Week 10 of the NFL season is here and we have a game between the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Ravens. This isn’t the high quality matchup the NFL was hoping for, but it’s still football and it will help break in the workweek. Deanoz on 3321 First Avenue in Cedar Rapids is the bar on this week’s Pints & Pigskins Monday Night Football tour.

Deanoz returns to the Cedar Rapids bar scene after a few years absence. The big purple dinosaur is back. Deanoz is a wide open bar which has plenty of seating and lots of TVs to catch all the action. Fourteen televisions are strategically placed throughout the bar and all are of the 42 inch models. The theme to this bar is sports and it’s decorated with the typical neon bar signs and posters. The bar also has the standard video games for you to play as well as a very unique item: a four person Texas Holden video game table which was pretty cool.

They offer a few Monday Night football specials: $2 domestic mugs (they call the ‘Frosties’) and $5 burger baskets, which is a fantastic deal. If a burger isn’t something you are looking for, Deanoz has a wide assortment of sandwiches and wraps for you to indulge in. Deanoz also has some unique appetizers as well, such as fried pickles, breaded wings and cheese curds.   Deanoz advertises itself as the Home of the Minnesota Vikings fan club, so if you bleed Brett Favre purple, you might find some new friends at this bar for the next Vikes game.
— DEREK