It’s almost game time. The tip-off is about to happen. As you slip on your favorite jersey, you find yourself asking that good-looking face in the mirror, “Isn’t that 55-inch big screen TV feeling a little small?” If you find yourself screaming “heck yah,” grab your car keys and head out to one of these local experiences where you can take in a little B-ball action with like-minded individuals who are not afraid to yell in public. We promise not to call you for traveling.
- Trak-Houz Bar & Grill offers more excitement than just the game with its starting five of beers on tap, Road Rash pork rinds, flatbreads, tacos, and snowmobiles for purchase.
- Old Burdick’s Bar and Grill just might boast the biggest screen around. Or, wing it over to its Wings West location for multi-screen action.
- Watch that power forward tap the ball over the rim at the Tap House’s two great locations in Central City or on Centre Avenue.
- Grab a beer and popcorn, and it’ll almost feel like you’re at the game at Shakespeare’s Pub.
- “Curd Your Enthusiasm” if your team suddenly goes behind with this cheesy shareable at HopCat’s Kalamazoo location.
- Call a time out for the tasting room at Saugatuck Brewing Co. in Kalamazoo or Douglas.
- Grabbing the action with your hometown friends is a slam dunk at RJ’s Sports Bar & Grill in Portage.
- Two locations for Fletcher’s Pub open up the possibilities for you to start the game at one and finish double overtime at the other on your way home.
- Bronco fans don’t have to gallop too far off campus to watch their home team at University Roadhouse.
- Enjoy the games (yes plural: game-s), on one of Burger Town Grille & Upper Deck Sports Bar’s 50+ TVs while chowing down one of the menu’s 25 burgers.
- And, if you want to keep things fresh—and local—from your beer to your food, then make a fast-break to Latitude 42 in Portage or Oshtemo.
