Give us some 'skin

The Miami Dolphins may be the only NFL team in South Florida, but they clearly aren't the only game in town. Given the region's status as a settlement for people who hail from the North and never let the rest of us forget it, South Florida is rampant with football fans who don't bleed Dolphin teal but instead gush Steeler gold, Jet green and Patriot blue. Fans of the Eagles and Giants are as prevalent as cattails in the Everglades, and at least one local bar swears allegiance to the Bears with the zeal of a Soldier Field security guard.

So in deference to those of you who dare to root against the Dolphins and, of course, in honor of those real Floridians who routinely genuflect outside Pro Player or Jimmy Buffett Needs More Money or Whatever the Hell It's Now Called Stadium, we have compiled the following list of 25 places to spend every Sunday between now and February. Fans of NCAA football are included, as well, though it pained us to mention any venue that doesn't recognize the bright, shining greatness of the University of Florida. We know that you all can't be Gators, but you should be.

ALL STARS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL
This popular hangout attracts fans of the reigning Super Bowl champs.

Location: 2201 W. Sample Road, No. 7A, Coconut Creek, 954-968-7777, Allstarssportsbarandgrill.com
Specials: Beer buckets include five domestics for $10 or five imports for $12.
Home team: Pittsburgh Steelers

BOKAMPER'S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL
Named for former Miami Dolphins player Kim Bokamper, this large venue includes three bars and a number of television screens.

Location: 1280 S. Pine Island Road, Fort Lauderdale, 954-533-7152, Bokampers.com
Specials: Beer buckets include five bottles of Miller or Coors for $10. Pitchers of Miller cost $6.95.
Home teams: Miami Dolphins and New York Jets

BRU'S ROOM SPORTS GRILL
This South Florida chain lives and breathes football.

Location: 235 S. Federal Highway, Pompano Beach, 954-785-2227; 1000 N. University Drive, Coral Springs, 954-656-8041; 35 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach, 561-276-3663; 123 N.E. 20th Ave., Suite 21, Deerfield Beach, 954-420-5959; 5460 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Coconut Creek, 954-571-6999; and 1333 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach, 561-739-9332; Brusroom.com
Specials: $2 domestic bottles and drafts, $3 import bottles, $1.75 "Bru's Brew" drafts, $5.90 "Bru's Brew" pitchers, $5 Long Island ice teas and $5 Cruzan, Skyy and spiced rum doubles.
Home teams: Florida Gators and Miami Dolphins (Pompano Beach) and Philadelphia Eagles (Boynton Beach)

BUFFALO'S SOUTHWEST CAFÉ
A family-friendly sports bar and restaurant, Buffalo's is outfitted with multiple TV screens and, as its name suggests, boasts a menu filled with burritos, fajitas, quesadillas and nachos.

Location: 5761 Coral Ridge Drive, Coral Springs, 954-757-4500, Buffaloscafe.com
Specials: $2 domestic bottles, $2.25 domestic pints and two-for-one drafts, well drinks and house wines.
Home team: Florida State Seminoles

CAPONE'S FLICKER LITE PIZZA
Specializing in Chicago-style pizza, this restaurant on the Intracoastal has been in business for decades. Its love for the Bears knows no bounds.

Location: 1014 N. Ocean Drive, Hollywood, 954-922-4232, Caponesflickerlite.com
Specials: Beer buckets include five domestics for $10 and five imports for $15. Pitchers cost $7 for Pabst, $8 for Miller Lite and Coors Light and $10 for Heineken and Sam Adams.
Home team: Chicago Bears

CAROLINA ALE HOUSE
This chain restaurant with obvious roots in the Carolinas is a big draw for fans of Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer.

Location: 2618 Weston Road, Weston, 954-217-1233 and 365 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach, 561-735-7848; Carolinaalehouse.com
Specials: Monday Night Lights promotion featuring 99-cent pints of Icehouse and $4.99 Icehouse pitchers.
Home team: Florida Gators

CHAMPPS AMERICANA
This national restaurant and sports bar chain prides itself on its atypical burgers, which can be topped with Tabasco or feta cheese and served on Russian rye bread and ciabatta rolls.

