Chicago, ILSports Bars

The Globe Pub is a North Center soccer bar with a particular allegiance to Arsenal, filling with Gooners even at the earliest weekend kickoffs. The kitchen runs fish and chips, chicken tinga quesadillas, and panko-breaded scotch eggs alongside a beer list that runs from local favorites to harder-to-find European imports. Order the fish and chips or the scotch eggs and expect a full room whenever an Arsenal match is on, whatever the hour.

Broken Barrel Bar spreads a sports crowd across three indoor sections and a 2,000-square-foot beer garden, each with its own bar and television, for a total of 45 flatscreens through the building. The wings are smoked over oak logs before frying, finished in sauces running from bourbon barbecue to a ghost-pepper-and-habanero heat. Order the smoked wings and pick a section, indoors or in the beer garden, depending on how loud a game-day crowd you want.

Cleo's Bar and Grill runs as a home for international soccer in West Town, built around match days with a large patio that stays covered under a tarp when the weather turns. The kitchen serves loaded quesadillas, saucy wings, a barbecue chicken pizza, and a french onion soup, backed by a long whiskey list. Order the loaded quesadillas or the wings and take the patio if a match is on and the tarp is up.

Murphy's Bleachers sits directly across from Wrigley Field, a Cubs-focused room built for game day with flat-screens spread through the space so a seat almost anywhere keeps a view of the action. The location itself is the draw, a natural stop before or after a game at the ballpark across the street. Order a beer at the bar and settle in among the flat-screens on a Cubs game day, when the room fills fastest.

Jake Melnick's Corner Tap is known near the Mag Mile for wings that have picked up award recognition, backed by a menu that runs to burgers and barbecue for a game-day crowd. It works as a corner tap in the classic mold, a straightforward room built around the bar and the screens rather than a flashier concept. Order the wings, the room's calling card, and grab a stool at the corner bar for whatever game is on.