My Game-Day Circuit

Caleb Ortiz

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Look, I basically live between North Station and Fenway from October through June. This is the rotation: places where the sightlines are good, the burgers don’t mail it in, and the energy swings like a Game 7 run. Some are full-on temples (hi, Fenway). Some are just where you crush wings and scream at third-and-3 play calls. String a few of these together on a Celtics-Bruins-Red Sox overlap day and you’ve got yourself a personal Boston sports gauntlet.

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My Game-Day Circuit — 6 items
Name	Address	City	Type	Game plan	My take
1TD Garden	100 Legends Way, Boston, MA 02114	Boston	Arena	Get in early, one beer on the concourse, walk a full lap to soak in banners before warmups.	This is the big stage. You’re not here for craft cocktails; you’re here for Tatum heat-checks and Pastrňák one-timers under all that history in the rafters.
2Fenway Park	4 Jersey St, Boston, MA 02215	Boston	Ballpark	Day game? Get in when gates open, grab a sausage on Lansdowne, then park yourself along the third-base line and keep score like a nerd.	It’s not a stadium, it’s a time machine. Weird angles, tiny foul territory, and you still feel every bad bullpen decision like it’s ’03 all over again.
3Banners Kitchen & Tap	82 Causeway St, Boston, MA 02114	Boston	Sports bar restaurant	Post up under the massive screen, order wings and a beer flight, and let them run whichever game has the tightest spread.	If ESPN built a lab to optimize sports-watching, it’d look like this. Wall of screens, big room energy, and you can still actually see the puck.
4Hurricane’s at the Garden	150 Canal St, Boston, MA 02114	Boston	Sports bar	Great for night games—grab a burger and a couple pints before, then circle back if it goes to OT and you’re not ready to head home.	Think of it as the unofficial overtime period after the final horn. Jerseys everywhere, playlists are loud, and nobody’s in a rush.
5Causeway Restaurant & Bar	65 Causeway St, Boston, MA 02114	Boston	Neighborhood sports bar	Slide in early on big football Sundays, stake out a table with a clean TV angle, and ride the slate from 1 p.m. to SNF.	Feels like the spot where regulars actually know each other’s teams and bad beats. Zero pretense, solid plates, plenty of screens.
6Game On! Fenway	82 Lansdowne St, Boston, MA 02215	Boston	Sports bar and games	Pregame for Sox, split a pizza, then go downstairs and take hacks in the batting cage like you’re trying to make the roster.	It’s loud, it’s a little chaotic, and there’s literally a Fenway batting cage—this is where your inner 12-year-old fully takes over.

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