PATCH PICKS: Top Spots for Watching the Super Bowl

Starting today, Patch will run a new weekly feature called Patch Picks, highlighting editor and reader choices of great local businesses, destinations, services, organizations, ways to spend a day off and more.   

You’ll find useful lists to help you, your family, friends and significant others find the best places for everything from Sunday brunch to New Year’s Eve celebrations, pumpkin patches, date night destinations, florists, girlfriend nights out, kids party places, parks and more. Today we’re focusing on Super Bowl Sunday opportunities.

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• , 12715 NE 124th St. -- What I like about Lucky 7 sports bars in the Totem Lake area is that it has lots of elbow room, 20 taps, 20 regular TVs, four big screens, four pool tables and a couple of sassy waitresses. What more could you want for the Super Bowl? 
• , 112 Lake St. – This popular downtown restaurant is a Kirkland institution, long a hangout for locals, particularly the bar. It’s crowded every weekend night and most weekdays too, and offers a big screen in the back room. The Packers and the Steelers take the field at 3:30 p.m., so get to Hector’s early and grab a seat.

• , 12506 NE 144th St. – In the Kingsgate area, this is a traditional sports bars with plenty of viewing capacity -- four big screens and more than 20 smaller TVs.
• , 148 Lake St. – If you’re throwing a Super Bowl party, fire it up by ordering take-out salsas from this highly regarded new “sophisticated” Mexican restaurant. Order by Friday (425-952-6270) from the following choices: hot, tomatillo, chipotle, pico de gallo, ceviche and guacamole (three kinds). Chips are available too.

• Alexandria Nicole Cellars, 14810 NE 145th St. in Woodinville – Not a brewski-quaffing football fan? Well, head over the hill to wine-land, where real wine drinkers watch the Super Bowl, too. The party starts at 3 p.m. and includes a glass of wine and small cheese plate. Tickets are $20.