Underdogs is a new sports bar in Hillsdale. Courtesy | Facebook

Underdogs, a sports bar in Market House Supermarket, hosts a weekly ladies’ night event on Mondays at 8 p.m., featuring a “Bachelor” watch party and specialty cocktails. 

Market House owner Brett Boyd said after football season ended, Mondays in Underdogs were relatively quiet, so his events coordinator suggested they host a weekly ladies’ night and stream “The Bachelor” episodes, which are released every Monday.

“It’s just been growing and growing,” Boyd said of the ladies’ night event. “The first week was decent, the second week was a lot better, and hopefully this week will be even better yet.”

Senior Sabrina Sherman attended the event at Underdogs with a group of friends and said she enjoyed the experience and is excited to go back.

Sherman said she prefers “The Bachelorette” to “The Bachelor,” but that she will continue to attend Monday ladies’ nights at Underdogs and would recommend the event to Hillsdale women.

“I plan on going next week and until the finale,” she said. “Supporting new local businesses is important and Underdogs did a good job catering to a female audience. There are huge TVs behind the bar to watch the show, they lit up the lights under the bar with pink LEDs, and they had a specialized menu with drinks named after different people on the show.” 

Senior Alexandra Gess also attended the event and said she appreciated the fun environment.

“I really liked going just to watch with other people who were also invested in the drama,” she said. “It made it more fun to watch because I could have conversations as everything unfolded.”

Gess said the friendly service at Underdogs gave the ladies’ night event a great personal touch. 

“The bartenders were super attentive and personable and even engaged with us about the show, which was really nice,” she said. 

College students and Hillsdale residents who are not 21 are also welcome to watch “The Bachelor” on Mondays. Boyd said Underdogs serves non-alcoholic specialty mocktails and offers sliders, steaks, and fresh-made sushi from its newly-opened kitchen.

Boyd said Monday ladies’ nights events will continue until the football season resumes, and said he plans to bring trivia and karaoke nights to Underdogs in the future. 

While the event is catered toward women, quite a few female attendees brought their boyfriends and husbands along for the fun, Sherman said.

“We didn’t bring any of our guys, but other girls there did drag their significant others,” she said. “One girl’s husband was the most into the show out of anyone there.”

Sherman said that watching “The Bachelor” presents a fun opportunity to interact with and analyze pop culture entertainment. 

“I think engaging with highly secular media and entertainment in general is always interesting and a great opportunity to start a dialogue with your friends and family,” she said. “Obviously you are not going to get your ideal Christ-centered marriage or contestants with perfect Aristotelian virtue out of this show, but Joey does seem generally like a nice guy who will love and commit to his wife well and who also has the prudence to properly identify which women are there for love and which are there for fame.” 

Sherman said Monday ladies’ nights at Underdogs are especially appealing because attendees can grocery shop right after the event.

“I think the practicality of it is genius,” she said.