Maguire's Sports Bar and Grill

They went out of business in 2012.  The building was torn down and is being replaced by a shopping square.

My requirements for a sports bar are simple and twofold. They should have good food, and they should have the MLB Extra Innings package, so I can watch the Minnesota Twins.  There are things that a sports bar can do above and beyond this to make the experience better, but if you have these two requirements, I will probably come.

It's pretty disappointing when I can't even ascertain whether or not you meet these requirements after I have visited.

I even called before hand.  "Do you have baseball games other than the Yankees and the Red Sox?"  "Yes," the answer came.  "Great.  So I would be able to watch the Minnesota Twins, for example."  "Definitely!"

Upon arriving, we quickly learned (but not quickly enough -- we had already ordered our dinner) that the answer I got over the phone was not quite so clear.  Okay, sure, the TV in the booth we chose to sit in is new and you don't know how to get it to show a particular channel.  Fine.  We'll move downstairs to the bar.  But you don't even know whether or not you can show my game?  I have to lead you through the steps of opening up the satellite TV guide and browsing, and then you won't even go all the way through the appropriate channels to see?  It is mystifying that you call yourself a sports bar, and yet no one in the establishment has the ability to definitely say one way or the other if you can show the game that you said you could over the phone two hours earlier.  

I guess the moment that really said "one star" to me was showing up with your chef salad full of olives (not indicated on the menu) and the statement, "Nope, we don't have your game."  The fact that you were unwilling to exercise due diligence in scanning the entire satellite channel lineup gives me little faith in whether or not this pronouncement is correct.  

Add to that the unimpressive service and the mediocre food quality, and the rating is clear.  Sorry, Maguires, we won't be back.