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It's Thursday night football and the Colts are at Jacksonville. All TVs are tuned to the game except for three: A rugby game, a hockey game, and the women's college volleyball semifinals that I requested. I thought it was nice of the barkeep to give me a screen. I'm pretty sure I was the only one watching volleyball.
I had the wings and the Philly cheese steak. It's bar food. I'm still alive.
In sitting there for about 4 hours watching women's volleyball, some people would order liquor that I've never even heard of and the bartender/owner? wasn't phased. I've been to bars where I had to talk the bartender through making a drink or they'd flip open their cocktail book to make a rum and coke or something. Anyways, this bar is legit for watching sports, eating greasy food, and most likely to get whatever drink you order.
I would normally rate a place like this 2-3 stars, depending on the visit. It's pretty small and dark, just your average uninteresting sports bar that serves greasy bar food. However...
1. It's the "South Bay Swamp." I watch UF games here and it's a fun time. The bar staff is very hospitable and there are a thousand TVs, give or take, so seeing is never a problem.
2. The salads are surprisingly good. Crisp lettuce, big portions, decent prices.
3. There's a big outdoor patio I've yet to use but am looking forward to when it's warmer.
If you're looking for an easy-to-get-to bar with sports appeal and affordability, Sports Page in Mountain View is for you!
Located conveniently near Google and next to Century Theaters off Hwy 101, this sports bar is a great place to get together with some co-workers or friends. It's not the greatest looking place inside or out, but the beer and food prices are insanely affordable. This bar houses 16 tv's showing all televised sporting events. It has a full bar and food menu with a patio that accommodates 300 people. Propane heaters keep everyone warm when lounging around outside while enjoying a few cold ones. If you want to play some beach volleyball, plan on getting there early to wait unless you get lucky. They have a full court set aside with lots of sand. Plan on bringing some sort of ID or driver's license to be held at the bar while you play. Tipsy sand vball is always fun and make sure you watch your footsteps!
All in all, I always have a great time there. Plenty of parking, a good selection of beer, ales and spirits, and a lively crowd always calls for a great night!
What's not to like about this place? They have an awesome outdoor setup complete with propane heaters and even a beach volleyball court. The food here is surprisingly good for bar food, and the price is right. The bartenders are always really friendly and know how to make a good drink. Great place to come chill and watch the game or even grab a drink and a bite before heading over to Shorline for a concert.
This is what a sports bar is supposed to be. Other sports bars in the area have a few TVs and even fewer viewing choices. The staff (especially Victor) are very friendly. The patio is great. Volleyball and Darts outside.
I cant wait to come back here!
What a great patio and a Beach Vball court?! awesome!!!
Pitcher of beer, all kinds of bar food, burgers etc.
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This place gets 4 stars in my "DIVE SPORTS BAR" Category. So, I've warned you what's like so don't come back and rank this place 1 star when you're disappointed that this place isn't in pristine near mint eat off the floor condition.
This is what it is yo. It's a hole in the wall dive sports bar that does SPORTS and DRINKS well. The FOOD is great also. Let's go into the Deets (Details):
1) Yes, you will get your plasma screen TVs and projected TVs of whatever main games are going on. I didn't have any problem finding a space in front even for the NBA finals
2) Full Bar. The variety of liquor will impress even the most picky alcoholic and have him wondering why he ever settled for a bar with only 3 choices of each liquor.
3) The crowd seems real but not too ghetto, gansta, loser-ish, etc. In other words a good mix of people so whoever you are will probably fit in.
4) The bartenders were great. Good at recommendations. Remembered what I was drinking even when not a regular and generally polite and friendly.
The parking lot is not that small. Yeah, you might have to park in the lot next door but how many restaurants have their own lot entirely to themselves like this one does?
Food was good. I thought a salad at a bar would suck but it was actually pretty good and at a very reasonable price.
It's not a huge place so if you are looking for a table for two you probably won't find it. Decent space to sit at the bar but the majority of the tables are the long cafeteria style tables & chairs so if there are two of you and spaces at your table expect other people you don't know to share it with you especially if there is a big game on.
Love the place. And the food is GREAT!!
Been going here for years..great place to watch sports and get a drink.
The Inside-I'd say 2 Stars-it's pretty dreary, and doesn't look too well maintained. There's a full bar for drinks, and a little window on the side to order food.
Overall though, I give this place 4 stars because of the outside atmosphere.
It's a chill place to just go and have some drinks after work. The staff is friendly, and they have a variety of food and snacks to munch on while you have some drinks.
There's also a sand volleyball court outside, and heat lamps for when it gets chilly.
Overall, always a good time.
If I lived anywhere near this place, I would so become a regular! Great drink prices, friendly staff, and tasty snacks. Plus the proximity to Shoreline is great if, say, you're in the mood to do some pre-partying. We had shots, drinks, beer and food for 4 and it was all less than $80! A great find!
