Stepping into a neighborhood sports bar is similar to visiting family during the holidays, but without people blocking TVs or puppet shows reenacting each other's failures. Discover family away from family with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of classic pub fare and drinks at Philly's Sports Bar in Tempe.

Philly's lively, sporty atmosphere partners with traditional bar food and a plethora of happy hour specials and daily drink deals to deliver a reprieve from weekday tedium. Gnaw on beer-battered mozzarella sticks ($6.99) and a bacon cheeseburger ($8.49) while peeping the HDTVs lining the indoor bar, or soothe a multitude of stomachs with a sampler platter ($9.95) and a mountain of muy macho nachos ($7.75). An outdoor patio is peppered with fire pits to warm hands and melt pocket-chocolates.

Reviews

Philly's Sports Bar was featured in the Phoenix New Times. Yelpers give it a 3.5-star average, and Yahoo! Travelers give it a four-star average.

• Picture this: You’re parked in front of a ginormous HDTV watching football, when, suddenly, as if from the ether, a hottie appears with a Philly cheesesteak and a frosty pint of Modelo Especial. Finished wiping the drool off your keyboard? You’re probably thinking that no such magical Shangri-La actually exists but it does, and it’s located on Scottsdale Road, just south of McKellips in Tempe. – Phoenix New Times