Mar 20 2009
March Madness Bar Guide
It’s the best time of the year to be a sports fan. The Madness has descended upon us and we did a bit of legwork to help you find the right bar to catch all the hoops action. The last thing you want is to walk into a bar 5 minutes before your team’s tip-off only to find out that the bar doesn’t have the DirectTV March Madness package or that it’s your rivals alumni bar. We put together the following list of bars that have the Direct TV March Madness package. We also try to list as many food and drink specials as we could find.
Black Finn (53rd b/t 2nd and 3rd): On Thrusdays, $25 per game gets you all you can drink Bud and Bud Light + all you can eat wings. On Fridays, $20 open bar b/t 6-8pm.
Blondies (2 locations): Our favorite wings in the city. Friendly for Michigan State, Oklahoma and Kansas fans.
Brother Jimmy’s (Murray Hill and UES): ACC-friendly.
Down the Hatch (179 W. 4th): Everything is half-price at the bar b/t 12-8pm today. Tomorrow is all you can eat and drink (domestic beers, wings, fries and onion rings) for $21 per person.
The East End (1st Ave b/t 86th and 87th): $16 for a pitcher and wings. Friendly for Syracuse fans.
The Hill (3rd b/t 29th and 30th): This is where the Louisville fans in NYC are gathering for games.
Johnny Utah’s (51st b/t 5th and 6th): $2 Coors Light drafts during the games. Watch on 3 15ft projection screens.
Mad River (3rd b/t 81st and 82nd): half-priced wings, $9 Bud Light pitchers, $15 buckets of beer. Friendly for Wisconsin fans.
MJ Armstrong’s (1st Ave at 19th): From 12-7pm — $3 pints and $40 mega pitchers, $12 buckets of PBR, $12 domestic pitchers and 25 cent wings. After 7pm — $4 drafts, $12 domestic pitchers and $16 premium pitchers, $40 mega pitchers, $12 PBR buckets and 50 cent wings.
Opal (52nd at 2nd Ave): 2 for 1 wings, $10 select pitchers, $15 beer buckets and $10 platters.
Overlook (44th b/t 2nd and 3rd): 2 for 1 drinks. Friendly for Texas A&M and Missouri fans.
Rogue (6th b/t 25th and 26th): $12 pitchers of Sam Adams and Sam seasonal. $10 pizza and a pint during the games. Friendly for Memphis fans.
Professor Thom’s (2nd Ave b/t 13th and 14th): $3 domestic drafts and $4 call drinks and wine. Friendly for Michigan fans! GO BLUE!!
Red Sky (29th b/t Park and Madison): Lots of food and drink specials during the game. Friendly for UConn fans.
Southern Hospitality (2nd b/t 76th and 77th): Free Coors Light if you are wearing your team’s gear. $8 pitchers of Coors Light, $3 Bud Light bottles, 2 for 1 Absolut shots anytime games are on TV.
Standings Bar (7th b/t 2nd Ave and Cooper Sq): March Madness Pizza Gorging Parties for the 1st round. Free pizza. Friendly for fans of Gonzaga, Wake Forest, Missouri, LSU, Florida and Pitt.
Third & Long (3rd at 35th): $3 domestic drafts from 12-5pm and a FREE 3ft Hero! Tomorrow b/t 12-8pm it’s the ‘kick the keg’ March Madness special: $2.00 mugs of ALL BEERS ON TAP (except Delirium Tremens).
The Town Tavern (3rd St. @ 6th Ave): Half-priced pitchers of Bud and Bud Light and 25 cent wings during all the games. Friendly for Florida, Villanova and Syracuse fans.
Turtle Bay Grille (2nd b/t 52nd and 53rd): $3 domestic bottles and drafts.
Village Pourhouse (3rd Ave at 11th): Friendly for Duke and Kansas fans.
The Watering Hole (19th b/t Park & Irving): $12 lunch special gets you menu item + beer or glass of wine. Friendly for Duke fans.
OTHER TEAM BARS:
- Connecticut – Red Sky
- Duke – Village Pourhouse
- Gonzaga – Tonic East
- Louisville – Proof
- Kansas – Back Page
- Marquette – Stout
- Memphis – Rogue
- Michigan State – Blondie’s East/Molly Pitcher’s
- North Carolina – Brother Jimmy’s Midtown
- Purdue – Dorrian’s Red hand
- Texas – Stout
- USC – Galway Hooker
- Wisconsin – Mad River Grill
- Xavier – Bar 12
if you’re looking for a midtown bar that has the DirectTv package, don’t go to Judge Roy Bean, Cassidy’s or Whisky Trader. Best bet is to head to 2nd Ave spots in 50′s or Black Finn. Or Johnny Utah’s has it supposedly.