Charleston, SCSports Bars

Hobcaw Brewing Co. runs eight televisions on NFL Sunday Ticket inside its Mount Pleasant taproom, pulling in the Sunday football crowd around its own lagers, stouts, sours, and IPAs. The room has no kitchen of its own, so a rotating food truck lineup handles the food side of a game day. Order a flight of the house beer and check which truck is parked outside before picking a bite to go with the game.

The Break is a James Island dive built around televisions, pinball, and bar food, a spot where a game and a pinball rematch happen on the same visit. The kitchen runs burgers, wings, and nachos alongside a list of affordable domestic beer and local craft options. Order a plate of wings or nachos and find a seat with a view of a screen, or work the pinball machines between innings.

The Natural fills a stretch of Johns Island that had no sports bar of its own, with ample seating and televisions spread through the room and an outdoor patio for overflow on a big game day. The kitchen runs wings, nachos, pizzas, and fully-loaded sandwiches alongside a draft list built around regional breweries. Order a pizza or a loaded sandwich and take the patio when the weather allows, or a screen-facing seat inside.

Charleston Beer Works is a high-energy King Street room with ample televisions through the space, the rare local bar that puts hockey on with the sound up over the speakers rather than muted. It draws the kind of crowd that wants the game loud rather than a quiet corner. Order a beer from the tap list and post up somewhere within earshot of the speakers when a hockey game is on.

The Roost Bar N' Grille is a West Ashley neighborhood sports bar with a covered patio that gives a game-day crowd more room to spread out beyond the screens inside. Its fried pickles and chicken wings anchor a kitchen built for a long afternoon in front of the television. Order the fried pickles and the wings together and take the covered patio if the inside fills up on game day.