Top March Madness dining, drinking specials in Chicago

Sunday, March 17 - Monday, April 8Starting on Selection Sunday through the Championship Game on Monday, April 8, Chicago q invites you to enjoy the games with special private dining dinner and drink packages. Select from Chicago q's Competition Ribs, Pulled Chicken and Pork Sandwiches, Bruleed Macaroni and Cheese, Kobe Brisket Baked Beans and, of course, no party is complete without Chef/Partner Lee Ann Whippen's signature Pig-Powder Chips and Bread and Butter Pickles.Choose Chicago q's Whole Pork Shoulder Presentation, which feeds approximately 12 people, served by Chicago q's chefs with coleslaw, honey butter cornbread and kobe brisket baked beans. In addition, Beverage Director Lee Lampert will craft a delicious beverage in the color of the guests' favorite team.Chicago q has two private dining spaces, The Octagon Room and the Upstairs Lounge, both of which accommodate up to 50 guests and have HD televisions with sound.Chicago q1160 N. Dearborn St.Chicago, IL312.642.1160Thursday, March 21  - Monday, April 850-cents - $15Visit Porkchop for March Madness games and enjoy specials including Miller Lite beer buckets for $15, Jim Beam cocktails for $5 and wings for 50-cents. Porkchop has an extensive whiskey selection, draft beers, craft beers and specialty winter cocktails perfect to pair with a gourmet BBQ comfort food selection like Sausage Lollipops. Specials are available on NCAA basketball game days only.Porkchop941 W Randolph St.Chicago, IL 60607312.733.9333Thursday, March 21 - Monday, April 8LUXBAR, one of the Gold Coast's favorites for game-watching, invites Chicagoans to enjoy all NCAA games on 16 HD flat screen televisions with more than 25 beer choices and football favorites like Filet Sliders, Truffle Fries, Quesadillas, and USDA Gibsons Prime Burger.LUXBAR118 East Bellevue PlaceChicago, IL 60611|312.642.3400View the list »
Shoot over to these spots and score March Madness specials

Restaurants newsletter

If it weren't for St. Patrick's Day and March Madness, Chicagoans would go crazy just waiting for shorts and flip-flop weather. Take the rain-snow mixes in stride, fill out your March Madness brackets and head to these spots for delish dining specials.

Related topics

Advertisement
View the list
  • Thursday, March 21 - Monday, April 8LUXBAR, one of the Gold Coast's favorites for game-watching, invites Chicagoans to enjoy all NCAA games on 16 HD flat screen televisions with more than 25 beer choices and football favorites like Filet Sliders, Truffle Fries, Quesadillas, and USDA Gibsons Prime Burger.LUXBAR118 East Bellevue PlaceChicago, IL 60611|312.642.3400
  • Thursday, March 21  - Monday, April 850-cents - $15Visit Porkchop for March Madness games and enjoy specials including Miller Lite beer buckets for $15, Jim Beam cocktails for $5 and wings for 50-cents. Porkchop has an extensive whiskey selection, draft beers, craft beers and specialty winter cocktails perfect to pair with a gourmet BBQ comfort food selection like Sausage Lollipops. Specials are available on NCAA basketball game days only.Porkchop941 W Randolph St.Chicago, IL 60607312.733.9333
  • Sunday, March 17 - Monday, April 8Starting on Selection Sunday through the Championship Game on Monday, April 8, Chicago q invites you to enjoy the games with special private dining dinner and drink packages. Select from Chicago q's Competition Ribs, Pulled Chicken and Pork Sandwiches, Bruleed Macaroni and Cheese, Kobe Brisket Baked Beans and, of course, no party is complete without Chef/Partner Lee Ann Whippen's signature Pig-Powder Chips and Bread and Butter Pickles.Choose Chicago q's Whole Pork Shoulder Presentation, which feeds approximately 12 people, served by Chicago q's chefs with coleslaw, honey butter cornbread and kobe brisket baked beans. In addition, Beverage Director Lee Lampert will craft a delicious beverage in the color of the guests' favorite team.Chicago q has two private dining spaces, The Octagon Room and the Upstairs Lounge, both of which accommodate up to 50 guests and have HD televisions with sound.Chicago q1160 N. Dearborn St.Chicago, IL312.642.1160
  • Tuesday, March 19 - Saturday, March 23Lunch: $13; Dinner: $16In celebration of March Madness, all three Tuscany Restaurant locations will participate in a week-long March Lasagna Madness in which a different lasagna recipe will be featured each day of the week. Pricing will remain the same, and the special is available for dine-in or carryout.The featured lasagna dishes include the following:Tuesday: Pollo LasagnaWednesday: Primavera LasagnaThursday: Bolognese LasagnaFriday: Seafood LasagnaSaturday: Ricotta LasagnaTuscany on Taylor1014 W. Taylor St.Chicago, IL 60607312.829.1990
  • Thursday, March 21  - Monday, April 8 Basketball fans can enjoy all of the NCAA action this spring at Frontier in West Town with game day specials like $5 craft drafts, $4 Miller drafts and food specials including a tailgate package. Patrons can watch the game downstairs or in the upstairs lounge on eleven 42-inch HDTVs and two 6-foot projectors. Frontier will open at 10 a.m. for all early games on Thursday, March 21 and Friday, March 22. Basketball package (Serves 10- 15): $500Whole Smoked Pig plus sides including Five-Cheese Mac, Caesar Salad with polenta croutons, Johnny Cakes and Succotash (for groups larger than 15, additional charges will apply).One case of domestic beerFrontier1072 North MilwaukeeChicago, IL 60642773.772.4322
  • Thursday, March 21 - Monday, April 850-cent to $12 specialsBasketball fans are encouraged to head into El's Kitchen & Bar in Lincoln Park on game days during March Madness to enjoy $12 domestic beer buckets and 50-cent jumbo wings. El's features over 40 local craft, domestic and imported beers, specialty cocktails, and signature BBQ dishes like the 12-Hour In-House Smoked Brisket, In-House Smoked Baby Back Ribs and El's famous Buttermilk Southern Fried Chicken.El's Kitchen1459 W. Webster AveChicago, IL 60614773.248.5210
  • Thursday, March 21 - Monday, April 8 (Open at 10 a.m. for all early games)$5 - $15 specialsVisit Lottie's and enjoy $5 22-ounce Coors or Miller cups and a $15 Party Platter with a 14" Cheese Pizza, Bucket of Wings and Bucket of Tots. Lottie's features 19 flat screens upstairs and four flat screens and two projectors downstairs in addition to 23 beers on tap, making it a perfect spot to catch all the Kansas and Wisconsin NCAA games.Lottie's Pub1925 W CortlandChicago, IL 60622773.489.0738
  • Thursday, March 21  - Monday, April 8 (Open at 10 a.m. for all early games)Hop on The Pony and snag  $5 Pony Punch, $5 22 oz. Miller and Coors Drafts and a $15 Party Platter featuring 14 inch thin crust cheese pizza, a plate of wings and tater tots. The games will be broadcast on overhead plasma TVs and at tables that feature an individual flat-screen TV for viewing all UK games.  Parties of 6 or more can call 312.453.9397 to reserve a table.The Pony1638 West BelmontChicago, IL 60657773.828.5055
View the list
Suggested by the author:

, Chicago Dining Examiner

A lifelong Chicagoan, born in Bucktown and raised on pierogi, pizza and panuchos, Jacky has been a Chicago radio host, syndicated columnist, magazine travel editor and feature writer for Dining Out Magazine, AOL City Guide and the Daily Herald Chicago. Contact her: jacky@jackyrunice.com.

Advertisement

Today's top buzz...