Below are some establishments that have been recommended by our members or guests. If your bar, restaurant, or whatever is not represented, we will add it. Please provide the establishment's name, address and contact info, a brief review if possible, and a website address if available. We will post the information here and help travelers or those who live in your area know where to go. In addition, if you like we will put up a discussion board for your area in our Sky Blues Across the USA section of our Web Forum; just ask. Thanks.
Maggie McGarry's is located in the North Beach section of San Francisco and is owned by a City fan. More info to follow.
Mad Dog in the Fog
530 Haight St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 626-7279
Description from internet: Whether an expat or an anglophile, people with an English hankering need look no further than Mad Dog in the Fog, where patrons can get pints of Bass, Boddington's, and Fuller's London Pride, as well as many other foreign and domestic brews. There are beer specials every single day, and Tuesdays and Wednesdays boast $2.50 pints all day long. There's a decent wine list, too. And, Mad Dog serves a traditional English and other breakfast foods all day until 9:30PM. There's also good English pub grub like bangers and mash.
But Mad Dog's appeal goes beyond the liquid or culinary (if English Breakfasts can even count as such). The soccer scarves lining the room stand witness to the victorious thrills and defeated agonies experienced within these walls. On weekends during the day, this big, airy pub devotes its big screen to English soccer and secondarily to American sports.
"I've now been to a couple matches at Anna Liffey's, and it's a reasonable place to take in a match. They have a full menu of breakfast (including Irish breakfast) and lunch available at all hours, and although the seating is limited there are plenty of TV's. The beverages are reasonably priced, and the bartender (although a Liverpool fan) is a pleasant enough chap who will get you your drink in a quick and friendly manner.
"My only complaint is that I have been the only City fan at all of the matches I have attended. If you want to give Anna Liffey's a visit, please go to the Connecticut discussion board and make yourself known, and I'll meet you down there; we'll start building up a base. You may also want to get on Anna Liffey's email list for notification of the week's upcoming televised matches:
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"They get both Setanta and FOX Soccer Channel, every City game is played. The bar owner, Danny, is a City fan and a few of us get together and catch City games frequently. They offer Brunch in the mornings and they even open the bar early for City fixtures. Good menu, fish and chips are excellent, good drinks selection and resonable prices. By far the best venue in the DC area to catch City games. If you are taking metro to get there take orange line to the Courthouse metro station, Kitty's is on Wilson Blvd a few blocks away. If you are driving, there is a small lot behind Kitty's for parking."
"Larger venue than Kitty's is. It is located a few blocks away. It was voted one of the best soccer pubs in 2002 by US Soccer. It usually is littered with United, Chelsea, and Liverpool fans. If a City game is going on the same time as a big four team is playing you'll be lucky to get a small TV near the bathrooms that is playing the City game. I would only recommend Summer's as a secondary option to Kitty's, or if you are a fan of the big four Summers is your place. Park on the street for Summers."
Patron comment: "It's a nice little venue (a few too many Utd fans for my taste) but a fantastic $8 British breakfast (we are talking fried bread, Heinz beans, mushrooms, fried tomato and maybe I just wished it but I seem to remember black pudding). Boddingtons on tap at 6am ... all in all, good times."
"Slainte is currently the supporters club second bar to Nevada Smith's. It is a very nice bar with many TVs, plus they serve food. We choose Slainte over Nevada Smith's when Slainte can offer sound for the match and Nevada's cannot and perhaps for an early morning match when a combative atmosphere is not important and breakfast is. We will always choose Nevada Smith's for the derby, but for many other early morning matches, Slainte may prove the better venue."
"Personally I prefer Fado, as I've never forgiven the Dark Horse for their rugby world cup final debacle 4 yrs ago. Charging you $30 to get in and then telling everyone to be quiet as the rozzers were outside, and then kicking everyone out as soon as the final whistle went."
