Whether you’re rooting for your team, checking game scores to update your March Madness bracket or just enjoying a month of premier college basketball,
there are plenty of bars and restaurants in Montgomery County where you can watch the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments beginning this week.
Buffalo Wild Wings, a grill and bar with locations at 33 Maryland Ave. in downtown Rockville and 668 Clopper Road in Gaithersburg, will offer a buy one, get one free boneless wing deal for dine-in, takeout and delivery orders on Thursday.
Also, if a men’s or women’s March Madness game goes into overtime, reward members can get a credit for six free boneless wings and the deal is valid for 30 days after the NCAA championship games.
The restaurant claims that it serves the “official chicken wing of March Madness.”
Pinstripes, an Italian American bistro with bowling and bocce at 11920 Grand Park Ave. in North Bethesda’s Pike & Rose neighborhood, says anyone who makes a reservation to dine or bowl from Tuesday through March 31 will be entered to win four tickets to the Final Four games in Phoenix. The winner will be announced April 1.
The establishment will also offer food and drink specials, including four starters for $50 and a bucket of bottled beer or seltzer for $15.
Sports & Social, a sports bar at 11800 Grand Park Ave. in Pike & Rose, is offering a bracket challenge powered by Live! Casino and Hotel in Hanover.
Anyone who enters will have the chance to win cash prizes, including $1 million for a perfect bracket and $25,000 for predicting 60 or more games correctly. Contestants who submit brackets will also receive a coupon for $10 off of a purchase of $30 or more at the restaurant.
Drink specials include $4 domestic bottles until 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and $20 domestic buckets during every tournament game.
Yard House, an American restaurant at 211 Rio Blvd. at rio shopping and entertainment center in Gaithersburg, is offering a beer bracket called “IPA Madness.” For $15, patrons can order four IPAs in a flight and then pick their favorite for a full pint.
The IPAs include New Belgium Voodoo 1985 Mango IPA, Stone Delicious Hazy IPA, SweetWater Half-A-Gummie Fruit Punch IPA and Yard House exclusive House Hazy IPA.
The eatery also is offering food pairings with the brews, including poke nachos, Wisconsin fried cheese curds and firecracker shrimp.
This story will be updated as restaurants and bars continue to announce specials and events.