Champs Sports Bar

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  My girl's folks took us here for dinner one night. The dining area is separated from the bar, which is good, albeit a bit small. Had myself a nice burger. Nothing really to write home about, but I don't have a real flair for the whole RVC night life anyway, so it was just fine for me. The room is loaded with HDTVs, most of which were showing the winter X-games, which was pretty cool.
  
  Prolly will use them again, especially since they are on <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurant.com&s=c5fe485af4df376130bee54f875814d79c4d7913e1258123b1206d2bdbf4873b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://restaurant.com</a> ;)

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  Posted on 02.09.11 Richard P.

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  I've been to Champs about 5 times, every time was for a UFC event and I paid a cover.  One time I asked  the waitress when our other appetizer would be ready? She said sarcastically, "you didn't order that, I remember what you ordered and trust me you didn't order it!"  I didn't say anything like "oh ok I trust you?" but thought to myself this is why you should write things down! In all my years in the food business I never spoke to a customer like that, I would simply say sorry and curse the idiot out when I got to the kitchen.  Another time with a different waitress my friends and I were told if we sat at a table we would need to order our drinks through her. No prob we said, 20 minutes later where are you?  3 rounds later she makes a visit, whats going on we whispered thinking she went home, be careful these girls are tougher then the fighters.  The food mediocre at best and that's not my fear/dislike of the wait staff talking it just isn't good. Of the 5 times I was there I can remember only liking their chicken strips that's it.  What I do like about the place,  the bartenders(who understand what working for tips is all about), relatively cheap tap beers, good amount of TV's and of course they have the UFC every month.  I debated whether to give it 2 stars (Meh. I've experienced better.) or 3 stars (A-OK.) and right before I posted this i had 3 stars but I cant do it.  It gets 2 stars because if any of you reading this review go there you cant tell me i didn't warn you.

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  Posted on 07.01.10 Robert M.

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  Champs has really, really good wings. Nice. They have a twenty cent wing night. Also nice. They also have the SMALLEST dining room/bar imaginable. Not so nice. If you come here as I did last Saturday, you'll probably have a good time. Myself and three friends sat at the bar, ordered beers and wings, and watched Lebron dismantle the Knicks for 47 on one TV, and saw the Rangers score three in the second period to crap on the Devils. Excellent. But by ten, all the TVs had been changed to UFC undercards on Spike and PPV coverage of UFC 109.
  
  And therein lies the problem. I can't stand Champs after about ten on weekends and 20 cent wing night. People file in and you end up elbow to elbow, terribly uncomfortable, unable to move. It sucks. Even if you're sitting, the tables are so damn close and have too many people crammed around them for you feel any sort of personal space.
  
  What it comes down to is that Champs is a cool, friendly sports bar that caters itself to the night RVC crowd. WIth so many other nightlife options around there, I kinda wish Champs stayed true to its laidback self.

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  Posted on 02.12.10 Bryan G.

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  I've been here twice and both times it was because my friend has these Dining Dollars where she can get $25 off of a $35 purchase. It's an amazing deal!
  
  I tried the fried macaroni and cheese which was really good and different. I had never had it before so I didn't know what to expect. They kinda looked like tator tots, but instead of potatoes, they had mac n' cheese in the middle. Very yummy.
  
  Another thing that this place had that I"ve never tried before was sweet potato fries served with syrup. Who knew that could be so tasty? I would go back just for that!
  
  We had to get $35 worth of food, so I got the $16 Cobb Salad. Now normally I would never in my right mind pay that much for a salad, but you because of the coupon, I felt I could splurge. This salad is amazing because it comes with steak, chicken, AND shrimp! (Hence the $16 price tag)
  
  I did have a little problem with my salad. I ordered it with no bacon, but when the waitress brought it out, there was bacon all over it. I sent it back and told her I wanted a new salad. She brought it back out about a minute later, with most of the bacon gone, but there was a  little piece in the middle which proved it was the same old salad. I showed the waitress the hidden piece of bacon and insisted again that I get a fresh salad. She agreed and was very pleasant. After two tries, I finally got my salad. I just hope the kitchen staff didn't spit in it....

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  Posted on 11.18.09 Iffat B.

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