Where to watch the Super Bowl in Melbourne
The best excuse to take Monday off
The time has come again to watch grown men with curiously wide shoulder pads slug it out for the ultimate NFL championship game, the Super Bowl. Get onside at the best places in Melbourne to catch the New England Patriots take on the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Feb 5, accompanied by some American snacks, morning beers (it's nighttime in the USA) and a half-time show care of Justin Timberlake and friends.
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Where to watch the Super Bowl in Melbourne
The Provincial
The Provincial will be hosting a rooftop shindig inspired by America's great tailgate parties. There will be a sausage sizzle and you’ll be able to catch all the action on the huge jumbotron screen. There will also be $25 buckets of Coors.
Beer Deluxe Melbourne
This beer bar will be hosting a big ass Super Bowl party smack bang in the middle of Fed Square. Keeping with the theme of tapping out great brews, they will be hosting a showcase of American craft beers on tap including Stone Go To IPA, Prairie Artisan Vape Tricks, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Brooklyn Lager and more. The doors will open bright and early at 7.30am and there will be North American food specials to load up on.
College Lawn Hotel
This Prahran corner pub will be hosting a special American-themed bunch from 10am-2pm. Dig into a five-course American feast, with unlimited beer and wine for just $99 (tickets must be purchased beforehand).
The Penny Black
The Penny Black will be throwing the biggest Super Bowl shindig on the northside. It all kicks off with pre-game entertainment starting at 9am, plus you can order up a kilo wings for $10, buckets of American beer and burgers. If you've got a crew make sure you book a prime spot in the beer garden.
Colonial Brewing Co
This inner-city brewery may be in the industrial end of Port Melbourne, but it's serving up plenty of good times and will be doing just that on Super Bowl Monday. They will be flinging the doors open at 9am and showing the game on a massive projector screen. Cheer on your team whilse enjoy $10 pints of craft beer $1 wings.
Hopscotch
This Southbank promenade brew bar is all about tapping tasty beers and Super Bowl day will be know different. Order up craft numbers or bargain $6 Coors. There will be a cool seven screens and two mega walls screening all the action and there will be breakfast specials from 9am.
The Crafty Squire
The entire venue will be screening the NFL live and loud and there will also be $10 pints of American Hop Thief Ale. Of course there will be sports-watching culinary fare with burgers, fried chicken and more.
Imperial Hotel
This Bourke Street pub will host a huge Coors Superbowl LII rooftop party. They will screen the game live and loud on the rooftop Jumbo Tron. There will be NFL prizes to be won at half time, and the ground floor will be open from 8am for breakfast.
The Waterside Hotel
The recently refurbished Waterside Hotel will be dishing out free chicken wings at half-time and if you book a table you'll get a free bottle of Bud. There will also be Super Bowl specials including $22 buckets of Budweiser, $10 half kilo of wings and a $15 burger and fries combo. Doors open from 9am.
Hawthorn Hotel
This favoured haunt of uni students and locals will swing open its doors at 8am so you don’t miss a minute of the action. There will be $20 buckets of Coors and $15 wing buckets, plus they will be giving away prizes every quarter. Also make it a marathon and stick around for happy hour from 4-7pm.
Want to kick on at another pub?
The best pubs in Melbourne
Melbourne is a city that really knows how to do pubs. From beer halls with more than 50 craft beer taps to cozy locals with a great fireplace, there's a pub for every occasion.
