March Madness bar specials 2011

Now that you've got your bracket set, start with these nine bar specials for March Madness good times. We'll add more as they come in.

The Boundary The Boundary wants you to escape the madness of the work day and dive into March Madness today, Thursday 17, and Friday 18. Sip daytime beers while filling up on half-priced appetizers from 11am–2pm. 1932 W Division St, 773-278-1919

The Coach HouseThe Coach House/Uncle Fatty's Rum Resort will kick things into overdrive for March Madness with drink deals during all NCAA games. Gamewatchers can enjoy $1 Miller High Life and Miller High Life Lite. Pizza by the slice, $3. 2833 N Sheffield, 773-477-3661

Casey Moran's is serving up NCAA specials throughout March. Tournament specials include $4 Jameson shots, $4 Absolut cocktails and $3 Miller Lite bottles. 3660 N Clark St, 773-755-4444

Chicago Q has paired a beer or bourbon with each team on the bracket this year; the day after each team wins, Chicago Q will offer $2 off the winning team’s libation. The winning team for the whole tournament’s bourbon or beer will be offered at $2 off for an entire week. Brackets will be available for reference at the restaurant or online at www.chicagoqrestaurant.com. 1160 N Dearborn St, 312-642-1160

Frontier invites Chicagoans to catch all the March Madness action beginning Thursday 17 with featured specials including $12 Final Four Flights (four 9oz beers), $6 burgers and $4 house venison jerky. Patrons can watch tourney games in the comfy upstairs lounge on the 11 42-inch HD TVS and two 6-foot projectors. 1072 N Milwaukee Ave, 773-772-4322

Lillie's Q will give away one free order of boiled peanuts (regularly $4) to all paying patrons wearing Florida State apparel from opening to closing on days the Seminoles play in the NCAA tournament. Florida State opens NCAA Tournament play against Texas A&M at 3pm on Friday, March 18. 1856 W North Ave, 773-772-5500

Lottie’s is featuring $5 22oz Miller cups, $5 wing buckets and $15 party platters including one cheese pizza, a bucket of wings and a bucket of tots. Eat up and enjoy watching the game on more than 20 flat-screens. 1925 W Cortland, 773-489-0738

The Pony Inn is offering up food and drink specials like $5 Clydesdale Grilled Cheese and $5 22oz Miller Cups. Tournament games will be broadcast on overhead plasma TVs and at tables that feature an individual flat-screen TV for viewing. 1638 W Belmont Ave, 773-828-5055

Ra Sushi Chicagoland is hosting a sushi-eating contest benefiting the March of Dimes. The Maki Madness sushi-eating contest takes place Sunday 20. Register before Saturday 19 for a chance to win “Sushi for a year” in the form of 12 $50 RA Sushi gift certificates. Doors open at noon and the first round starts at 12:30pm. Applications are available at the restaurant and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RAsushiChicagoland <http://www.facebook.com/RAsushiChicagoland>. 1139 N State St, 312-274-0011