Location: 6401 N. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-491-9335, Champps.com
Specials: Beer buckets cost $13 for domestics and $16 for imports. Coors and Miller Lite drafts cost $2.
Home teams: Miami Dolphins, New York Giants and New England Patriots

CJ'S CRAB SHACK
This South Beach seafood restaurant specializes in fare with a Cajun accent. Open late, the restaurant welcomes groups no larger than 250 people.

Location: 600 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, 305-604-5951, Cjscrabshack.com
Specials: Buckets include five bottles of beer for $15.
Home teams: Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers

DAVIE ALE HOUSE
Located near the Dolphins' training facility, this venue naturally draws fans of the Fins, but it also attracts devotees of two of the state's biggest college rivals.

Location: 2080 S. University Drive, Davie, 954-236-0062, Millersalehouse.com
Specials: Beer buckets include five domestics for $10.
Home teams: Miami Dolphins, Miami Hurricanes and Florida Gators

DUFFY'S SPORTS GRILL
Duffy's is the "official sports grill of the Miami Dolphins," a designation the South Florida chain earned this past July, roughly about the same time it opened its 20th location, in Plantation.

Location: Twenty locations throughout South Florida. Visit Duffysmvp.com.
Specials: Happy hours from 4 to 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. to closing time offer $2 drafts, $3 cocktails and buckets of five domestic beers for $9.
Home team: Miami Dolphins, though a Washington Redskins fan club meets at the Boca Raton location

GALUPPI'S RESTAURANT
Promoting itself as an ideal venue to hold a wedding reception, Galuppi's also boasts that it is the South Florida headquarters for fans of the Florida State Seminoles. It likely was not a fun place to be the night of the Noles' season-opening loss to the Miami Hurricanes.

Location: 1103 N. Federal Highway, Pompano Beach, 954-785-0226, Galuppis.com
Specials: Beer buckets include five domestics for $6 or five imports for $15.
Home team: Florida State Seminoles

GAMEWORKS
A glorified video arcade, Gameworks may be the last place on this list you'd choose if you want to watch a game in peace. The louder-than-a-bomb venue is offering a family-oriented special this football season.

Location: Sawgrass Mills, 2608 Sawgrass Mills Circle, Suite 1303, Sunrise, 954-845-8740 and the Shops at Sunset Place, 5701 Sunset Drive, Miami, 305-667-4263; Gameworks.com
Specials: A "4 Pack Combo" that includes four one-hour game cards and a large pizza with one topping for $39.99. Guests can add a side of wings for $4.99. Domestic pitchers cost $9.99.
Home teams: Miami Dolphins and Florida State Seminoles

GATSBY'S DAVIE
This upscale hangout and pool hall boasts a full kitchen and a lively crowd.

Location: 1805 S. University Drive, Davie, 954-476-0063, Gatsbysfl.com
Specials: Beer buckets include five domestics for $10 and five imports for $15. Jäger bombs cost $5. Jack and Cokes and Finlandia cocktails cost $3.50.
Home teams: Miami Dolphins, New York Jets and New York Giants

HOOTERS
Known for its chicken wings and for giving feminists fits, Hooters offers fairly straightforward beer specials during football games.

Location: Multiple locations throughout South Florida. Visit Hootersflorida.com.
Specials: Coors Light and Miller Lite pitchers for $5.99 (during NFL games) and Bud and Bud Light pitchers for $5.99 (NCAA).
Home team: Miami Dolphins

HOT SHOTS SPORTS BAR BILLIARDS AND GRILL
This sizable venue features 17 pool tables and 65 television screens.

Location: 3868 N. University Drive, Sunrise, 954-748-4232, Hotshotsbar.com
Specials: Beer buckets include five domestics for $10 and five imports and microbrews for $15.
Home teams: Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants

HURRICANE SPORTS BAR AND GRILL
This no-frills bar is located in a shopping plaza across the street from Dania Jai-alai. It's outfitted with bar games and big-screen televisions.

Location: 370 E. Dania Beach Blvd., Dania Beach, 954-926-0176
Specials: Two-for-one drinks during happy hour from 4 to 8 p.m.
Home teams: Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers

LANDLUBBER'S RAW BAR AND GRILL
Longtime venue features 50 LCD and plasma TVs and nine satellites. It's also home to the South Florida Oakland Raiders Booster Club, so watch what you say about Charlie Frye.

