This Portland chef is opening The Sports Bra — a pub that will only show women's sports

Jenny Nguyen was only joking when she said she'd never be able watch women's sports in their full glory at a bar unless she opened one herself.

A month later, that dream is going to be a reality when she opens the doors to The Sports Bra in Portland, Ore., which will exclusively show women's sporting events.

So far, fans from around the world are cheering on the venue, as it gives people a space to celebrate female athletes.

Nguyen spoke with As It Happens guest host Gillian Findlay about the bar. Here is part of their conversation.

A sports bar that only plays women's sports — where did that idea come from?

It was the NCAA women's basketball finals.... The biggest game of the year really.

A dozen of us rolled into this sports bar and we thought for sure it would be on at least one TV, and it wasn't. So we pushed some tables together, we flagged down the server and she's like, "Oh, no problem. I can change the channel." And so she was able to change the smaller TV in the corner of the bar. 

It wasn't a big deal.... We were kind of used to it at that point. And so we [proceeded] to watch this game and it was like the best game I'd ever seen. It was a comeback from behind and then a last second three-pointer to win. And it was just magic. Our whole table erupted.

I remember jumping up and down and then looking around the bar and realizing that no one else was watching our game, so they were just looking at us like we were crazy. 

We had a really great time and we celebrated. Then as we were leaving, we were in the parking lot saying our goodbyes and stuff. And I remember being like, "Oh man, that was such a great game."

And someone else is like, "Yeah, it was, but it would have been so much better if the sound had been