Best Sports Bar Seafood Restaurants in Chicago
5 hand-picked restaurants, critic-reviewed and ranked
Last Updated: February 2026
Our Top Pick
King Crab House Chicago
A decades-old crab house where AYCE snow crab and king crab legs anchor the experience.
Notable Picks
8.6
Opened in 1980, King Crab House is Chicago’s oldest crab house, serving snow crab, king crab legs, and shrimp boils in a casual, TV-lined Lincoln Park dining room. It’s where locals splurge on AYCE crab nights, seafood platters, and cold beer without a white-tablecloth vibe.
Must-Try Dishes:
AYCE Snow Crab Special, King Crab Legs Dinner, Seafood Boil Platter
What Makes it Special: A decades-old crab house where AYCE snow crab and king crab legs anchor the experience.
Worthy Picks
Mar Rojo Mariscos Estilos Nayarit combines Nayarit-style seafood with burgers, tacos, and wings in a sports-bar setting. Guests come for margaritas, games on TV, and big shrimp plates backed by live music or DJs on busy nights.
Must-Try Dishes:
El Diablo Shrimp, Fish Tacos, House Burger with Fries
What Makes it Special: Nayarit-style mariscos folded into a sports-bar layout with events.
7.7
A sports-bar format that doubles as a seafood plate engine—big screens, loud energy, and fried-to-grilled options that work best with a tight order. Go for the straightforward hits (shrimp, crab cake, po’ boy) and treat the room like game-day fuel, not fine dining.
Must-Try Dishes:
Grilled Seafood Platter, Maryland Crab Cake (6oz), Po' Boy Sandwich
What Makes it Special: A seafood-and-sports setup that mixes fried baskets with bigger seafood platters.
7.6
A neighborhood cocktail bar that doubles as a late-day food stop, with a seafood-forward basket-and-plate lineup that works best as bar food: shrimp baskets, shrimp and grits, and salmon plates. Come for the drinks and treat the seafood as the satisfying backbone, not a fine-dining centerpiece.
Must-Try Dishes:
Shrimp basket, Shrimp and grits, Salmon basket
What Makes it Special: Cocktails-first neighborhood bar with a seafood-leaning comfort menu.
#5
El Basurero
7.5
A late-hours, bar-leaning seafood option where the win is the vibe and the timing—go when you want food plus nightlife energy. Order in the straightforward seafood lane and keep the ticket tight, and it works as a casual night-out stop rather than a destination seafood meal.
Must-Try Dishes:
Shrimp ceviche, Fish tacos, Seafood cocktail
What Makes it Special: Late-night seafood with bar energy in the Archer corridor.