With just days to go until the first round of March Madness, numerous sports bars across Arlington and Falls Church are ready with drinks and bites for sports fans of all stripes.
As establishments offer deals ranging from beers and seltzers to appetizers and wings, here are some local spots to try out while watching this month’s games.
BOE
The country-themed bar is screening games and offering March Madness specials throughout the weekend. Drink specials from noon to 7 p.m. include $4 beers and $5 seltzers, plus a “mad bucket” deal with five light beers for $12 or five seltzers for $20.
2854 Wilson Boulevard, Clarendon
Crystal City Sports Pub
The pub and watering hole for several alumni groups plans to show every game across 100-plus television screens. A happy hour from 3-6 p.m. Monday through Friday includes a selection of $4.50 drafts, $4 rail liquor and $8.99 appetizers.
529 23rd Street S., Crystal City
GrillMarX
For “MarX Madness,” the new steakhouse and raw bar in Falls Church is offering $3 domestic beers, $7 rails and select wines, and a $15 beer-and-wings combo during March Madness games.
510 S. Washington Street, Falls Church
First Down Sports Bar and Grill
The Ballston sports bar has 30 televisions and up to 50 different wing flavors to choose from. Its “Wing Sauce Madness” bracket competition is also back for another year, with voting available on the business’s Instagram Stories.
4213 Fairfax Drive, Ballston
Highline RxR
The Arlington Young Democrats are hosting a March Madness watch party at this Crystal City beer hall at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26.
Starting this Wednesday, the bar is also hosting a “DMV Beer Madness Elite 8 Tap Tournament” to determine the best local beers based on sales. Patrons have until March 21 to fill out brackets.
2010 Crystal Drive, Crystal City
Hyde Social
This Clarendon bar and restaurant is opening at noon this Thursday and Friday with plans to show games across more than 20 screens. Happy hour from 4-7 p.m., Monday through Friday, includes cocktails starting at $10, $3 off draft beers and a $25 burger-and-pint deal.
3100 Clarendon Blvd, Clarendon
Ireland’s Four Courts
The Irish pub has plans to show every game this year, and its “Road to the Final Four (Courts)” bracket competition is currently underway. Up to two brackets may be submitted per entry to win prizes.
2051 Wilson Blvd, Courthouse
Open Road Grill
The Rosslyn restaurant is hosting a bracket tournament with top prizes of $500, $200 and $100 gift cards to the Metropolitan Hospitality Group restaurants.
1201 Wilson Blvd, Rosslyn
Solace Outpost
The Falls Church pub has plans to stream March Madness alongside its regular happy hour deal with $3 beers from 3-4 p.m., $4 beers from 4-5 p.m. and $5 beers from 5-6 p.m.
444 W Broad Street, Falls Church
William Jeffrey’s Tavern
William Jeffrey’s Tavern is inviting guests to “catch all the matchups and all the madness” from noon Thursday to midnight Sunday on its 16-plus screens. Rotating specials currently include shepherd’s pie, reuben spring rolls and brunch corned beef hash for St. Patrick’s Day.
2301 Columbia Pike, Penrose
Wood & Iron
Fresh off its grand opening in Virginia Square, Wood & Iron plans to show every March Madness game across almost three dozen screens inside and on an outdoor patio. Themed shooters will be available during the games, in addition to a half-off chicken sandwich meal deal this Thursday, half-off chicken wings every Monday and a weekend brunch from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
3401 Fairfax Drive, Virginia Square
Quincy Hall
The Ballston beer hall will be offering several specials during March Madness games, including $20 pitchers of Mexican lager, “buy 4 get 5” deals on canned beers and cocktails, and green tea shots for $8 or Fireball for $5.
4001 Fairfax Drive, Ballston
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