This longtime, dog-friendly Garden Oaks hangout is a classic for game day thanks to its spacious indoor and covered outdoor seating areas, all fitted with TVs, and a menu that spans well beyond beer buckets and burgers. Start off with oysters, then spring for tacos or a steak. And be sure to heed its specials, including half-off wings and pitchers on Tuesdays, Whiskey Wednesdays, Steak Night on Thursdays, $5 drafts and wells on Fridays, and prime drink specials on weekend afternoons.

If food and drinks are just as important as getting to watch the game, head to this Northside watering hole. Along with its two spacious, shaded patios, Monkey Tail boasts a menu filled with perfect game-day snacks and specials, like chips, queso, and guac, 18-inch pizzas, the popular Chango Burger, and wings served wet or dry. Game-day specials, include Dollar Dog Night on Tuesdays during Astros Season with $1 hot dogs and the $4 Perro en Fuego Dog, which istopped with Flaming Hot Cheetos, jalapeño-poblano relish, queso, and Valentina mayo. Thursdays also mark Double Decker Crispy Tacos, which is followed up by Sunday brunch. For afternoon weekday games, don’t forget its happy hour, which runs from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Drift Bar is a dog-friendly patio hangout in the Heights, known to keep games on its 50 TVs at all times. As a reliable place to parlay with other sports fans in town, it’s easy to take the party from day to night with a menu of wine and bubbly, buckets of beer, and boozier beverages like painkillers and mai tais. Take advantage of happy hour, which is on weekdays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., and visit the onsite food truck if you’re feeling hungry.

Tucked inside the M-K-T development, which is directly off the Heights hike and bike trail, Highline offers TVs inside and on its covered patio for sports fan, and offers a home away from home for Oklahoma University alumnus. Bar bites include dishes to share like queso, wings, and fried corn, plus heartier options like the short rib grilled cheese sandwich. Happy hour, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., includes $3 off all pitchers, signature cocktails, and frozen drinks, and includes $6 house wines and sangria.

This urban treehouse is a refreshing change from traditional sports bars. Spread across multiple levels, you can take in the game on one of the many TVs scattered indoors and outdoors, play lawn games like corn hole before visiting one of the onsite food trucks, then kick back on the rooftop deck with prime views of the downtown skyline.

Sports fans and their furry companions are welcome at this time-honored Houston brewery and beer garden with sweeping Downtown views. Sample a seasonal beer or stick with a tried-and-true pick like the H-Town Pils before chowing down on a crawfish roll or sticky green Thai chicken wings.

Home to Aggies and Astros fans and festive NFL Sundays, this Washington Avenue bar appeals to sports fans, with $5 Crawford Bock draft beers, $8 frozen cocktails, $20 buckets of domestic beer, and burger boxes on Astros game days, Fridays offer 88-ounce beer towers starting at $25, and Sundays, brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Few bars make you feel like you’re actually inside the stadium, but the Sporting Club comes pretty close. The buzzy Washington Avenue destination has a stadium-style roof. The breezy indoor space is decorated with chandeliers and lush banquettes and opens up to an open-air patio with more seating. In addition to cocktails, beer, pizza, and burgers, find more sophisticated eats like oysters on the half shell and a seafood tower.

Though a bit swankier than the typical sports bar, this Downtown restaurant and bar is just steps away from Astros and Rockets action and offers prime views. Settle in for a more low-key spot in front of the TVs inside at the bar, or head out to the patio where to get a good view of the 16 x 10-foot video wall to cheer on your team. Cocktails are also on the menu

The namesake bar of former Astros’ player Craig Biggio gives you a front-row feel of being at the game, as two 30-foot HD screens tower over rows of comfortable leather chairs and cocktail tables. The menu features game day favorites like ball park pretzels, hot dogs, wings, and pizza, plus cocktails, wine, and a large variety of local beers.

Former Dynamo player Brian Ching has created a sports haven by way of his soccer-themed bar in EaDo that has nearly 100 beers on tap and awesome pub fare. Despite its soccer theme, which includes an indoor soccer pitch, the destination is a hot spot for watching all sports, and offers 25,000-square-feet of space to do so.

This Canadian-themed bar is Houston’s home for hockey. Catch an NHL game in the heart of Midtown, and fuel up with poutine or one of the many fusion Indian snacks like naan with yogurt dip or a samosadilla — a combination of a samosa and quesadilla.

This Midtown bar draws in sports and fight night fans with its 20-foot screen in the garden and 65-foot TVs around the rest of the bar. The beverage program is given equal attention, with 44 beers on draft, and a mix of boozy and zero-proof cocktails.