Game day Pub Crawl

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IF THE BLACKHAWKS WON:

Jak’s Tap

Fans of a winning team know that their opportunity for gloating is only good for a limited time. So while your first stop should be a quick glass of bubbly at the Tasting Room. (Leave this for later in the night and you’ll be too tipsy to really appreciate the Champagne), your second stop should be looking for fans of the losing team. Try Westend first. It would take a lot of nerve for anybody but a Hawks fan to step in here, so you might end up empty-handed. No problem—revel with your mates. Sing the Hawks song. (Okay—learn the Hawks song.) And when it gets too packed in there, try 31. Union Park. Here you’ll find those other fans grouped in the corners, overcompensating for their misery with loud guffaws and lots of beer. Smile at them smugly and watch the tears drop.

Had enough of that? Then get out of that bar and get to Jak’s Tap, where the only thing they take more seriously than hockey is beer, a good thing when your throat is hoarse from yelling “Detroit sucks!”

Finally, just when you think you’ve had enough, make one more stop at Third Rail Tavern. It should be pretty empty in there by this point, so take a seat, order a beer and toast to the Hawks. Then toast to Hawks fans. Finally, toast to winners—which, tonight at least, includes you.

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