17 great sports bars to watch the Leafs

All of Toronto is gearing up to watch the Toronto Maple Leafs’ (hopefully not final) playoff game tonight. If you want to be among fans as you cheer on the Leafs and have a few drinks to calm your nerves, here are 17 of the best sports bars across the city to visit.

Located just beside Scotiabank Arena, Real Sports offers sports, entertainment and music fans two distinct spaces to choose from.
Featuring award-wining beers by Longslice Brewery, which is brewed site, the Aviary is known for four things: sports, community, amazing grub and craft beer.
Brazen Head is an elevated Irish pub in Toronto's Liberty Village, known for its beautiful patio that's the perfect place to enjoy fresh air and sunshine.
Crown & Dragon is a casual Yorkville sports bar known for making some of the best wings in the city.
A traditional British pub that aims to provide great food, good prices and good company.
Operating for more than 40 years, Hemingway’s Restaurant and Bar is home to one of Toronto’s most popular rooftop patios.
The sleek space has 450 seats with 150 of them on a sprawling two-storey patio.
Right out of the gate Northern Maverick Brewing Co. are brewing on site with their 10-hectoliter system and brewing team.
With about nine TVs and even a wide screen projector show NFL, NBA and soccer events, it's an ideal place to get your sports fix.
With a huge patio that extends out into the bustling corner of Church and King streets, Score on King is the perfect spot to meet with friends for the game.
With a name like Tallboys, it’s no surprise that almost all of the beer comes in cans or on draught.
The Dock Ellis is a well-established bar-slash-eatery in the west end.
Classic pub fare and TV screens all around will make you actually want to go to the Gym.
With over 50 taps, The Moose now has the largest draught selection in downtown Toronto.
Tucked away in the historic roundhouse between Front and the lakeshore, the Rec Room is a sprawling entertainment complex.
As its name implies, hockey and wings are the name of the game at this Yonge and Eglinton sports bar.
Since 1849, the neighbourhood classic has been pumping out half-priced wings on Mondays and Sunday roasts which long-time patrons wash down with the tavern's vast selection of beer.