Friday is high school football, Saturday is college and Sunday is the NFL, and Monroe County has a bar for every kind of fan. We ranked the five best game day spots by Google rating, with review count as the tiebreaker, and gave each one a Best For tag. All five are open, all five are in Monroe County, and all five have at least 400 reviews behind them.
The highest-rated spot on our list. A classic small-town tavern where the cheesesteak is the star (83 reviews name it) and the wings, fries and the “Kitchen Sink” get plenty of love too. There is a pool table and a jukebox, and some reviewers say the jukebox runs loud, so grab a seat early.
17 N 2nd St, Stroudsburg, PA 18360A casual sports bar set in a historic train depot with plenty of TVs. Reviewers rave about the chicken sandwich, cheesesteak and pierogies. In the author’s opinion, they have the best reuben in town, rivaling even the best in NYC. Disclosure: Trackside shares owners with Bib’s Ribs and Taste Café, which we have covered. The reuben opinion is the author’s own.
50 Crystal St, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301Fifteen big-screen TVs on Main Street and a kitchen that stays open until 2 a.m. Wings come up in 74 reviews, and there is live music some nights. If you want to see every game at once, this is the room.
418 Main St, Stroudsburg, PA 18360A brewpub with its own beers, an outdoor bar with bocce and horseshoes, and a family-friendly crowd. Wings and French onion soup are the favorites. It is a great bar for watching sports. It is a returning pick from our breweries list.
1774 Sullivan Trail, Tannersville, PA 18372A rustic pub with an outdoor tiki bar that has TVs, so you can watch the game outside. Weekly specials include dishes from the on-premise smokehouse, and next week’s lineup has a pumpkin sage and Italian sausage cavatappi, a hot honey brisket quesadilla and a maple bourbon brisket harvest pizza. Steamed clams are a house favorite, and Pub 447 is no longer cash only. Full disclosure: we had our first round of drinks on them last night, but that doesn’t have anything to do with Monroe Unfiltered and more to do with the fact that we give well-deserved tips :)
65 Independence Rd, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301Ratings and review counts are from Google as of Thursday, Oct. 15. Hours and menus can change, so check before you go.
