(What’s this about? Read this.) Pistons fans are everywhere, they just need to find each other!
If you know where fans in and around Chicago get together to watch games without feeling outnumbered and/or having to argue with the bartender to change the channel, tell us in the comments. If you don’t know where to find other Pistons fans but wish you could, leave a note and maybe suggest a place.
Here’s a short list of various places to watch Pistons games, or any other Detroit teams’ games in Chicago…
1) The Tin Lizzie - Clark, N of Fullerton
2) Duffy’s - Diversey and Sheridan
3) O’Malley’s - Lincoln and Belden
4) The Gin Mill - Lincoln and Montana
Although I live in Champaign, IL, I’ve spent lots of time in Chicago and I’ve watched lots of Pistons games there. Most of the time I’ve spent in Chicago has been in Lincoln Park, and there are surprisingly lots of Pistons fans in the area. It’s not uncommon to see Mark Aguirre jerseys all around DePaul’s campus.
The primary bar I’ve watched games at is called McGee’s Tavern. It’s located at 950 W Webster Ave (at Bissell St.), and it was voted the best bar in Chicago to watch any game (not just Pistons) within the past couple of years. They have delicious food, and more flat-screen TVs than you can count. There are always people there drinking and watching sports.
By the way, on weekends the Bloody Mary Bar is amazing. So is the Spanish omelet. And the spicy chicken sandwich.
While I now live in Iowa City, Iowa (stunningly similar to Ann Arbor, very progressive, major university town), I had spent the last 8 years in downtown Chicago. I visit often, at least once a month now. Most of my friends in Chicago were from Michigan, as Chicago is Michigan’s “second downtown”. As Crumski mentioned, there is no shortage of Pistons fans in Chicago…
Over the last four or five years, I had been to every Pistons game in Chicago against the Bulls. When the Stones weren’t visiting, however, I’d watch at friends houses for the most part. Its really difficult to get volume at a bar, even if there are plenty of Pistons fans in attendance.
One tip, however– the front room bar at Duffy’s on Diversey has small LCD screens affixed to the bar, and the ‘tenders will usually let you turn up the volume. While Duffy’s is plenty on the douche side, the employees are good people and respect our Pistons addiction.
Im hoping to be moving to Chicago next year to study Postgrad marketing, so I’ll definetly check out some of those bars Jay mentioned. Its gotta beat watching the games on League Pass here in London on my laptop mostly on my own in the middle of the night.
I DJ at Northside in Bucktown and I make sure the Stons are on most of the TVs.
Tin Lizzy is straight but doesnt have that great of food options.