American Social

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American Social is Restaurant Row's high-energy sports lounge, lively and clubby with screens in every sightline and a room built for game day. The kitchen treats bar food seriously: the Social Smash Burger, goat cheese croquettes, spinach artichoke dip, warm pretzels and wagyu fried rice, with a PB&J old fashioned at the bar. It runs loud when the games are on and service can stretch on busy nights, which regulars seem to count as part of the energy.

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