Connecticut Yankee

The Best Restaurants in Potrero Hill | Eater SF

"If you’re a Boston sports fan, then you already know about this old-school sports bar that serves affordable comfort food (“clam chowdah,” wings, potato skins, BLT chopped salad, salt and vinegar fries) and drinks (there’s a full bar) to Red Sox and Patriots fans. The bar got a facelift and everything, including the food, feels brighter and cleaner than before. There are plenty of TVs to watch the game, a pool table, and a small patio out back if you want to take advantage of Potrero’s sunny weather." - Dianne de Guzman

The 15 Best Sports Bars in San Francisco | Eater SF

"This bar’s reputation is outsized in San Francisco thanks to the known fact that Connecticut Yankee is the safe haven for Bostonians and New England Patriot fans. Clam chowder, or “chowdah” as it’s written on the menu, somehow goes for just $10 a bowl, and the beer flows like Tom Brady’s tears." - Dianne de Guzman

Where to Watch Football like a True San Francisco Fan | Eater

"A cozy Potrero Hill spot plastered with New England sports memorabilia that makes you feel like you’re watching the game on the team’s home turf; it’s a haven for Boston fans who like to sip a Jameson and ginger while catching the action." - Vox Creative

Patriots Mascot Stolen From SF’s Biggest Boston Sports Bar | Eater SF

"A Potrero Hill bar that's a longtime haven for Boston sports fans, The Connecticut Yankee is electric on Patriots Sundays: fans pack the bar, set up a shrine with a Patriots helmet in the pool room, and when there's a touchdown co-owner Tony Cooney rings a big bell and fires up a fog machine. The bar's beloved garden gnome, Rob Gnomekowski—a gnome likeness of Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski that has perched in the patio garden since Cooney and partners took over in 2015—is missing after a game against the Jaguars; regulars sit near it, cheer it, and even buy it a beer, and Cooney says it's considered good luck. He discovered it gone while tending the garden (their chef also picks herbs back there), reviewed security footage but couldn't spot the gnome because it was blocked by a tree, and has made a missing poster offering a reward of four seats at The Connecticut Yankee for the Super Bowl to whoever returns the marked gnome; he adds that if it’s gone for good they’ll find something else, even joking it might have stowed away to Minnesota." - Caleb Pershan

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