Washington D.C. Football Gameday Drink Specials
While the World Cup was awesome and the US Open is nice, fall is upon us which means the return of the ultimate American sport—Football. The official season kicks off on September 4th and bars around D.C. are gearing up for what should be a wild season of over 250 games. No matter who you cheer for—college or pro, east or west—these bars have your drinking needs covered. Bookmark this page or check back often, because we’ll be updating the list frequently. (Know of a special we haven’t yet listed? Let us know on Facebook or Twitter and we'll add it here.)
Nellie’s Sports Bar: Saturdays and Sundays: $4 mimosas, drafts, bloodys and rail drinks all day. Monday Night Football: 1/2 off burgers. College Football: Set up your own Alumni Happy Hour group and Nellie’s will provide drink specials named after your school. (900 U St. NW; 202-332-6355)
Black Jack: Sundays from 3–10 PM: 1/2 Price drafts, pizzas and mussels, 2 for 1 Happy Hour oysters, $5 wines and $7 dive burgers. (1612 14th St. NW; 202-986-5225)
Bier Baron: Showing all Monday and Thursday games plus local Sunday games. $3 mystery beers, PBR and Natty Boh's, and $2 jello shots with touchdowns. (1523 22nd St. NW; 202-293-1885)
Ventnor Sports Cafe: Saturday college games: Bottomless mimosa brunch for morning games and tallboy specials for evening games. Always serving “Blue Cups" for UNC games and popular spot for Syracuse, North Carolina, Vanderbilt and Michigan games. Shows all Sunday NFL games, with big crowds for Eagles, Bears, Steelers and Washington area teams. (2411 18th St. NW; 202-234-3070)
Penn Quarter Sports Tavern: All games: $12 Miller Lite Pitchers, $14 Yuengling Pitchers, $15 Blue Moon Pitchers, $4 Miller Lite Aluminum Pints and 6-for-the-price-of-5 bottles bucket special. Home for Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks, Texas A&M and University of Miami. (639 Indiana Ave. NW; 202-347-6666)
Penn Social: $3 Bud Light and $4 Sam Adams all day Sunday and til 7 PM on Saturdays. Offering regional specials (ie, $4 Shiners for Texas games). Home for several college teams: University of Texas, UCF, USC, Arizona and Colorado. Official ESPN 980 After-Game show broadcast location for Redskins away games. (801 E St. NW; 202-697-4900)
Little Miss Whiskey’s Golden Dollar: All Saints games: $4 tallboys of Germany’s Dortmunder Actien Brauerei (DAB). (1104 H St. NE; no phone)
Front Page: $12 Miller Lite or Coors Lite buckets, $10 Miller Lite pitchers, $5 Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, $5 Captain Morgan White, $5 Crown Royal, $5 football snacks
(1333 New Hampshire Ave. NW; 202-296-6500)
Hill Country Barbecue Market: NFL Sundays: $3 PBR, $5 well drinks, $5 house margaritas, $20 margarita pitchers and $20 pitchers of draft Shiner beer. Bar menu also available during football games. (410 Seventh St. NW; 202-556-2050)
Buffalo Billiards: NFL Sundays: $14 Miller Lite pitchers, $16 Blue Moon pitchers, $5 shot specials. College Saturdays: $5 Sam Adams and Sam Seasonal drafts, $5 Angry Orchard, $17 buckets of Bud light 16 oz. and $20 craft beer buckets. (1330 19th St. NW; 202-331-7665)
Town Tavern: NFL Sundays: $4 domestic bottles, $10 Bud Light pitchers, $15 wings/Bud Light pitcher combo. College Saturdays: $3 domestic bottles, $10 Bud Light pitchers, $6 burger baskets. All 49ers games: $3 domestic bottles, $9 Bud Light pitchers, $6 rail drinks, $6 burger baskets, $15 wings/pitcher combo. Monday Night Football: $3 domestic bottles, $12 Mix n' Match domestic beer buckets. (2323 18th St. NW; 202-387-8696)
Meridian Pint: All NFL games: $5 local beers, 25% off appetizers, plus full draft and food menu available. Weekend bar opens at 12 PM. (3400 11th St. NW; 202-588-1075)
City Tap House: NFL Sundays: Buy a special 20 oz. stein and get unlimited $5 drafts of Yuengling, Riot Rye or H.L. Rex from Baltimore’s Monocacy Brewing Co. Tailgating small plates and patio grilling. (901 9th St. NW; 202-644-9433)
Sign of the Whale: Syracuse games: $12 48 oz. pitchers (daytime games only), $3 Bud Light, Saranec, Yuengling, Blue Moon, $4 rail mixed drinks, $5 Red Bull and vodkas, $6 Orange Whale Pails, $6 orange bombs. Philly Eagles games: $12 48 oz. pitchers, $3 Bud Light and Yuengling, $4 Blue Moon and Victory, $4 Twisted Tea, $6 B-dewk Whale Pail. (1825 M St. NW; 202-785-1110)
Arcuri: 1/2 Price bottles of wine for Monday night football. (2400 Wisconsin Ave. NW; 202-827-8745)
BlackFinn: NCAA Games (Thursdays and Saturdays): $4 Blue Moon pints, $5 Leinenkugel pints, $7 Bacardi and Cokes, $7 Three Olives Vodka and Red Bull, $9 Orange Crush, $9 "Bloody Game Day" (Bloody Mary), $18 Miller Lite and Coors Lite 100 oz. towers. NFL Games (Sundays and Mondays): $4 Shock Top Pints, $5 Goose Island Pints, $7 Bacardi and Cokes, $7 Three Olives Vodka and Red Bull, $9 Orange Crush, $9 "Bloody Game Day" (Bloody Mary), $18 Budweiser and Bud Lite 100 oz. towers. (1620 I St. NW; 202-429-4350)
