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River North sports bars

River North does not have a stadium. These are downtown rooms with a published sports setup: a wall of TVs on Hubbard, a wing bar on Superior, a pub on Fairbanks, and a sports parlor on Hubbard.

Jake Melnick’s sits on the Magnificent Mile edge of the neighborhood. The Michigan Avenue Billy Goat is the lower-level room under that street, not a Hubbard Street bar.

The bars

  • Mother Hubbard’s Sports Pub

    5 W. Hubbard St., Chicago, IL 60654

    River North sports pub. The site says 45 TV monitors and 28 satellite, cable, and internet feeds, and that a game can be put on near your table.

    Posted hours are Monday–Tuesday 5 p.m.–4 a.m., Wednesday noon–4 a.m., Thursday and Friday 10:30 a.m.–4 a.m., Saturday 10:30 a.m.–5 a.m., and Sunday 10:30 a.m.–4 a.m. The site highlights Pterodactyl wings. It does not name one Chicago team.

    Mother Hubbard’s

  • Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap

    41 E. Superior St., Chicago, IL 60611

    Fans Bears

    Wing bar at the River North and Magnificent Mile edge. Time Out and the bar’s own site treat the wings as the reason to go.

    Posted hours are Monday–Thursday 11:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.–11 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m.–10:30 p.m. Axios named it for the Jan. 8, 2026 Bears playoff weekend and described game-day food that weekend. Those items are not listed here as a standing special.

    Jake Melnick’s contact pageTime Out sports barsAxios, Jan. 8, 2026

  • Timothy O’Toole’s Pub

    622 N. Fairbanks Ct., Chicago, IL 60611

    Pub on Fairbanks Court, at the east edge of River North. The location page publishes hours and does not name a team.

    Posted hours are Monday–Thursday 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m., Friday 11:30 a.m.–3 a.m., Saturday 11 a.m.–3 a.m., and Sunday 11 a.m.–2 a.m.

    Timothy O’Toole’s Chicago

  • Parlay River North

    112 W. Hubbard St., Chicago, IL 60654

    OpenTable lists it as a River North sports bar on the first floor at this address. The official site is live. A TV count was not copied from the undated listing.

    Parlay River NorthOpenTable listing

  • Billy Goat Tavern, Merchandise Mart

    222 Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 60654

    Billy Goat room inside the Merchandise Mart, on the River North side of the river. Hours for this room were not on the locations page we read.

    Billy Goat locations

  • Billy Goat Tavern, Michigan Avenue

    Michigan Avenue, lower level, Chicago, IL 60611

    The original downtown Billy Goat, under Michigan Avenue, which the company site lists separately from the Mart and Madison rooms. A street number was not in the locations extract we used, so none is printed here.

    The locations page lists the phone as (312) 222-1525.

    Billy Goat locationsBilly Goat Tavern

Getting there by CTA

The Red Line stops at Grand and Chicago. The Brown and Purple Lines stop at Chicago and at Merchandise Mart. This page does not add a walk time the CTA has not published for these bars.

For a door-to-door trip, use the CTA trip planner.

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Parking

The parking file covers the stadiums, not River North street parking. Nothing in that file is a River North garage.

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FAQ

Is there a stadium in River North?

No. These bars are for watching on TV. The nearest big rooms for a Blackhawks or Bulls night are on the United Center page.

Which River North bar has the most screens?

Mother Hubbard’s site says 45 TV monitors. That is the only screen count on this page taken from a bar’s own site.

Where do I park?

This site’s parking notes are for the stadiums. They do not cover a River North garage.