Los Angeles does not have a shortage of places with a TV. It has a shortage of sports cafes: kitchen, full bar, sightlines, and a staff that treats a Lakers night like a dinner service. This is the overview page. Game-specific writeups sit on their own URLs so they do not compete with this one.
1. Goal Sports Cafe — the sports restaurant on 3rd
8334 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048. Twelve 55-inch televisions, an 11-foot screen, chef Jonah Johnson’s plates, $5 burgers and cocktails. CNN asked LA chefs where they watch; they said Goal. Time Out and Thrillist listed the leather booths and the arrow bar. That combination — restaurant first, sports always on — is what “best sports restaurants” searches are actually asking for.
Call (323) 655-5955. Menu. Hours and map.
What to use instead of this page
Do not mix these intents. Each has its own URL on this site:
- College football bars — Saturdays, USC/UCLA, Century City hop.
- March Madness — multi-game basketball, Santa Monica comparison.
- Thursday Night Football — weeknight kickoff and Valley drive notes.
- World Cup soccer — early windows and Ventura Blvd vs 3rd.
- 3rd Street bars — neighborhood walk, not a citywide list.
How we rank a sports bar here
Screens you can see from a booth. A kitchen that is not a microwave. Happy hour that overlaps kickoff. A phone number that picks up before a playoff. Goal is the house we run. If you want the clip file behind the reputation, that is in the news.