mcsue's Jan food reports - ESPN - Boardwalk

[mcsue]

I honestly can’t count the times we’ve walked past this loud and lively sports bar and longed to go in - especially Paul.
I have a bit of a thing about noise though, particularly when I’m tired – which I usually am by the time the fireworks have ended at EPCOT.
We were endeavouring to do some things that we hadn’t done on previous visits though, so I thought I’d pop in, have a look at the menu and see just how noisy it really was in there.

The place was humming, as there was an important game on tonight. Seattle v Carolina - apparently. ;)
It was lively alright, but what a great atmosphere!
As the game was nearing the end, most people were gathered in the busy bar area so I asked if we could have a table by the window. We waited less than 10 minutes.
I was happy because I could people-watch on the Boardwalk and Paul was happy because he was completely surrounded by the sport, which was relayed in every direction, on TV and plasma screens large and small. The screens were even in the loo!

I was settling in nicely, surprisingly not finding the noise a problem at all. It was a vibrant, sporty, happy buzz and just right for the type of food we were going to be eating.

There was actually quite a variety of dishes on the menu for a sports bar. An assortment of burgers, hot sandwiches, chicken wings, steak, fish, hot dogs, wraps, salads and more were on offer.
Mmm what to choose?
First things first though; A glass of Kendall Jackson Chardonnay for me and a cold Bud for Paul.

I decided on a huge basket of hot and spicy Red Wings, accompanied by some celery sticks and a cooling blue cheese dip. Those wings sure were bigguns! And, I may add, very tasty indeed.

Paul had an exceptionally good Portobello Mushroom Burger. There were two large, juicy grilled mushrooms, layered with roasted sweet red pepper and melted cheese. The fries were really well seasoned and piping hot too (a pet hate of ours is luke-warm fries)

I was really very pleasantly surprised by the quality of food here, especially Paul’s burger.
Service was very friendly and swift, and the atmosphere was without doubt energetic - but not overly strident.
My only regret is that we’d walked on by so many times in the past.
I’m going to try the Macho Nachos next time!

Sport on TV everywhere

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Even in the loo!

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Delicious Mushroom Burger

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Yum Yum!!!

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Hot and Spicy Wings

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[Jan]

Snazzy toilets. LOL.

Seriously, we quite like it there too and we think it's reasonably priced.

[REH]

looks good

[SusieK]

It's good to know another place on the "to do" list!

[gala]

Wow Sue! They sure grow their chickens big in them there hills. Another great report.

Margaret

[mcsue]

Wow Sue! They sure grow their chickens big in them there hills.

Margaret

Gawd knows what they feed em Mags! :erm: Tasty tho :tounge:

[TinkTatoo]

LOL at the TV's in the loo. I wouldn't want to be in there when a very important goal was scored :erm:

Another great foodie report :thumbs-up

[batleyboy26]

DH and 2 DS's loved this place and it is definitely on our to do list again for this year.

[Clare]

I've only ever used the loos there (when there was some big game going on and you had to 'fight' your way through to the actual loo), looks like this might be another one for our 'to do' list :spin:

[highlander447]

Thanks for that, need to add to list:)

[Chelle27]

Wow! Massive burger!!!

[Michelle]

Sue, I was looking at the menu at the ESPN club, how I wish we'd went in now...:)

Lovely report and great photo's

[disney owl]

My boys would love those loos!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not a veggie but that "burger " looks great

[chris5117]

We have eaten at the ESPN in Vegas and loved it, will have to give this one a try.

Oh and loved the pics, mmm must be lunch time!

[Villainlover]

Great report .. and that burger sounded really scrummy, I would never have thought to make a burger out of mushrooms and cheese ..excellent

[daveyoghurt]

Right, this is definitely on the 'to do' list when I go next, not only for the food, but for my American Football fix as well - brilliant!

[Minniespal]

Excellent ~ Thanx for posting.

[ely3857]

Good review! We tried ESPN last year and there was a football game going on (is there ever a time in the US when a football game isnt playing?) and everyone was cheering and screaming like mad!

:grin:

Jodie

[stephwa]

We went there about 5 years ago and it was really good then. Haven't tried it since, but glad to see its still keeping up its reputation. We loved it

[paulab]

This is one of our favs as well, we were there a couple of years ago in August and asked them to put the Charity Shield on (Chelsea:)) which they did - Bliss!

and those wings ...... big enough to fly home on!!

[robin moseley]

If you dont like the bones on the wings, have the chicken zingers instead, you get loads of them, they are all chicken breast strips, you can have them breaded or plain, the hot ones are very hot.. mmmm yummy.. great value also.

[Tom Morrow]

I will put this on our itinerary for next year, I like noise and atmosphere. One of my boys is a bit of a toilet inspector and has very high standards :confused2:confused2 - he will love this.

[Dissuziq]

I did LOL at the toilet pic I remember being impressed last year when we ate ther and rushing out to imform the rest about the loo with the tv screens in

[ju_itfc]

ESPN at the Boardwalk is a good option especially if they still do the Ice Hockey Puck Brownies which are a one off for the chain and to die for!!!

I must admit my experiences of ESPN Zone's at other cities in the USA have been very mixed.