I'm biased because I play VB here. The vibe for VB is great. Most of the people I have met here have been pretty cool.
There is one sand court that often is shared for the VB players. I've ordered food and for being at a bar, the food is pretty decent.
My only wish is that the bartenders were a little more friendly. They have a "tough guy" persona, which makes sense cause it is a sports bar.
This place is truly a hole in the wall. It has about a dozen parking spaces. Half the time, you'll need to park in the little food plaza next door, or park in the theater parking next door. Parking in its own lot is pretty difficult. The inside of the place isn't very impressive, the food is alright. Well, what do you expect? it is a sports bar. A decent amount of tvs. They do have a volleyball court and sand. I thought that was the most interesting part of the place.
Pretty much the only reason I come here is that it is really close to my work and my co-workers like coming here. I don't mind it, but there are better places. Apparently this place has been around for at least 15 years if not more.
Closest bar to work, I've been here a handful of times. Though I have to say, the last time we went for a guinness (a few weeks ago), the bartender overflowed my glass and cleaned the top part of the glass with his fingers, just swiped the beer off. Now regardless of him having washed his hands or not, it was pretty disgusting. He was completely aware of it, did it right in front of me, don't you have any rags or napkins? Now I suppose the guy police will yell at me for not being tough and drinking it regardless, but I'd rather not catch some f'ed up disease. So wise up guy police. Good guinness, spacey bartender...
Regardless, I've changed my rating and I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt since they've been a bit better the last couple of times we been there.
Long day of meetings. Caps are in the playoffs, and we want to catch the game. I'm not even a huge hockey fan, but I know a good idea when I hear it (sports+bar+beer+patio = happy).
Apparently the only sports bar anywhere close to Google is the Sports Page. So be it - we were game.
Is this place a dive? Yes. Does this place have TVs? Yes. Are they jumbo size? Hell no. Is the beer selection good? Yes. Fat Tire, Guiness, Stella ... it has something for everyone. Except your friend who drinks Coors Light. Stop hanging out with him. Would you eat the food here? Only if I was drunk.
Four stars for the service. Bartender went out of his way to hook us up by opening up the patio bar and letting us watch the Caps game outside. Caps lost. Beer still tasted good though.
Sports Page, you've impressed me. I ordered a Cobb salad fully expecting it to be withered iceberg letuce + unfresh ingredients, but it was made with fresh romaine, bacon, celery, chicken, and egg and HUGE. Thank you for making me full after a mostly food-less day so I wasn't thinking about my stomach during the Dark Knight.
Stop here if you need a quick bite before a movie. Bartender is friendly, and food is cheap.
I came here for the local Tweetup after the first day of the recent Twitter Conference, and I enjoyed myself thoroughly. We all wandered out to the back patio area where we had our choice of breaded veggies, taquitos, chips, salsa, guacamole, buffalo wings, and celery sticks. I sipped a well crafted mojito and chatted it up with those around me. The place definitely had an old school feel to it--the painted outdoor tables and umbrellas kind of reminded me of the Brit in Almaden, and the interior had a dark woodsy theme going on. I think it'd be worth a return visit, although next time I won't pig out, have a mojito, and then go to dance class. Yeeah, that can be a lil brutal on the old digestive system. Everything in moderation, eh? ;)
4 stars for being close to work and having good junk food like jalapeno poppers, delicious grilled cheese sandwiches, and garlic fries. They always have plenty of places to sit (both in and out), lots of flat screen TVs, and friendly enough staff. Parking is not great, but you can just park at adjacent parking lots ;)
My regular haunt. Close to where I work, it has become a second home. It is very casual and laid back. I like the fact that they have open air seating in the back with heaters in the winter. The drinks are not too expensive. They have everything you would want including several beers on tap. The food is ok. The poppers, garlic fries and the taquitos are my favorites. If you are looking for a casual place that is not pretentious, this is the place to go. The folks who work there are very friendly and efficient.
Great to have an outdoor area to drink, but this place is unnecessarily expensive and lacks a very social vibe.. it's groups sticking to themselves primarily.
3 for the beer on tap (Spaten Lager, Anchor Steam, Stella Artois, etc.,...)and quick service. Good mix of people and lots of TVs to watch the game(s). The bar food was average, but read the reviews prior to going and got exactly what was talked about. My friend had been there a while ago, and it sounded like there were some upgrades to the TVs.
Would give it more stars, but smelled like a urinal cake; minty.?
Ahh...the memories.
The Sports Page was THE place to go to before and after our co-ed softball games. I don't really remember eating anything there, I usually would get Taco Bell to go and bring it to the bar haha. We would get pitchers of beer and just relax. It's a fun, casual sports bar. They also have a nice outdoor area as well. They even used to have karaoke and trivia nights back in the day, but not sure about now.
