Watching sports in a restaurant is more enjoyable than playing sports in a restaurant, which normally ends in misguided attempts to cook a mesquite-rubbed football. Enjoy the simple pleasures of athletics and eats with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of pub fare and drinks at McMae's Tavern & Grill in Bartlett.

McMae's Tavern & Grill assuages vocal stomachs with an eclectic menu of American-style eats in a modest pub environment. Relive Pavlovian experiments with McMae's saliva-inducing skirt steak, a tender, 6-ounce flank of juicy beef served with fresh vegetables ($12.95). Pastas permeate the menu, hiding linguini beneath a canopy of shellfish, bell peppers, and cilantro in the tiger shrimp creole ($12.95) or showcasing them front and center in the homemade manicotti ($9.95). Twelve sandwich offerings, one for every finger, fill out the lunch and dinner selection with crowd-pleasing combinations ranging from the grilled-salmon sandwich topped with caramelized onions ($9.95) to the chicken-parmesan sandwich ($7.95).

Awash in the glow of 9 flat-screen TVs, patrons can bask in McMae's unpretentious atmosphere while watching sports and fighting the urge to check in on daytime soaps. The mahogany-stained wooden bar stands as the handcrafted focal point of the spacious dining room with hardwood floors and ample natural light spilling through the storefront windows.