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Best Sports Bar (Place to Watch the Big Game)

Order some cheesecurds and sidle up to the bar to enjoy some camaraderie and plenty of screens to watch the game at Dooley’s Pub (442 Water St., Eau Claire) — you won’t regret it. Cowboy Jack’s (1432 Front Porch Pl., Altoona), too, is home to a ton of flatscreens and plenty of beer to keep ‘er flowing. The Phoenix Taproom & Kitchen (402 Graham Ave., Eau Claire) has a bajillion drink options and places to sit — or stand, depending on how the game’s going — for the next game. —McKenna Scherer