McGinty's Sports Bar and Restaurant 1795 S. Victoria Avenue Ventura, California (805) 658-7390 No cover. Typical bar fare: Breakfast for the early games (10am), sandwiches for the late games (1pm). Prices a hair on the high side. Drinks: Full bar, average prices Age limit: none Steelers fans: Not a lot (but sometimes a few) Other fans: Mix of fans for most other teams, heavy on the California teams This bar shows all the games. They have tv's scattered all over the place, and a grandstand built in the middle of the bar so the fans can sit in the bleacher seats and cheer their team. The only problem is, you don't have your own speaker, so you wind up listening to the game the majority of the customers want to hear, which is usually LA Rams or Raiders... Contributed by: Phillip A. Brooker, pab@dsc.com
The Back Alley West Palm Beach, FL No cover charge info. Typical bar fare: no info. Drinks: no info. Age limit: no info Steelers fans: The Back Alley is the home of the Pittsburgh Steel Thunder Club. It is the local Steelers ONLY bar. Other fans: none Contributed by: Shawn Greenwald, greenwal@pts.mot.com
Pauls Fish Fry Indiantown Road Jupiter, FL No cover charge info. Typical bar fare: good food. Drinks: no Iron City beer. Age limit: no info Steelers fans: no info. Other fans: no info. Steeler games every Sunday. Contributed by: Jeff Spicer, ep571js@pts.mot.com
JB's Sports Bar Kirkman Road Orlando, FL They have a separate room just for the Steelers games. Contributed by: Andy Krupit, akrupit%core1@ksc.nasa.gov
New York
Jox Sports Bar 2246 E. River Road Rochester, NY (706) 328-1747 No cover, at least when I've been there. Typical bar fare: good wings, not too expensive Drinks: average bar stuff, average prices Age requirement: 21 Steeler fans: 200? on a good day Other fans: 0 when the Steelers are playing Contributed by: Ed Ashton -- ashton@ee.rochester.edu
Ohio
Capoziello's South Hamilton Road Columbus, Ohio No cover. Typical bar fare: Decent food, decent prices, very good buffalo wings Drinks: Full bar, average prices Age requirement: none This place has four big screens, three in the dining room upstairs and one downstairs. When the Steelers are playing the Brownies or the Bungholes, the dining room fills up with about 1/3 Stiller fans and 2/3 enemy fans. When the Steelers play someone else, they usually show the game downstairs, and the room is full of nuthin' but black-n-gold... Contributed by: Phillip A. Brooker, pab@dsc.com
Texas
Big Wally's El Paso, TX No cover charge info. Typical bar fare: no info Drinks: no info Age requirement: no info The local Steelers Fan Club meets here regularly for games. Contributed by: rduran@cs.ep.utexas.EDU
Virginia
RJ's 12743 Jefferson Ave Newport News, VA (804) 874-4246 No cover charge. Typical bar fare: sandwiches, some dinners, daily specials, wings, fries. They do prepare an excellent Pittsburgh-inspired sausage sandwich. The wings are excellent, the salads a bit smallish, and overall the prices are about average. Drinks: several domestic beers on tap (no Iron), decent variety of bottled beers, full bar (in case the game does not go well). Age requirement: since it is a restaurant/bar (as are most places in SE VA), all ages are welcome for Steeler games. There might be restrictions at night. Steeler fans: there is a strong contingent of Steeler fans in the bar. They are loud, knowledgeable, and a lot of fun. The official bar policy is that whoever has the most fans gets the big screen and there has never been a Steeler game when we didn't get it. They have two satellite dishes so they show all the Steeler games. RJ's also shows Pens games on request. It's a great place to watch a game but it is not very large. One must arrive about 45 minutes prior to game time to be guaranteed a seat in front of the big screen -- unless the game is on national TV when attendance drops off. Contributed by: Chris Frye frye@agni.larc.nasa.gov
Tino's Sports Bar Sterling, VA No cover charge info. Typical bar fare: no info. Drinks: no info. Age requirement: no info. Steeler fans: always packed with Black-n-Gold when the Stillers play. You have to get there early to get a seat -- it's a small bar. Contributed by: Scott J. Bayless, sbayles@aragorn.mitre.org and Will Ingersoll, ingersow@eon.comChampions Mclean, VA No cover charge info. Typical bar fare: no info. Drinks: no info. Age requirement: no info. Steeler fans: no info. Contributed by: James Vallely, vallelyj@hoffman-emh1.army.milMulligan's Richmond, VA No cover charge info. Typical bar fare: no info. Drinks: no info. Age requirement: no info. They show ALL NFL games, but have a specially designated Steeler Room. They have betting pools, sell merchandise, much more...great fun! Contributed by: David Shepherd, dashepherd@delphi.com
Vernon Harmon, vernon@cs.cmu.edu