle shop that became an official Eagles Landing for 2026. The pick if the beer matters as much as the game.
Rebel & Rye
726 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
A River West whiskey bar that calls itself headquarters for Eagles and Penn State football, with big screens everywhere and Eagles watch parties all season.
Pittsburgh Steelers Chicago Bars
Steelers fans can choose between the official club bar and the self-proclaimed number one.
Hopsmith Chicago
15 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60610, USA
The official bar of the Steelers Club of Chicago, with full game sound, Steelers drink specials, DJs and giveaways. Two stories and a retractable roof on Division Street, and it stays open late.
Lincoln Tap Room
3010 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60657, USA
Calls itself Chicago's Number 1 Steelers Bar and has the giant TVs to back it up. Regular Sunday hours start in the evening and change during football season, so check before a noon game.
San Francisco 49ers Chicago Bars
Gracie O'Malley's in Wicker Park is the Chicago home of the Faithful.
Gracie O' Malley's Wicker Park
1635 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647, USA
An Irish pub that shows every 49ers game with the sound on and no cover, plus 49ers game-day drink specials. It runs Bears specials too, so expect a split room when they play.
Seattle Seahawks Chicago Bars
Brownstone in North Center has been Chicago's Seahawks bar for more than a decade.
Brownstone
3937 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60613, USA
Known to regulars as the Hawks Nest, with the Seahawks on every screen and a full kitchen running on Sundays. Big games get crowded, so get there early.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Chicago Bars
We couldn't verify a current Buccaneers bar or fan club in Chicago. Use one of the every-game bars below.
Tennessee Titans Chicago Bars
We couldn't verify a current Titans bar in Chicago, and the Titans' official fan club directory has no Illinois group. Use one of the every-game bars below.
Washington Commanders Chicago Bars
Avenue Tap & Kitchen calls itself the Chicago home of Washington Commanders football, with the game sound on every Sunday.
Avenue Tap and Kitchen
3407 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60657, USA
A Roscoe Village neighborhood tap with Commanders games on with sound and game-day specials every Sunday.
Best Chicago Bears bars
Most Chicago sports bars will have the Bears on. These are the ones where the Bears are the whole point, plus where to go before a game at Soldier Field.
Bears bars around town
Four Shadows
2758 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
A Lincoln Park neighborhood bar that went from Colts bar to official Bears bar, and still carries Sunday Ticket for everyone else.
Victory & Vice
318 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Fulton Market's new sports hall, with 30 screens and a 17-foot LED wall built so the whole room watches the same play. Bears tables go by request and random draw, confirmed a day or two out.
Jake Melnick's Corner Tap
41 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
A corner tap off the Mag Mile with an Official Chicago Bears Bar badge, wings, Beer Down Bingo and a giant Bear Claw Pretzel on game days.
Gracie O' Malley's Wicker Park
1635 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647, USA
All three Gracie O'Malley's, in Wicker Park, Edgewater and Portage Park, run Bears game-day specials, and booking a table gets you extra raffle tickets.
Before a game at Soldier Field
Most South Loop bars don't open until 11am, which is cutting it fine for a noon kickoff. These open early or get you to the stadium.
The Staley
1736 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
Opened in 2025 by former Bears defensive end Israel Idonije, with Bears memorabilia, a dozen big TVs and a family-friendly room. It opens at 9am when the Bears play at noon.
Weather Mark Tavern
1503 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
A family-owned South Loop tavern with a nautical dining room that opens at 9am on Soldier Field game days and has a children's menu.
O'Neil's on Wells
411 S Wells St, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Opens at 8am on Sundays and runs the O'Neil's Express shuttle to Soldier Field and back; reserve your seat online. It's taken over the role Cactus played before it closed.
Reggies Chicago
2105 S State St, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
A music venue with a roof deck that throws Bears tailgate parties with a shuttle to the stadium.
First Draft
649 S Clark St, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
A South Loop sports bar open from 11am, best for an away game or meeting up after a home one.
Best bars to watch every NFL game in Chicago
No team, no fan club, no problem. These are the bars to pick when your team doesn't have a Chicago home, when you want the whole slate, or when your group roots for four different teams.
Victory & Vice
318 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Every NFL game on Sundays across 30 screens and a 17-foot LED wall, and the room turns into more of a party during the late window. The newest big room in the city.
Mother Hubbard's Sports Pub
5 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
A River North sports pub with 45 TVs and 28 separate satellite, cable and internet feeds, and it guarantees you can watch any game from any seat. Open until 4am, with its well-known Pterodactyl Wings.
Joe's on Weed St.
940 W Weed St, Chicago, IL 60642, USA
More than 100 TVs and HD projectors in a giant warehouse, with every game on somewhere in the room. It's closed Monday and Tuesday, so not one for Monday Night Football.
Wild Goose Bar & Grill
4600 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625, USA
A Lincoln Square neighborhood bar that says outright it's showing NFL Sunday Ticket, so it's an easy pick for an out-of-market game. It also bills itself as the home of Michigan State sports.
DraftKings Sports Bar at Wrigley Field
1012 W Addison St, Chicago, IL 60613, USA
A 2,000-square-foot video wall across from Wrigley that can run up to 25 games at once. It stopped taking bets in May 2026 but carries on as a sports bar.
Theory
9 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
Dozens of TVs, a more grown-up room than most, and doors open at 7am on Sundays.
Timothy O'Toole's Pub Chicago
622 N Fairbanks Ct, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
A Streeterville sports bar since 1992 with 72 TVs and 48 taps, and the downtown pick for a group.
The Broken Barrel Bar
2548 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
The family pick, with a kids' menu, house-smoked wings and a heated beer garden with TVs. It opens at 10am on weekends, with bottomless mimosas until 3pm.
Sluggers World Class Sports Bar and Grill & Dueling Pianos
3540 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657, USA
Six 10-foot screens among 40-plus TVs, plus batting cages and arcade games upstairs for anyone who isn't watching.
Benchmark
1510 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610, USA
An Old Town sports bar with 40-plus screens across two levels and a retractable roof.
Fatpour Wicker Park: Ultimate Chicago Sports Bar
2005 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622, USA
Keg walls, more than 200 beers and a younger crowd, with Bears game-day specials on Sundays.
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