March Madness has officially begun. While your bracket for the college basketball tournament may be off the mark by Monday, you won’t go wrong with any of the food and drink specials at these D.C. restaurants to watch the games.
The Chinatown restaurant will be airing March Madness matchups and it has a free nacho cheese fountain (!!) during games all weekend.
777 I St. NW
You may not be able to find the Bachelorette contestant here at the moment, but Stoney’s on P Street is serving $14 pitchers of Bud Light, $15 Shock Top and Stoney’s Amber pitchers, and $5 fireball shots. Additionally, guests can order a $9 large pizza with two toppings or 15 of Stoney’s honey lime sriracha wings for $20. Stoney’s L Street location is also offering a similar deal with $12 pitchers and $15 buckets of Bud Light, among other specials.
2101 L St NW, 1433 P St. NW
Meridian Pint is offering $5 wing specials and half-priced nachos during March Madness games this weekend. As far as drink specials, guests can order Allagash White, STS Pils, RAR Country Ride, and Victory Donnybrook for $5. However, games are only being shown in the basement, which opens after 5 p.m.
3400 11th St. NW
In addition to opening at noon this Saturday and Sunday, Georgetown’s Church Hall is selling $4 Miller Lite and $5 Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA.
1070 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Visit Across the pond Saturday or Sunday to watch some basketball with $4 ATP Pilsners and $0.55 wings. Other food and drink specials include 20 wings and three pitchers of ATP Pilsner for $25, and 20 wings and six domestic bottles for $25.
1732 Connecticut Avenue NW
Church Hall’s sister bar, Franklin Hall, is also getting into the March Madness spirit by offering $4 Narragansett pints and $8 Narragansett Liter mugs specials all weekend.
1348 Florida Ave NW
On top of the month-long contest in which City Tap House will give away tickets to the Final Four, both the Penn Quarter and Dupont locations are offering select Sweetwater draft beers for $5 all day during March Madness.
901 9th St. NW, 1250 Connecticut Ave NW
Catch a game and play along with Penn Commons’ beer bracket, which is in the style of a March Madness bracket. Even if your team doesn’t make it past the first round, you can boost your favorite beers into the Final Four by ordering them.
700 6th St. NW
This Columbia Heights drinks spot $4 draft, rail drinks, and wines during happy hour. Additionally, there’s also a $4 special on Narragansett this weekend.
1400 Irving St. Northwest
Hit up the Ugly Mug every Thursday- Sunday of the three-week tournament for $4 and $5 pints and $30 and $35 towers of Miller Lite, along with various food specials.
723 8th Street SE
Along with its daily specials, Union Pub will have a slew of drink specials for March Madness available all day on game days. The bar is offering $15 Bud and Bud Light buckets, $14 Bud Light and Union Pub Lager pitchers, $13 Carlsberg buckets, and $5 prices for Goose Island IPA drafts and rail drinks.
201 Massachusetts Ave. NE