The crowd is friendly and fun...definitely would recommend it.
My favorite sports bar in the area.
There are almost 10 TVs and in summer, they have an outdoor patio for more sports:) Food is decent, with the usual buger, cold and hot sandwichs. Also salad and finger food.
The sports atmosphere is quite good. For big games, there is always a large crowd. The Florida Gator alumni association has somehow desinated this place as their official football spot, so expect alot of Gator fans when University of Florida is playing.
Favorite sports bar in the area? It's the only sports bar in the area! As soon as another sports bar opens up near the Googleplex, Sports Page will be history to me.
But it is what it is and it is what we have for now. If you avoid sitting in the dark and dank interior, you might see yourself having a pleasant time outside with friends or coworkers. I've never really come here to watch a game, so it seems like they have plenty of TVs for that. They have plenty of heat lamps outside so its never too chilly, and for some reason they also have a dance floor out there.
They have a good selection of beers, domestic and imported. The prices aren't too bad for pitchers either. My favorite thing about coming here is the fried appetizers. Jalapeno poppers, chicken nuggets, garlic fries, mozzerella sticks - they have all your artery clogging delights here! I'd go with the jalapeno poppers and chicken nuggets with a glass of anchor steam.
My number one Florida girl was in town this weekend. What do Florida girls love most Dave Matthews!
The "man" is a smart cookie. It was his idea to stop at the Sports Page and pre party with beers and wings. Woohoo, what could be better thrown in free crowd free parking and an outdoor area. We walked in and realized this was a GATOR bar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Minus one star. My BFF is a FSU alum and I am an honorary alum. Their cheering was like nails on a chalk board.
The few drinks we had were good and inexpensive. The wings were outstanding nice and tangy. On our way out my BFF saw a car with Huge GATOR magnets all over it,
She took them!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO NOLES!!!
Looks like a shady dive bar from the outside, but the place actually isn't bad. Beer selection is much better than you would think, and there's a patio out back.
We went here on a weekday afternoon and it was of course totally dead, but it was a nice place to hang out with a bunch of coworkers.
Let's say you went to lunch at a bar, drank there for three hours, and then decided to call work unit and go see a movie. You drive down to the Century 16 and the movie you want to see doesn't start for an hour. There is only one thing you can do, yes, you guessed it. SPORTS PAGE pardna!
When you're drunk already, you don't care what you're drinking. A lot of times they'll have a special beer here. Sometimes they'll even have glass promotions (pint and a glass for $4.50, etc...) My pint glass lineup includes a Sierra Nevada basketball themed glass from SPORTS PAGE pardna!
When you go here, you'll probably end up with the munchies. I suggest WING. When you order, just hop over to the little food counter and blurt WING. If they ask, "What?" The proper reply is "WING!!!" As wings go, theirs are just fine as far as I can remember. We ate all of them and then thought about getting more.
When you fall into the gutter like this where you're one step away from appearing on the Maury show, you can remember my review and be sure to thank LG!
I came here on a Saturday afternoon to watch a Stanford basketball game with some friends and had a fun time. We accidentally parked in the movie theater lot, which for some reason, isn't connected to the bar's parking lot. There weren't that many people here.
I liked that the food is inexpensive, and that there were a good number of TVs. However, I thought the service was slow and sometimes poor. Our server brought us our fries, wings, etc. without any plates. After we asked for some, he didn't bring enough for all of us. Also, the Sports Page had a funny smell that day...
My rating depends on when I'm here.
Last summer during one of the Peninsula's mini-heat waves BF and I headed here for cold drinks and a reprieve from the heat. That day would garner a Two Star rating. NO A/C! The huge back patio does not have sufficient shade to make up for it - the tables have umbrellas, but they really need trees around the perimeter and in pots throughout the patio. Would be a MAJOR improvement any time of year.
Did I mention that I'm not a fan of sports bars to begin with? As that goes, I would rate this one pretty high in light of that categorization. Not once have I felt overwhelmed by testosterone.
Okay. Then I came here last September before the Dave Matthews Band concert and it was packed and super fun! That would earn Four Stars.
The food menu is reasonably priced and reasonably good. The ordering system is a little weird your first time, but you'll get used to it. The fries are really good, actually. And I had a tasty grilled chicken sandwich once.
I love that they have Wyder's Pear Cider on tap. It's really refreshing and light on a hot summer day.
Don't think you'll easily catch a cab to the Amphitheater before a show. They won't stop for you and calling one is a PAIN!
"Yeah, could you send a cab to The Sports Page by Shoreline Amphitheatre?"
"Where you wanna go?"
"To the Shoreline Amphitheatre."
"Where you?"
"At the Sports Page on Shoreline right by the Amphitheatre."
"Where you going?"
"Up Shoreline to the Amphitheatre."
