Located just a few blocks from Battery Atlanta and Truist Park, this unfussy sports bar is the real deal and features plenty of game day action on the TVs paired with cold beer, strong drinks, and no-nonsense food, including wings, burgers, and loaded nachos.

College Park’s Madhouse is best known for its massive drinks that more often than not require two hands. The robust food menu, which offers Sunday brunch, features Southern and Cajun fare, bar classics like burgers and calamari, and naan-based pizza.

The two-story Sports and Social at Battery Atlanta isn’t lacking in space or in giant screens. This includes a 30-foot, high-definition LED screen making sports-watching here a 3D experience. Beyond food, beer, and cocktails, Sports and Social also offers games to play, like skeeball, table tennis, and air hockey.

STATS in downtown Atlanta is the ultimate sports bar with likely more televisions than any other bar on this list. There’s even a ticker constantly spitting out the latest scores above the bar. In 2017, STATS upped the ante for other sports bar in town by transforming into a brewpub. The brewery is located in the lower-level events space. STATS dedicates several taps to in-house brews, in addition to its expansive beer list. There’s a rooftop bar here, too.

There’s always a game on at this Buckhead sports bar where people gather weekly to dine on pub fare like burgers, nachos, wings, and plenty of beer in between cheering.

Hudson Grille and its many metro Atlanta locations is one of the big sports bar chains in town. No matter the sports season, the TVs are always tuned in to several games on any given day. Grab a seat on the patio, which also features TVs, and dine on fried pickles, loaded nachos, chips and dip, wings, and patty melts paired with beer and cocktails.

If you’re into watching sports at the club, then Wicked Wolf is the spot for you in Midtown. This highly stylized sports bar meets nightclub opened in the former RA Sushi space on Peachtree in 2023. Neon signs and Instagrammable displays, mood lighting and thumping music, and flatscreens tuned to any number of games are this flashy sports bar’s whole vibe. It really does turn into a nightclub after dark, so serious sports fans should check out Wicked Wolf and its pub-leaning food menu during the day.

When Clay’s Sports Cafe temporarily closed in 2016, fans lamented the fact they took with them some of the best wings in town. Thankfully, Clay’s and those wings are back in a new location in Sandy Springs. Clay’s doesn’t play favorites, so come here to relax and watch a few games, drink beer, and, of course, eat all the wings.

Atlanta’s only gay sports bar moved from its 17-year home on Piedmont to an expanded space on Plasters Avenue, just off of Armour Drive. With the move came a new food menu, including tacos, sandwiches, and wings. Hang out and watch an Atlanta United match, college or NFL football, or a Braves game on one of Woofs’ two dozen televisions. Woofs regularly hosts charity events for local LGBTQ organizations and is a welcoming spot for Atlanta queer sports leagues.

Located in the Terminus building in Buckhead, Industry Tavern draws sports fans of all types and team allegiances in for lobster nachos, barbecue chicken pizza, shrimp tacos, and wings. Multiple games might be playing on the TVs on any given day. Share the pork totcho — a mountain of tater tots covered in pulled pork, pico de gallo, jalapenos, cheddar cheese, queso, sour cream, and barbecue sauce — or try the double beef patty 2x4 burger topped with special sauce, lettuce, onions, and American cheese. Trivia takes place every Wednesday at 8 p.m.

The owners of Bantam Pub opened this Old Fourth Ward sports bar in 2022, and not only are wings, burgers, and pulled pork poutine on the menu, but so are bowls of elk stew, duck fat fries, and buffalo hot dogs. This is where a neighborhood sports bar meets hunting lodge vibes, complete with plenty of TVs throughout the dining room tuned into all manner of sports.

Every Taco Mac location is tuned into multiple games on the many televisions found at this Atlanta sports bar chain institution. Head here for plenty of beers, tacos, nachos, burgers, and the restaurant’s popular wings and cheer on your favorite team with dozens of other sports fans.

Located in the heart of Little Five Points, Brewhouse Cafe is where to head to watch Atlanta United matches and international soccer games on the TV, along with other sports like rugby and cricket. And this sports bar isn’t playing around when it comes to its drink menu, which includes a lengthy list of local, foreign, and domestic beers and a Painkiller cocktail that comes in three levels of booziness. Soak it all up with pizza, lemon pepper or red hot wings, loaded nachos, and even fish and chips.

With multiple OTP locations, Mazzy’s is a solid choice for both watching sports and good bar food. With TVs lining the walls and pool tables and darts for playing a few rounds during halftime, Mazzy’s is a gathering spot for sports fans in Atlanta’s northern suburbs. Expect standard sports bar snacks like loaded potato skins, Buffalo chicken dip, and baskets of wings, along with wraps, steak burgers, fried fish sandwiches, and even shrimp and grits.

This Clarkston neighborhood bar may play host to a low-key crowd, but it takes sports and sports watching very seriously. TVs throughout the bar and dining room are tuned to plenty of games during each season, or even sports commentary. While most known for its wings, especially the Buffalo, bourbon barbecue, and popular sweet and spicy flavors, try the patty melt, Reuben, or fried chicken wrap with a basket of fries. The BPH fries come topped with blue cheese dressing, blue cheese crumbles, roasted garlic, and tomatoes.

Tavern at Medlock is always full of sports fans, and can be extra full on Saturdays in the fall for college football. People pack in to grab a burger, some wings, and beer and watch games on the many televisions here, no matter what Atlanta or regional team is playing. Be warned, during the regular NFL season, the Tavern is also a Buffalo Bills and Sabres bar. There’s also a location in Dacula.