Comments (0) BEST SOCCER PUB - 2009
Underground Pub and Grill
1334 Hermosa Ave.
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
310-318-3818
The World Cup returns in summer 2010, so L.A. soccer aficionados should begin to think about where they'll post up to watch the sport's premier event. The Underground Pub and Grill, just off the Strand in Hermosa Beach, has everything you want in a soccer pub: a proliferation of HD flat screens, a crowd that knows and loves the Beautiful Game, Boddingtons on tap, morning hours conducive to catching games in far-flung time zones, and classically greasy English-pub fare to help soak up all those a.m. ales. Founded by Northern Irish footie legend George Best, the Underground prices its beer and grub cheaply enough for hardcore soccerheads to take in a full day of action there. It's worth a visit even now, as English Premier League matches are under way, but come next summer the Underground will become a cannot-be-missed milieu of truly raucous fandom. 1332 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach. (310) 318-3818, undergroundpub.com.
—Dexter Fishmore
