Best Sports Bars in Bend
Bend, Oregon — updated August 22, 2026
Three independent Bend bars with the room, the ratings and the review counts to back them up, plus a note on the places we cut from the previous version.
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Bend's bar scene runs heavily toward taprooms and brewery patios, which means the town has fewer dedicated big-screen rooms than a city its size might suggest. The list below is short on purpose: it covers only independent Bend bars with enough reviews behind their ratings to be worth planning an evening around. Our research did not include screen counts or game-day schedules for any of them, so call ahead if a specific matchup is the whole point of the trip.
1. Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails
The most heavily reviewed independent bar on this list, and the one whose rating is the most settled: 4.6 across more than 1,600 reviews is a proven number, not a promising one. It sits at 919 NW Bond St, in the thick of downtown Bend, which makes it an easy anchor for a night that starts or ends somewhere else on the same block. The cocktail side of the name is doing real work here, so it reads more as a kitchen-and-bar than a room built around televisions. Worth a call if you need a particular game on.
2. Crux Fermentation Project
Crux earns its place on volume and on space. A 4.6 rating from more than 1,300 reviews puts it in the same settled tier as Zydeco, and the address, 50 SW Division St, is a standalone site rather than a downtown storefront, which is why groups tend to end up here. It is a fermentation project first, so beer is the reason people come. Our brief does not confirm what is on the screens, but the scale of the operation makes it a reasonable bet for a crowd that wants room to spread out.
3. Dogwood at The Pine Shed
The smallest sample of the three: 4.6 from 594 reviews, which is enough to take seriously but a step behind the two above it in how thoroughly that score has been tested. Find it at 821 NE 2nd St, on Bend's east side and away from the downtown crush, which matters on nights when Bond Street is full. Go here if you want the same rating with a shorter wait, and treat it as a bar first rather than a guaranteed viewing spot.
What we left off
McMenamins Old St. Francis School has the highest review count in the research by a wide margin, but it is part of a regional chain and falls outside what this guide covers. We also cut four places that came through in the source data but do not fit the premise: Lone Pine Coffee Roasters, a coffee roaster whose downtown location keeps daytime hours with a short Friday and Saturday evening window; Bo's, a bagel and brunch counter on SW Century Dr open Wednesday through Sunday; Ariana Restaurant, a Galveston Ave dinner spot serving a weekly changing chef's tasting menu Wednesday through Saturday; and Kobe Sushi & Hibachi Grill on NE Greenwood Ave, which is closed Wednesdays. All are open businesses, just not bars for watching a game.