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Ohhhh my gosh, it's almost that time of year again! No, not Christmas, silly! SUPER BOWL SUNDAY! This is the number two favorite holiday of the male species, right behind Thanksgiving. Any chance to unbuckle your pants while sitting on a couch is time to celebrate, right? We know some ladies love the pigskin as well, and we personally have no complaint over men gallivanting in tights, even if we're not too into the game. This year the Pats won't exactly be representing, and we're sure Randy Moss is prepared for a lovely evening at home playing Scrabble and watching One Tree Hill reruns. But if he were anxious to hit the town, here are some great locations for watching the game while eating and drinking.

If you live out in the Allston Brighton area, then you're probably familiar with the football obsessed bar and restaurant the Sports Depot. Almost next to the Cambridge border, this place has more plasma TVs than Circuit City, and the Super Bowl day event is supposed to be lots of fun. Also, if you get the munchies after downing one too many Budweisers, the menu is stocked full of the typical bar food that will satisfy your cravings.

The Fenway is home to some of the most athletically influenced drinking holes known to man. It's also home to some of the most drunken men under the influence, so if you're not looking for a crapshow, avoid the area. If you're a fan, so be it. Getting into the Cask 'n Flagon is always hard on game days, but it's clean and the bar isn't just a pit of beer in solo cups. However if it's too packed to even walk in the door, try shuffling down the street a little bit more to the Baseball Tavern. Yes, we realize it's the wrong sport, but nobody really CARES. They celebrate all sports in general, and it will surely be broadcasting the Bowl with lots of intoxicated guests.

Mosey even farther downtown, and stop over to what used to be the Foggy Goggle. That place was so depressing, you really did have to drink yourself into a fog to have a good time. Luckily, it's been reinvented as McGreevy's, an Irish sports pub that make sure to feature lots of hot girls in tight Boston sports jerseys on its website.

If you're on a bar crawl, or just headed even farther into downtown Boston, there are many sports bars filled with drunk guys ready to fight, if that's what you're looking for. A prime stop along the alcoholic roadtrip of football is The Greatest Bar. In all reality, it is not the greatest bar. Yet sadly that doesn't stop us from repeatedly showing up there with our friends on the weekend demanding to get into the DJ booth to chat with whatever ex-Real World cast member is spinning that night. There's multiple floors and tons of televisions for watching the game. So no matter what neighborhood you live in, get ready to score (a touchdown, that is) this Superbowl Sunday.

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