Signature Sports Bar
30100 Town Center Dr.
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
So all I have to do is continue my quest for the best place to watch football on Sunday mornings, and my team starts winning games. I should have done this in September to save myself some grief. Yes, it is true; my favorite NFL team, the Jaguars, is on a winning streak. Four out of the last five weeks, they have won, and although the playoffs are out of reach, they are no longer football's laughingstock. That honor now goes to the Houston Texans, losers of eleven in a row, and the owners of the league's worst record as of this writing. Enough football talk. Let's get to what we thought of Signature Sports Bar.
For sharp-eyed readers of this blog, this place might seem familiar. We visited here three years ago when this was the location of Draft Choice Sports Grill. South OC is not known for its sports bars, so when we heard that Draft Choice had closed, we were a little sad, only because it took away an option in an already depleted area for finding places to watch football on Sunday mornings. The food at Draft Choice was pretty average, but we liked the service and atmosphere enough to return a few other times. Now, under new ownership, we were excited to see what Signature Sports Bar had in store for us.
We got to the bar, which is located in a pretty sleepy little strip mall just off Crown Valley Parkway, before the 10 AM kickoff. The space is bigger than it appears from the outside. We found a table quickly and settled in. The appearance of Signature Sports Bar is much brighter with its decor. It's lighter than it was when this was Draft Choice. It also appears cleaner too. They have TVs on every wall, many of which are plasma, and you can see the game you want no matter where you sit. The crowd was diverse on this particular Sunday morning. All ages were represented, from kids to seniors, many wearing the jerseys of their favorite teams. With such a large crowd, it only got noisy in spurts, but for the most part, people were quietly watching their games. Let's see what came out of the kitchen for us.
Let's start with Katie's breakfast selection, the Breakfast Sandwich ($5.99). As you can tell from the pictures, this was a pretty average breakfast. The hash browns were way too underdone and really plain-tasting. The breakfast sandwich was good, but nothing really made it remarkable. The bacon was crisp, the egg slightly overcooked, and the cheddar cheese was plentiful. It was definitely better than an Egg McMuffin, but that's not saying much.
My friend Riley was with us at Signature Sports Bar to support his Jets and decided to try their Buttermilk Pancakes ($4.99) and a Side of Bacon ($2.00). Again, he thought the pancakes were pretty average, as he compared them to the ones Riley had had after a big night of drinking when he tried to sober up at Denny's. The bacon was straightforward and cooked crisp.
I got the most liked item here, the Breakfast Burrito ($7.99 with avocado added.). This burrito came with my breakfast meats, so I naturally chose bacon. Joining the bacon in this flour tortilla was scrambled eggs and a blend of cheeses, with salsa on the side. This was a good-sized burrito, stretching nearly across the plate. The three eggs were pretty buttery, while cheese and avocado added some smoothness. The bacon got lost here, as there was not nearly enough. This burrito was missing some potato, which would have made it even better. The salsa served on the side of this is made here but needs a little more spice.
As you can probably guess, Signature Sports Bar will not be crowned as our ultimate sports bar for watching football. The food could have been better. Nothing we had was horrible, but we were not excited about it. Maybe their lunch and dinner items are better, but Jacksonville has no afternoon games for the rest of this season, so that visit will have to wait until next year. We did enjoy the setup here, and with so few choices for watching football in South OC, we will probably be back at some point. The prices were fair, and I did not mention it, but the beer and cocktails were also reasonable. A pint of Shock Top goes for $3.95, while a pint of Coors goes for the same. Get the Shock Top for sure. If the Jaguars keep winning like this, we will have more to drink, too.
Out of five theaters (because the most expensive signature in the world is the six remaining playwrights William Shakespeare, which is estimated to be worth a staggering $5 Million each), five being best to zero being worst, Signature Sports Bar gets 2.5 theaters.
For more information about Signature Sports Bar, go to their website here: http://signaturesportbar.com/
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