"Hold on."
Three and a half minutes later I hung up and BF & I walked. It actually wasn't that far.
On a side note, the ladies bathroom is awful. They've squeezed two stalls into a room that probably used to be a single-person bathroom. You have to turn sideways at the sink to let someone into the far stall because *there isn't room to walk by*. And there's no circulation in there so it's like 20 degrees hotter in there than the rest of the bar.
Compared to newer more up to date sports bars, this would be considered dumpy. However, this is actually how I view a typical sports bar to be. no high end or fancy furniture necessary, just gimmie the round wooden table with chair and I'm good to go.
Plenty of TVs here, with the most popular game featured on the big screen. The food is general bar food from wings, to burgers, etc. They have good breakfast specials for the morning games, and enough ice cold brew on tap to keep you refreshed for the day.
usually dead during the week unless there's a big college basketball game or football game. Really packed on football Sat and Sunday.
I was here on Halloween last year and watched an old white lady (old, like looking like she was over her mid-fifties), dressed like a Native American, get hit on by a man that looked like BOB VILA. Then the bartender gave me and my companion free shots. We asked him why and he said "I like you guys." !!!
I felt like a British soccer hooligan, crammed into a seat at a folding table between sweaty, loud, drunk sports fans.
Don't come here for a nice dinner with your date or your parents. Come here to drink pitchers of beer, eat fried stuff, and root for your team with your mates.
We have loved the Sports Page since it was called The Park Bar. In those days it was more of an old Mountain View bar. And then Shoreline opened, and it was renamed The Sports Page. We loved it anyway. And we still do. We go there before and after all the Shoreline shows we attend. Having grown up in Mountain View, we love going back "home" to this place whenever we drive back for shows. It's always fun, we often run into people from the "old days" and we will always go back! And now that I am older and wiser, I thank god the bathrooms have finally been fixed!
Used to go here almost ever Wednesday after work. Had a very nice experience until Halloween 2008. My coworkers and I, completely decked out in costumes, got off early for a quick beer run. Now comes the ominous part. We grabbed a seat in the unusually empty patio... we asked the server to light the heat lamps and wipe the dew off the tables (which they promptly did)... our delicious beer and food came out... and then it happened. From out of nowhere we were attacked by swarming termites!!! If you've ever experienced termite swarms (this being my second), they are not pleasant. Imagine winged parasites dropping into every crevice of your clothes, hair, burger, and BEER! I was pissed. Why no warning? Clearly the crew noticed a few of these buggers flying around (we certainly did) so why didn't they close off the patio for the day? Thoroughly grossed out, they refused to reimburse us the cost of the now disgustingly termite-ridden beer and burgers. We used to have a good time here. Now I know that the Sports Page is just another typical bar with a small selection of beers, freeze-dried fries, and terrible, terrible customer service.
Dark and divey sports bar with a pretty decent food menu. The fish & chips is served as a single huge fillet of fried fish about a foot long - too lazy to cut it up, maybe? The food is really pretty good and served quickly. They've got a good selection of beers on tap and a full bar. Go here before a concert at Shoreline and save a ton of money on food and drinks.
Its a dive sports bar. Don't go expecting anything else but a decent beer on tap with lots of TVs blaring on all walls in a dark bar which is a bit tattered around the edges. Bunch of pinic tables outside good for meeting up with friends after work for a drink when the days are longer and its still sunny out.
So I came to Cali to get away from obnoxious UF GATOR fans, being the FSU SEMINOLE that I am. So to my dismay I was horribly surprised to walk into this quaint sports bar and be ravaged by braggish, dirty, no good Gators! Once I got past the stench of the slimy Gator fans, I enjoyed myself. Drinks were good & cheap...outside seating was fun and featured a large flat screen TV...and the chicken wings were superb (and i don't normally eat such things). With good company (Gators excluded) I had a fun time. GO NOLES!
Quintessential sports bar. Stuffed with a ridiculous amount of TVs and an even more ridiculous amount of people on game nights. I went here to have a few drinks before walking over to the Century 16 movie theater that shares the same parking lot (kind of). It was a second date and it gets 3 stars just because I totally got to make out with a cute guy. Go to the outside area if the inside is packed. They have very few lights and plenty of heat lamps. Purrrrr.
The last time I was here they didn't serve Guinness (which basically the only beer I'll have 98% of the time) so I just kicked it with a soda. They do however have lots of sports TV and it was still fun to watch the Stanley Cup finals here. It seems dead most of the time but sometimes that's what you need, a chill place to catch some games.
HEY FLORIDA GATOR FANS! This is the place to be during football season! They play all the gator games on the big screen and it is the meet up place for the Bay Area Gator Club. The food is good, the beer is cold and there are Gator Fans as far as the eye can see, what else do you need? Wait, all the gator chants playing on CD....yeah they got that too!
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