(Editor’s note: The regularly scheduled “Hip Hops” beer column returns next week. In the meantime A Guide to Louisville Craft Breweries, our up-to-date account of the history and the current status of local craft brewing, is featured in F&D #75. It is available now in all the usual locations.)
In American English, a “sports bar” is defined as “a bar or tavern featuring numerous television sets and, often, projection TV systems, which allow patrons to watch a variety of sporting events.”
This makes sense, although pinpointing America’s first sports bar is more difficult. Some sources suggest it was Legends in Long Beach, California, established by a former NFL player in 1979 and crucially equipped with a satellite feed for ballgames.
Others say it was the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, because Buffalo Wings were invented here in 1964, and how can a place be a sports bar without wings?
But the strongest case is for...
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