Good food with football on TV in SF?

[lirhughe]

We'll be staying in San Francisco (Nob Hill/Union Square area, although I'm open to anything) during football season this fall and there's a can't-miss Sunday Night game during our stay. (5:15pm in CA). It looks like most restaurants close early on Sundays, but I hate to miss a good meal or the game.

Any suggestions for a restaurant where we could catch the game while still having a good dinner? Alternately, a restaurant that's open past 10 on Sundays where we could go afterward?

[kc72]

If you don't care too much about the food or decide to eat after the game, these are places you can catch the game also

also, Knuckles Sports Bar and Grill, 555 N Point St, San Francisco, CA 94133

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Jillian's @ Metreon
101 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Fourth Street Bar & Deli
55 4th St, San Francisco, CA

[Jeff]

Try Pete's Tavern across from the Giants' stadium, on King between 2d and 3d. Plenty of flat screens and decent, but not great, food.

You can walk there in 30 minutes from Union Square, ride the Muni or take a cab for about $7.

http://www.petestavernsf.com/

[NoeMan]

Or got to Peter Osbourne's other bar MoMo's down the block. Very much a sports joint. Pete"s tavern is his new "project"

[NoeMan]

I always forget to link ! Here ya go:

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Steps of Rome Caffe
348 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133

Bistro Clovis
1596 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94102

[lirhughe]

Thank you all! I did mean NFL football and I'm actually planning WAY ahead for the first week in November. I'm a Colts fan, and we just realized the week we'll be there is Sunday Night Football v. the Patriots so I figured I better figure out where I can watch!

[NoeMan]

The bars of most Union Square restaurants will show NFL games.

[wolfe]

Conveniently located, aptly named. Can't find much about food, seems to be a bad sign.

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Union Square Sports Bar
232 Ofarrell St, San Francisco, CA

[bigwheel042]

Avoid at all costs. No food AFAIK, plus the management is unfriendly. If your game isn't one of the two most popular matchups in its time slot, expect a futile fight with the bartender about changing the channel.

[NoeMan]

Steps of Rome in North Beach always has soccer on and I love their food (vodka pasta). Walked by Bistro Clovis on Market & Franklin and they have good French bistro food and had a sign advertising that they televise all Euro Cup 2008 games and even posted a full schedule on the door (after the loss to Italy who knows if they're still as gung ho). Both are a short cab ride for you.

[kc72]

I think by Sunday night at 5:15 the OP is referring to NFL football

[NoeMan]

Non-Americans refer to soccer as football without a thought about the NFL.

What NFL football is gonna be played in June? The pre-season starts in August, and that's even too early in my opinion. I'll check NFL.com tho.

It's the Euro Cup 2008 for Soccer (a mini World Cup) right now. They went crazy in North Beach a couple of days ago when Italy beat and eliminated France (essentially a re-match of the World Cup final from a couple years ago with the infamous head butt incident).

[kc72]

The OP said in the fall, not June

[NoeMan]

My apolgies to you. I have soccer on the brain right now.

[PorkButt]

Then you should know that all of the remaining Euro 2008 games are at the lunch friendly time of 11:45 PDT.

SPA-ITY this Sunday so North Beach should be buzzing.

[NoeMan]

Oh yeah

[blexo]

Would you want to find a pub frequented by fans of your favorite team? Who you rotting for?

[wolfe]

Who you rotting for?
You have answered your own question. Either the 49's or the Raiders.