What makes a sports bar? I would say you need a few things....
1.) TV's to show games, that's a no brainer. I wouldn't say you necessarily need 10 or more, I only have 7. Granted two are 75", 4 are 65" and one is 55". So not tiny. I couldn't really fit anymore anyway and there aren't usually more than 7 games on at once, so everyone gets to watch what they want.
2.) Food. Some are "bar food" some are "pub food", and then there's me...elevated bar food. All from scratch. Pretty rare for a sports bar, but def helps me differentiate myself from all the others. Just had a couple yesterday tell me they've been coming down here for 20 years and my wings are the best they've ever had. Pretty cool.
3.) The people. Regulars will make you survive. Gotta have em. If ya don't, you're doing something wrong.
Other than that, it's up to you. We have beer on tap now where before we didn't, but it's tough to do down here vs. up north. Atmosphere is really up to you as well, what kind of sports bar you want? I went a little more up scale, less sports memorabilia all over, cleaner, etc.
There are def a few sports bars down here in my area. 5 within a mile of mine. But we all get by pretty well.
And no, not born in MX. Not sure what I would be doing if that were the case, lol.
Thanks for the awesome reply. I hope you know I was just being kind of tongue in cheek with some of my points in the post. I've been to some pretty cool sports bars that have not very big screens. I was kind of playing on some of the stereotypes people have about the US. That's interesting about there being that many near you. I'm glad that you are standing out among them. I like the idea of elevated bar food. As I said in my post, pretty much everyone has the same menu, it's the places that add those special touches or make a wrap with that one ingredient the others don't have that makes all the difference!
Ya bro, all good. No issues whatsoever. I'd gander that what you "qualified" as a SB, most people would agree with. It's just....most are different unless you're comparing 1 B dubs to another. Ya? But imo, atmosphere is where it's at. Make that happen, and it won't matter what's on the tv.
Great point!