The 10 Best Pre-Game Happy Hours for NFL Week 4

Ten home games this weekend, ten cities, ten pre-game pours. One honest note before the list: most published happy hours are weekday-only, and Sunday 1 p.m. kickoffs land squarely outside them. So we did this the hard way — every deal below is real, sourced from the bar itself, and we say plainly when a happy hour doesn’t apply on Sunday. No invented specials, no phantom “$2 drafts.”

10. Washington, DC — Northwest Stadium

Commanders vs. Seahawks, Sunday 1:00 p.m. ET

The stadium sits in Landover, where the verified deals live a short ride away in College Park. Terrapins Turf (4410 Knox Rd, ~6.4 mi) runs a Sunday bottomless brunch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. — which swallows the entire pre-game window — and keeps game-day hours from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. Down the road, The Greene Turtle (7356 Baltimore Ave, ~6.4 mi) advertises “$3 specials every single night” and goes full Sunday game-day mode with wall-to-wall action. Brunch first, bravado second.

9. Miami — Hard Rock Stadium

Dolphins vs. Chiefs, Sunday 1:00 p.m. ET

Legends Sports Bar & Grill, tucked into the Stadium Hotel at 21485 NW 27th Ave, is the closest traditional pre-game bar to the gates — under five minutes on foot. The hotel’s own listing promises drink and food specials daily, though no specific prices are published anywhere official, so confirm at the bar. When the Chiefs are in town and the 1 p.m. heat is doing its thing, proximity is its own happy hour.

8. Jacksonville — EverBank Stadium

Jaguars vs. Patriots, Sunday 1:00 p.m. ET

THAT BAR AT THE ARENA (234 A Philip Randolph Blvd, ~0.4 mi) is the platonic pre-game dive: it only opens on event days, it opens three hours before a 1 p.m. kickoff, and it deals in cheap drinks, smash burgers, and blackened fish tacos. If it’s mobbed, Bay Street Sports Grill (119 E Bay St, ~1.1 mi, open Sundays 11 a.m.–midnight) is the downtown backup — its $1-off happy hour is weekdays-only, so Sunday is full-price, but the room is built for game day.

7. Tampa — Raymond James Stadium

Buccaneers vs. Vikings, Sunday 4:05 p.m. ET

This is the rare Sunday where the math works. Riveters Tampa (2301 N Dale Mabry Hwy, ~1.0 mi, open Sundays 11 a.m.–11 p.m.) runs happy hour 3–7 p.m. — and a 4:05 kickoff means the first hour of it is genuinely pre-game. A mile up the road, Duffy’s Sports Grill (1580 N Dale Mabry Hwy, ~1.3 mi) is the Bucs game-day institution: 84 TVs, a football-season features menu, and an official Hard Rock Bet partnership. Its published happy hour is weekdays 4–6 p.m., so Sunday you’re paying full price for the atmosphere.

6. Buffalo — Highmark Stadium

Bills vs. Chargers, Sunday 1:00 p.m. ET

O’Neill’s Stadium Inn (3864 Abbott Rd, Orchard Park, ~0.3 mi) calls itself “THE place to be before, during and after Bills Games” — and at a six-minute walk, the claim holds. Open Sundays 11 a.m.–11 p.m., with 20% off all day for service-industry workers. A little farther out, Buffalo’s Best Grill (3700 Southwestern Blvd, ~0.8 mi) runs lunch specials daily from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., which covers the whole pre-game window; the site claims a daily happy hour but publishes no specifics, so treat that as unconfirmed.

5. Pittsburgh — Acrisure Stadium

Steelers vs. Bengals, Sunday 1:00 p.m. ET

Mike’s Beer Bar (110 Federal St, North Shore, ~0.6 mi) opens at 9 a.m. for 1 p.m. Steelers home games — explicitly, on the website, as policy. Eighty rotating local taps, 500-plus beers total, twelve minutes on foot from the gates. Across the river, Redbeard’s Sports Bar & Grill (144 6th St, ~0.75 mi, open Sundays 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.) lists 5–7 p.m. deals — half-off appetizers, $2 domestic bottles, $2.50 wells — but the days aren’t specified and the window reads weekday, so don’t bank on it Sunday.

4. Denver — Empower Field at Mile High

Broncos vs. Rams, Sunday 6:20 p.m. MT

The rare Sunday-night pre-game with real deals. Wynkoop Brewing Company (1634 18th St, LoDo, ~1.7 mi) pours $4 game-day brews every Sunday and during all Broncos games — announced on the brewery’s own feed five days ago — with NFL Sunday Ticket on the big screens. Closer to the stadium, Tom’s Watch Bar (1601 19th St, ~1.4 mi, open Sundays 11 a.m.–11 p.m.) bills itself as the Broncos’ pre-game headquarters with food and drink specials built for kickoff, plus a fan-club signup good for a $1 pint on your next visit.

3. Chicago — Soldier Field

Bears vs. Eagles, Monday 7:15 p.m. CT

Monday night changes the math, and Reggies (2105 S State St, ~0.9 mi) exploits it beautifully: a $20 all-you-can-eat tailgate buffet before and after the game, starting at 3:30 p.m. Monday, plus a free shuttle with unlimited wristbands running to and from Soldier Field. Cash only. If you’d rather drink in the South Loop, First Draft (649 S Clark St, ~1.0 mi) runs a Monday–Friday 4–6 p.m. happy hour — listings put the deals around $4–5 (sources vary slightly, so confirm at the bar) — which lands perfectly ahead of a 7:15 kickoff.

2. Detroit — Ford Field

Lions vs. Jets, Sunday 1:00 p.m. ET

The best verified Sunday-morning deal on this entire list. Tin Roof Detroit (47 E Adams Ave, ~0.28 mi — a block from Ford Field, per Visit Detroit) runs $9 two-for-one Bloody Marys and $20 mimosa buckets Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. — the exact pre-game window. Four floors, a rooftop, live music, and a printed warning that gameday prices are subject to change. Around the corner in Greektown, Firebird Tavern (419 Monroe St, ~0.37 mi) has a legitimate happy hour — half off craft beer, wine, and Tito’s, 3–6 p.m. — but it’s Monday–Friday only, so Sunday is full-price.

1. New Orleans — Caesars Superdome

Saints vs. Raiders, Sunday 3:25 p.m. CT

The Saints’ first home game of their 60th season deserves the city’s heaviest pre-game room. Manning’s Sports Bar & Grill (519 Fulton St, ~0.8 mi, ~15-minute walk) is the NFL-sanctioned pick — the Saints’ official watch-party venue, with 24 beers on tap, 30-plus flat screens, and two 13-foot mega screens. Open Sundays 11 a.m.–10 p.m.; no published happy-hour deals found, so this one is about the room, not the discount. For sheer volume, Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux (1009 Poydras St, ~0.5 mi) is the tourism board’s own game-day pick — tons of space, tons of televisions, right on the Poydras corridor to the Dome.

How we built this list

Ten home cities for Week 4, verified against the actual schedule — including the Sunday-nighter in Denver and the Monday-nighter in Chicago, and excluding the Cowboys–Ravens game, which is being played in Rio de Janeiro. For each city we found bars near the stadium and checked every deal against the bar’s own site or a current reputable source. Where a happy hour is weekday-only, we said so instead of implying it applies Sunday. Bars we couldn’t verify — closed Sundays, no published deals, stale listings — got cut.

What did we get wrong?

Ten cities, nineteen bars, and a strict no-invention rule — which means we left some great rooms off. Defend your pre-game spot in the comments.