Location: 1851 N. Pine Island Road, Plantation, 954-473-2884, Landlubbersrawbar.com
Specials: Buckets of five domestic beers for $10. Svedka vodka drinks cost $2.95.
Home team: Oakland Raiders

NIPPERS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL
The 2009 football season marks the first time Nippers will be open during the daylight hours on Saturday and Sunday. As such, the venue is offering a host of NFL-related specials.

Location: 21069 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton, 561-338-4111, Nippersbarandgrill.com
Specials: Happy hour from 3 to 9 p.m. daily. During the games, mini burgers cost $1; chicken wings go for 50 cents each; pints of Miller Lite, Bud Light and Ice House cost $2, while pitchers of same sell for $6.
Home team: All

OLD KEY LIME HOUSE WATERFRONT GRILL AND BAR
Billed as the "oldest waterfront restaurant in Florida," the Old Key Lime House is accessible by boat or seaplane. It's also a meeting grounds for the Palm Beach County Gator Club.

Location: 300 E. Ocean Ave., Lantana, 561-582-1889, Oldkeylimehouse.com
Specials: Beer buckets include five domestics for $12 and five imports for $16.
Home team: Florida Gators

PARROT LOUNGE
About as much of an institution on Fort Lauderdale beach as the sand itself, the Parrot is an old-fashioned beer hall with a serious jones for Pennsylvania pigskin.

Location: 911 Sunrise Lane, Fort Lauderdale, 954-563-1493, Parrotlounge.com
Specials: Beer buckets include five domestics for $12 and five imports (Heineken, Amstel and Corona) for $17. $2.50 select drafts.
Home teams: Philadelphia Eagles and Penn State Nittany Lions

QUARTERDECK
Long-running raw bar chain offers a variety of specials at its eight locations. Here are two.

Location: 1430 Alton Road, Miami Beach, 305-531-2441 and 12310 W. Sunrise Blvd., Plantation, 954-423-4197; six other locations in South Florida; Quarterdeckrestaurant.com
Specials: Discounted Budweiser products in Miami Beach ($13.99 "towers," $8.99 pitchers and $2.99 pints) and a free pitcher with two entrées in Plantation.
Home teams: All (Miami Beach) and Miami Hurricanes (Plantation)

ROSEY BABY
This Louisiana-inspired restaurant and bar is rightly known for its buckets of crawfish, but it's also a venue that takes its football seriously—and not just Saints football, at that.

Location: 4587 N. University Drive, Lauderhill, 954-749-5627, Roseybaby.com
Specials: Beer buckets include five domestics for $10 or five imports for $14. Select shots and menu items are discounted on game days.
Home teams: New Orleans Saints, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets and Green Bay Packers

SHUCK-N-DIVE CAJUN CAFE
At this Louisiana-themed restaurant, the only teams that matter call New Orleans and Baton Rouge home.

Location: 650 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, 954-462-0088
Specials: A bucket of four Abita beers for $12 during LSU games only.
Home teams: New Orleans Saints and Louisiana State Tigers

SHULA'S 2 STEAK AND SPORTS
The sequel to the original Shula's Steak House in Miami Lakes probably wouldn't take kindly to you showing up in a New York Jets jersey.

Location: 6842 Main St., Miami Lakes, 305-820-8047, Donshula.com
Specials: Vary depending on the team the Dolphins are playing. Dolphins cheerleaders appear during Monday Night Football, and former players often attend the Touchdown Luncheon every Tuesday.
Home team: Take a wild guess.

TOM'S NFL AMERICAN SPORTS BAR AND GRILL
Located near the Miami International Airport, Tom's features 25 television screens, including a "giant" projection screen. Taking the "football" part of its name seriously, the venue also caters to soccer fans by broadcasting big games from around the world.

Location: 5001 N.W. 36th St., Miami Springs, 305-888-6022, Tomsnfl.com
Specials: Well drinks cost $3 and pitchers cost $7. Beer buckets cost $10 Sundays and chicken wings cost 50 cents apiece during Monday Night Football.
Home teams: Miami Dolphins and Miami Hurricanes