The Texas
Rangers don’t play at Globe Life Park in Arlington.
Well, okay, they don’t always
play at Globe Life. Half their games are road games, and Spring Training games
happen mostly in Arizona. That means you’ve got to find somewhere to watch your
Rangers play when they don’t do it in Tarrant County. Luckily. Fort Worth has a
number of establishments you can access to get your game on.
We’d like to establish that this list is not comprehensive.
Do you have a favorite place where you like to watch the local baseball team?
Let us know in the comments and on social media and help us spread the word
about good places to share nine innings with old or new friends.
We’ve organized this list geographically, so you can find
somewhere close to you.
West 7th
On one of the fact-finding missions for this column, Landmark
Bar & Kitchen won the
titles (across neighborhoods) for most total TVs showing the Rangers game and
most consecutive sets with the game on. More than half a dozen LGs ringing the
outdoor bar all showed the Fox Sports Southwest broadcast and several more
inside had it as well. Preston the bartender told us he wanted to be able to
move anywhere in the place and keep up with the game, and he succeeded. Good
call by him.
The West 7th area actually gives you lots of options for
catching the game. The Varsity Tavern has TVs as big as Nomar Mazara’s future, and you
can also look for the game on multiple screens at the likes of King Crab Tap House, Brewsters,
Reservoir,
the Durty Crow, The Local, BoomerJacks,
and several others.
Downtown
It’s hard to pick one place in downtown. It might depend on
where your hotel or office is, or perhaps what kind of food you want. Frankie’s
is near the central library, but the bar that’s actually called “The Library” is at Houston and 6th, Ojos Locos bills itself as a sports cantina, with Tex-Mex
offerings and TVs in several booths, so you can feel like you’ve got Steve
Busby and Tom Grieve actually dining with you. Whiskey
& Rye has won a few awards for best sports bar in town. You’ll find
them in the Omni Hotel
in southern downtown by the convention center.
A downtown sleeper pick : The Red Goose Saloon. You can sit
at the bar and watch the game on a couple of screens, and the food is
underrated. You can smoke here, if that appeals to you.
You could actually watch the game at the Texas Rangers Team Shop on Main Street. Not only do they have a
TV inside the store, they have a couple of sets by the windows facing the
street. If you don’t mind standing on the sidewalk, you can be sure the game
will be priority programming.
Stockyards
Nolan Ryan is a member of the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame,
located in the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District. However,
Cowtown’s north side has more saloons than sports bars. We recommend you sit at
the bar at Filthy McNasty’s Saloon (they’re friendlier than they sound)
and enjoy a beverage while watching the game on the TVs above the bar.
East Side
The No Frills Grill on Eastchase is as
close as you can get to Globe Life Park in Arlington without leaving Fort
Worth. And they do, in truth, have some frills - specifically TVs showing the
Rangers game. You can almost see the home run fireworks from there.
Near South Side
Upper 90 on College came into being
when the owners felt the Magnolia area needed a sports bar. They may be named
after a soccer term, but you can still count on them having the Rangers game on
one of their many TVs.
Hulen Area
You’ve got plenty of choices in restaurants near the mall.
We’ve watched a Super Bowl or two at the Fox & Hound. You can play pool while you watch the ballgame
there, too.
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