Dakoda's Sports Bar & Grill / Dakoda's Pub

Sports bars live or die on sightlines and timing, and a good one gets both right, with screens angled so no table is stuck watching a corner of the game and a kitchen that keeps up when the room empties at the final whistle. The pub side of a building like this usually runs at a different pace, quieter earlier in the day and busier once the after work crowd arrives.

Phoning ahead is the sensible move for anything with a schedule attached. Big games, playoff runs and holiday weekends fill rooms like this quickly in a city that swells with visitors from May through September, and the same call will tell you whether a table can be held and how a group would be seated. Say so when you book if you are arriving with ten people, because that is a different problem from seating a pair. Rooms in this line vary a good deal in how they handle a booking, so it is worth asking. Parking along the Harvey corridor is off street, and turning left across the highway can be awkward at busy times, so it pays to work out the approach before you set off.