Fiserv Forum, 1111 N. Phillips Ave., is surrounded by 30 acres of businesses, bars and restaurants known as the Deer District.
The arena, which is the home of the Milwaukee Bucks, is playing host to first and second round games for the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. If you’re in town for March Madness and want to grab something to eat or drink before or after a game, or you just want to be close to the action and watch a game nearby, here are sports bars in and around the Deer District where you can do so.
Find a complete guide to bars and restaurants around Fiserv Forum here.
This outdoor venue, which is owned by the Bucks, has a big screen for watching games. Seating consists of large picnic tables that fill quickly for big watch parties.
Drink Wisconsinbly first opened in Walker’s Point in 2015 and moved to the Fiserv Forum entertainment block in 2019. The bar sells products from Wisconsin-based breweries, wineries and distilleries.
This Bucks-owned sports bar has a 42-foot-wide screen for watching games.
The New Fashioned is an entertainment space with games like bowling, curling, dartball and more. It also has a gift shop that features Milwaukee-made products.
The Deer District borders a bar district on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive — formerly Old World Third Street. Many establishments are family-friendly during the day, but some of the bars cater to a 21-and-older crowd at night and during bar crawl events. Here are all the bars on the stretch close to Fiserv Forum, along with a few others nearby.
This bar is one of four in the Milwaukee-area Camp Bar family, all featuring a Wisconsin Northwoods atmosphere. Deer Camp has a twist where it plays more with a deer hunting aesthetic.
Local Pub serves elevated bar food in the former Loaded Slate sports bar space.
This Irish Pub has 24 craft beers on tap and a Scotch tasting menu.
As the name implies, this destination is popular for its various brat dishes. The bar also offers shuttles to Brewers games and bus trips to Lambeau Field.
This modern sports bar touts pizzas that can be ready in under 10 minutes and has 17 TVs for watching games.
This bar’s lower level has dining in a Northwoods-themed bar, while the upper level astro-themed bar has tables that overlook The Beer Garden and an upper-level patio.
This is a popular spot for watching sports, with two bars in separate rooms and plenty of TVs in both. The bar also offers shuttles to Brewers games, Packers games and Summerfest.
This 50-year-old sports bar is a few blocks away, and closer to the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, making it a popular spot for Panther, Admirals and Wave fans. But it’s also a buzzing bar on Fiserv Forum game days.
