New York City / Chicago Bears
Bears Bars
in NYC
The best-value football room in this city happens to be the Bears clubhouse. Convenient, that.
Overlook on E 44th – the @beardownnyc clubhouse, HH 4-7pm daily
- 5 verified rooms
- drafts from $1 Wednesdays
- 2 jumbotrons at Overlook
- season opens 9 Sept
The short version
- The Bears barOverlook, 225 E 44th St – home of @beardownnyc’s weekly game watches, 30+ TVs and two jumbotrons.
- Best value on this siteHappy hour 4-7pm every day including Sunday: half-price apps, $5-$6 drafts, $7 wells.
- Cheapest hour in NYC$1 Bud Light drafts at Overlook, Wednesdays 7-9pm.
- BrooklynWindy City Ale House in Bay Ridge – Goose Island taps and Chicago dogs, but it’s a Rangers bar first. Opens 4pm.
- Don’t confuse them@bearhappyhournyc is an LGBTQ+ Bear community event, not Chicago Bears. You want @beardownnyc.
The Bears bars NYC has come down to one excellent Midtown room and one honest Brooklyn alternative. Overlook at 225 E 44th St is where @beardownnyc — a real, organised Bears fan club — runs its weekly game watches, and it happens to have the best happy hour on this entire site: 4–7pm every day including Sunday, half-price apps, $5–$6 drafts, $7 wells, plus $1 Bud Light drafts on Wednesday nights. Thirty-plus TVs and two jumbotrons. In Bay Ridge, Windy City Ale House pours six Goose Island beers and serves Chicago dogs, though its dominant identity is hockey. One search warning: @bearhappyhournyc is not Chicago Bears.
At a glance
Two Bears rooms and three earlier-opening fallbacks. Tap a number on the map.
| Bar | The deal | Days | Window | $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overlook | 1/2 price apps, $5–$6 drafts, $7 wells | Daily | 4–7pm | $$$ |
| Windy City Ale House | Six Goose Island taps, Chicago dogs | 7 days | Opens 4pm | $$$ |
| Stout — Bryant Park | NFL RedZone every Sunday; 29 TVs | Sun | All day | $$$ |
| Mustang Harry’s | $6.50 Bud Light, $7.50 craft lager | Daily | 2–5pm | $$$ |
| Continental Sports Lounge | Weekday HH; Sunday Funday 7pm–close | Mon–Thu | 11am–11pm | $$$ |
One disambiguation, before you search Instagram
If you look for “bear happy hour NYC” you will land on two accounts that have nothing to do with each other, and only one of them involves football.
| Account | What it actually is |
|---|---|
| @beardownnyc | The Chicago Bears fan club. Its own bio: “The best Chicago Bears fan club in the country in NYC! Come join our weekly game watches and tailgate parties at Overlook in mid town Manhattan!” This is the one you want. |
| @bearhappyhournyc | Not football. It is “NYC’s weekly, floating happy hour for the Bear Community” — an LGBTQ+ social event, every Thursday 5–9pm, with no connection to Overlook or the NFL. A perfectly good night out, just not the one you were searching for. |
Map: where these 5 spots are
Midtown East and Bay Ridge, which is about as far apart as two bars in this guide get.
Pins are numbered to match the table above – tap any pin for the deal and directions.
The Bears bars
One Midtown clubhouse with the fan club and the best happy hour on this site, and one Chicago-themed Bay Ridge room that is honestly more of a hockey bar.
Overlook On now
The Bears bar in New York, and the best-value room in this entire series. Thirty-plus TVs and two jumbotrons positioned so that, in the bar’s own words, there is not a bad seat in the house. The Bears connection belongs to the fan club rather than the venue: @beardownnyc calls itself “the best Chicago Bears fan club in the country” and runs its weekly game watches and tailgates here. Overlook’s own Instagram is a wall of #BearDown. The value, and it is genuinely the best on this site: happy hour 4–7pm every day including Sunday, half-price apps, $5–$6 drafts, $7 wells, $8 wine. Taco Tuesday is $3 tacos and $7 margaritas. Wednesday’s $1 Bud Light drafts run 7–9pm. Late happy hour midnight to 3am Thursday and Friday. Weekend buckets $15–$25 and $30 Bud Light towers.
