Old Town Social and some of its 23 TVs.Photo: courtesy Old Town Social
Here in the second half of our Super Bowl preview, we tell you where to go if you just want to get away from your one lonely 42" screen and go watch the game on somebody else's 24 screens. (That seems to be the magic number for bars these days.) So watch 24 screens and knock back some wings and sliders at any of these Chicago-area locations. Meanwhile, for the definitive study of chicken wings, check out Serious Eats Chicago's exhaustive study of 19 different chicken wing emporia.
• Old Town Social is just one shy of the 24 TVs most places are advertising, but we guess that in-house charcuterie and other fine stuff will make up for it. They'll also have betting cards on all kinds of things out, and be giving prizes away.
• Bridgeport's Nana goes soul-foody with a $25 per person feast include Gunthorp fried chicken, collard greens, mac and cheese and more.
• Benny's Chop House will have complimentary appetizers during the game including flatbreads and shortbread sliders.
• L. Woods in Lincolnwood has a Souper Bowl Chowder challenge between Manhattan Clam Chowder and New England Clam Chowder on its Facebook page, while $20 per person will get you a feast that doesn't require looking away from the screen to a menu for even an instant, including fried chicken, baby back ribs, mashed potatoes, cole slaw, and apple strudel. Call 847-326-2000.
• Moonshine in Wicker Park will hold its first annual Slider Bowl. $35 gets you a whole buffet of sliders and brews. There will be TVs too.
• Moe's Cantina in River North will have wings, St. Louis rubs, Piernas de pollo (them's drumsticks to you), nachos, and Mexican sliders. Oh, and 24 TVs.
• Big Onion Tavern Group has events at all of its restaurants— Brunch, Jack's Bar & Grill, and the new Derby. Brunch has all you can eat red velvet pancakes for $10.99 in the morning, while Jack's and Derby will have $40 packages that get you a food platter of everything from wings to tater tots. Finally, The Irish Oak, self-identified Denver Broncos bar, has a $33 food and drink package which commemorates Tim Tebow in some fashion we're not entirely clear on, frankly.
• John Barleycorn Wrigleyville opens for Sunday's game with $18 domestic buckets, $5 2-lb chicken wing buckets and half-price chili. They also have 24 TVs, they want you to know. Similar deals pertain at Mac's American Pub, though they have only 12 TVs.
• Only 12 TVs at Division Ale House— but uniquely so far, they have a DJ. The $30 package gets you a burger or sandwich, Miller Lite or Goose Island drafts and other drinks.
• Fleming's Steakhouse will have a $29.95 prime rib deal at both Chicago and Lincolnshire locations.
