Sports Bar · European Quarter · Brussels
Fat Boy's Sports Bar & Grill
The European Quarter's American sports bar, screening NFL Sundays, Six Nations weekends, and Champions League nights at Cortenbergh 36.
The Pitch
The American Room in the Eurocrat Quarter
Fat Boy's Sports Bar & Grill holds Avenue de Cortenbergh 36, three minutes from Schuman station and the Berlaymont. A Tripadvisor reviewer summed up the pitch years ago: as close to an American sports bar as you can find in Brussels, and the room still trades on exactly that.
The original Place du Luxembourg location closed in mid 2016; this is the one that carried on, listed by visit.brussels in its sports bar guide and by Fanzo with a full fixtures calendar.
Who would hate it? Anyone hunting Belgian beer heritage. This is wings, screens, and American portions in the most international corner of the city.
The Room
Screens on Every Sightline
A long grill room hung with team flags and a wall of screens that split between NFL, Premier League, and rugby depending on the calendar, per Fanzo's listing. Booths take the families and expat groups early; the bar rail fills with single fixture diehards by kickoff.
The Drinks
Pints for the Fourth Quarter
The taps run Belgian standards alongside American bottles, with pints priced above the corner cafés; Yelp reviewers grumble about the beer markup and pay it anyway for the screens.
Order the wings, hot and dry rubbed, at €10 to €11 per basket per Tripadvisor reviews, and pair them with whatever pilsner is on. Skip the cocktail menu; this is not that bar.
The Crowd
Expats, Eurocrats, and Jerseys
Weeknights pull Commission staff loosening ties; weekends turn over to NFL and Six Nations crowds in jerseys, with American expats claiming the rail. Sunday NFL slates run late into the Brussels night.
What regulars say:
- Tripadvisor regulars call the NFL playoff atmosphere the best in Brussels.
- Yelp reviewers (20 reviews) flag slow kitchen times on packed fixture days; order before kickoff.
- Fanzo lists it as a reliable room for American football, rugby, and Premier League.
Who it is for:
- Americans in Brussels who need Sunday football at full volume
- European Quarter colleagues settling a Champions League argument
- Avoid if you came for lambic; A la Mort Subite in Brussels has the gueuze
The Verdict
Where It Lands
Brussels does one convincing American sports bar and this is it. Book a table for the big fixtures, order the wings early, and let the screens run.
Good to Know
Visit Information
Getting there: Avenue de Cortenbergh 36; Schuman metro and the European Quarter offices are three minutes away.
Timing: From 5pm Tuesday to Friday, from 12:30pm weekends; arrive early for NFL Sundays and Six Nations.
Cost: Wings €10 to €11, burgers around €16, pints near €5.
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