The TVs alone are worth noting. Flanker Kitchen + Sports Bar, on Center Street in downtown Provo, has the kind of screen-to-wall ratio that makes you briefly wonder if you’ve walked into a broadcast facility that also serves wings. There are dozens of them, stacked and angled, covering every sightline. During a big game, this place is genuinely loud in a way that Provo — a city not historically known for its sports bar scene — has rarely offered before.
Flanker opened in 2022 as part of the redevelopment push along Center Street, and it’s held up better than some of the surrounding hype. It’s a chain, technically — there are Flanker locations in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City — but the Provo outpost has settled into the neighborhood with less corporate stiffness than you’d expect. The interior runs long and dark, with exposed brick, wood paneling, and booth seating that actually fits four people without requiring one of them to sit sideways.
The menu doesn’t overthink itself. Burgers, wings, shareable plates, a solid brunch on weekends. The smash burgers are probably the strongest argument for coming here on a non-game day — they’re properly smashed, properly seared, and arrive on a toasted brioche bun that holds together longer than most. The Nashville hot chicken sandwich has a real kick to it, not the decorative orange dust that some places call spicy. Wings come in a range of sauces, and the honey garlic is better than it deserves to be for something called honey garlic.
Drinks are where Flanker distinguishes itself from every other sports bar in Utah County by having an actual liquor license, which — depending on your perspective — is either unremarkable or something of a minor civic miracle. You can order a proper cocktail or a draft beer without filling out a temporary membership card. For Provo, that’s still a thing worth flagging plainly.
Pricing lands in the mid-range: burgers run $14–$18, appetizer plates around $12–$16, and cocktails in the $12–$15 zone. Not cheap, not outrageous. The kind of bill you can rationalize after a decent afternoon.
The best time to go is obviously during a game, but the second-best time might actually be a weekday lunch, when the volume drops and you can hear your food arrive. Weekend brunch is worth knowing about — they do a breakfast burger and some egg dishes that compete reasonably well with dedicated brunch spots, and the mimosas are affordable enough that you won’t feel like you’re being punished for ordering one.
Parking is the predictable Center Street headache — the lot behind the building helps, but on game days, plan to walk a few blocks or use the structure near the convention center. It’s not a dealbreaker, just a fact.
Flanker isn’t trying to be anything other than what it is: a well-built sports bar with food that exceeds the category average and more screens than anyone actually needs. In a city where that specific combination has been genuinely hard to find, that turns out to be enough.