overlooknyc.com · See our Grand Central happy hours
Windy City Ale House
Genuinely Chicago — six Goose Island beers on tap, Chicago-style hot dogs, Cubs, Bulls, Bears and Blackhawks regalia on the walls. But be clear about what it is. The venue’s own site makes no Bears-specific claim anywhere, and the most detailed independent write-up of the room says that despite the Chicago pride, this ale house is Rangers headquarters — its dominant identity is hockey. The verdict: a good Chicago-themed bar in Bay Ridge that will have the Bears on, not a Bears house. Go here instead if you live in south Brooklyn and a trip to Midtown is not happening; go to Overlook if you want the crowd. Opens at 4pm, which rules out a 1pm kickoff.
windycityalehouse.com · See our Bay Ridge happy hours
Backups
Overlook does not open its happy hour until 4pm, which is a problem for a 1pm kickoff. These three open earlier. More in the full NFL bars in NYC guide.
Stout — Bryant Park
The answer when your bar is at capacity or the game is a 4:25 you did not plan for. Stout lists this room for “Seattle Seahawks, Ohio State, James Madison and the University of Washington, plus NFL RedZone” — and RedZone is the point. Twenty-nine TVs and a 10-foot projector, the only one of the four Stouts that publishes a screen count. The local move: live DJ 1–6:30pm every football Sunday, so the room stays up after the early window ends. Not a Bears room, but it will have the Bears game on a screen.
stoutnyc.com · See our best sports bars in NYC
Mustang Harry’s On now
The 1pm option, because it opens at 11:30am and Overlook’s happy hour does not start until 4. $6.50 Bud Light, $7.50 house craft lager, $12 shot of the day, 2–5pm daily, plus “full ‘Game Sound’ throughout our two-floor space” for big events. The honest caveat: two blocks from the Garden and its own priorities run Knicks, Rangers, UFC, Ravens.
mustangharrys.com · See our Chelsea happy hours
Continental Sports Lounge On now
Seventy-plus screens and a video wall, and the only bar in this guide whose own site names the team it belongs to — the “Official Buffalo Bills Backers BAR in FiDi NYC.” That matters to a Bears fan for the obvious reason: with that much glass, every other game still gets a screen, and downtown has nothing else close to this size. The local move: three blocks from the 2/3 at Wall St, and unlike the rest of FiDi it does not empty out at 6pm on a weekend. The honest caveat: if the Bills are playing, the video wall is spoken for.
continentalbarnyc.com · See our FiDi happy hours
Watching the Bears in NYC: FAQ
Where is the Bears bar in NYC?
Overlook, 225 E 44th Street in Midtown East. It is the home of @beardownnyc, which describes itself as “the best Chicago Bears fan club in the country in NYC” and runs weekly game watches and tailgate parties there. The venue has 30+ high-definition TVs and two jumbotrons, and its own Instagram is full of #BearDown posts.
What is the happy hour at Overlook?
4-7pm every day, including Sunday – half-price appetisers plus $5-$6 drafts, $7 wells and $8 wine. There are extras through the week: $3 tacos and $7 margaritas on Tuesday, $1 Bud Light drafts from 7-9pm and half-price wings on Wednesday, and a late happy hour from midnight to 3am on Thursday and Friday. At weekends, $30 Bud Light towers, $15 can buckets and $25 domestic buckets.
Is @bearhappyhournyc a Chicago Bears account?
No, and this trips people up. @bearhappyhournyc is “NYC’s weekly, floating happy hour for the Bear Community” – an LGBTQ+ social event held every Thursday from 5-9pm, with no connection to Overlook or the NFL. The Chicago Bears fan club account is @beardownnyc.
Can I watch the Bears in Brooklyn?
Windy City Ale House at 7915 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge is the Chicago-themed option – six Goose Island beers on tap, Chicago-style hot dogs, and Cubs, Bulls, Bears and Blackhawks regalia. Be aware its own site makes no Bears-specific claim and independent coverage describes it as Rangers headquarters first. It also does not open until 4pm, which rules out a 1pm kickoff.
Where can I watch a 1pm Bears kickoff in NYC?
Overlook opens at noon but its happy hour does not start until 4pm, so for a 1pm game you are paying full price there. Mustang Harry’s at 352 7th Avenue opens at 11:30am and runs its happy hour from 2-5pm, which covers the second half. Stout Bryant Park opens at 11:30am and carries NFL RedZone every Sunday.
Last updated: September 2026. Deals and hours change – confirm with the venue before you go. Spot something out of date? Let us know.
