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Fox Sports Grill

  • January 15, 2007
  • Rated 5 of 5 by stvchin from Tustin, California
Fox Sports Grill

Well, not sure how to catagorize Fox Sports Grill. It's a sports bar/restaurant/bowling alley/pool hall/night club. It's located at the corner of Fortune and Pacifica in the Irvine Spectrum where Interstates 405 and 5 meet.

I happened to go with friends on a Sunday at noon to watch football. We made reservations the night before and secured a table, and we were very glad we did. When the game started, there was standing room only. I think there were probably 350 people here.

Fox Sports Grill is affiliated with Fox Sports. There is a separate dining room and bar area. The dining room has a few flat panel TVs, and the bar area has over 20 large screen LCD TVs and two huge projection screens up high near the ceiling offering views from pretty much anywhere in the bar area. The bar itself is football shaped, and the bar areas are arranged around this football shape, much like a stadium. There is also a private area upstairs that was reserved for parties. There's a fireplace, wine cellar dining, lounge seating, and pool tables in these private areas.

There is a small bowling alley area between the bar and restaurant area. It's not a regulation bowling alley, but a bit shorter. There is also a room off to the side with a few pool tables. Of course, there are also several TVs along the walls of these rooms as well.

When a good game is being shown, there's definitely a great deal of energy in the place. Lots of cheering and howling and laughter, and lively conversation in the bar area. Our booth table was in the upper area of the bar and we stayed the whole 4-hour duration of the game with no pressure to leave.

The menu at Fox Sports Grill offers a wide variety of appetizers, salads, pizzas, soups, sandwiches and burgers, steaks, fish, and rich desserts. My friends munched on appetizers as they watched the game, but I was hungry and had the club sandwich, which comes with fries. The club sandwich was quite good, the bread was nicely grilled, and the bacon was slightly crisp, just the way I like it. I munched off my friends' fried calamari, and it was quite good.

For dessert, we shared a warm upside down apple pie. It's apple pie with a crispy pecan topping, served warm with butterscotch sauce and vanilla bean ice cream.

After the game, the bar featured lively booming dance music to dine/drink/mingle to. It's a great place for people-watching, with lots of good-looking people here too.

The price of the food isn't too bad, with the appetizers around $7 to $11, sandwiches hovering around $8 to $15, depending on selection, and steaks and other grill items for $22 to $30. If you can't be at the ball game, Fox Sports Grill is the next best place!

There is happy hour from 4pm to 7pm on weekdays, and there's a no-cover nightclub on Friday nights!

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