Largo Dives and Bars: A Sports Bar That Serves More Than Drinks

Bars, just like any other business, are interested in one thing: selling their product. They want stools filled and tabs high. To do that they need to create their own niche in the bar scene. 

Creating an identity takes some work. If you really look around you'll find bars with scantily clad servers and bartenders, the ones that line their kegs with the finest microbreweries known to man and those that offer a no-frills experience.

So where does  fit in?

They've got games.

Located just south of Ulmerton Road on Starkey Road, this neighborhood bar is positioned next to the and . This bar is not exactly busting with the energy of most dives. Sports Rock has staked its identity on being the place where something is always going on.

From Monday through Friday, Sports Rock provides a number of reasons for patrons to take a seat. There is karaoke, poker, live music and team trivia. It's the kind of place where you can hang with your friends, socialize and have boisterous fun.

Acts like Chrome, The Rockus Band, and The 420 Sunday Band have performed on its stage. There have also been hip hop bashes on Saturday nights and "Bar Idol" the bar's singing competition.

The tavern is replete with flatscreen televisions for football and sports fans. 

During tough economic times variety and activity is exactly what patrons are looking for. Regardless of what a bar's signature is, it has to be a adopted hook, line and sinker.

Sports Rock understands this basic maxim.