An Evening at University of Louisville – Cluckers Wings and U of L Men’s Soccer
I hereby declare that I am going to go to more University of Louisville sporting events. We don’t have many professional teams around these parts, so if you want to enjoy a game or two, why not head to see the Cardinals? We always hear about Football and Basketball but those games are huge and pricey for families. The “smaller” sports get you closer to the game and have a nice ticket price (hey, baseball is free!).
We chose to eat at Cluckers in Cardinal Towne Shops. There is metered parking on the street which is free after 6 PM. I had a coupon from the city saver book so I knew I could get a little discount and I have been meaning to try this local sports bar. If we’re going to head to U of L soccer game, we may as well get some good fried food! We sat ourselves and were visited promptly by the waitress. She was very patient with my children and nice to talk to about the menu. The menu features your typical sports bar type of food options with lots of appetizers sandwiches, baskets and wraps but it all focuses around chicken. My daughter chose the only non-chicken item! She got the mini corn dog kids meal with homemade chips, my son ordered little chicken sliders with applesauce and they both had lemonade. I decided I should probably go with one of their staples – a chicken tender basket with onion rings. My husband shows a buffalo chicken wrap with chips.
There are TVs all over the restaurant and it was very clean. My kids love sitting at tall tables and they had lots of them throughout the restaurant. It’s definitely a family-friendly place to go watch a game. If you were going with some buddies to watch a game, I did notice they had a really cool personal beer tap that they bring to the tables.
We chose bleacher seats to watch the game facing east. There are smaller sets of bleachers all around the stadium – it is very casual with no assigned seating. We kept our children with us because they are younger but I did notice that families with older children had let them roam around and have fun with their friends. It was a really family-friendly environment. Since the women played before the men’s game it ran a little long and the men’s game started late. But, my kids liked to see the warm-up the players on the field and even just watching the planes fly by from the airport and the trucks zoom by on the highway.
Stephanie