Writer / Matt Keating
Get those brackets filled out. It’s time for March Madness! Here’s a handy list of great places around Carmel to watch the big games this year.
1. Danny Boy Beer Works
12702 Meeting House Rd, Carmel
(317) 564-0622
dannyboybeerworks.com
Danny Boy, a fun Irish bar, has 14 televisions to choose from. St. Patrick’s Day drink specials will be offered on St. Patrick’s Day weekend. A separate March Madness event is also being planned. Combo platters with four different wings, four pretzels, queso, guacamole and more will be offered for $24. A sampler platter will also be available. Twenty different appetizers are offered, and there are 80 different beers to choose from.
2. Matt the Miller’s Tavern
11 W City Center Drive, Carmel, Indiana
(317) 805-1860
mtmtavern.com
Matt the Miller’s has a wide variety of televisions to watch the games. The bar has several beers on tap with featured breweries such as Ballast Point, Bells, Bier Brewery, Fountain Square, Indiana City Brewing, Sun King, Taxman and 3 Floyds. It’s a great place that has a lot of fun drinks to choose from, and it’s a relaxing location to meet your friends and follow your brackets.
3. The Pint Room
110 W. Main Street, Carmel
(317) 571-8400
pintroom.com
There are 16 TVs for everyone to watch all the March Madness action. The Pint Room also offers 124 taps with a focus on local Indiana breweries. There are also plenty of food specials Mondays-Thursdays.
4. Wolfies Grill
1162 Keystone Way, Carmel
(317) 844-9070
wolfiesgrill.com
There are usually large crowds enjoying the March Madness action at Wolfies, but there is always room for more. There are lot of televisions for everyone to watch the games. There will be some great drink specials, and a big menu with plenty of delicious food items to choose from. Bring all of your friends, and cheer your favorite teams on.
5. Brockway Public House
12525 Old Meridian Street, Carmel
(317) 669-8080
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Brockway Public House has 10 TVs to watch all of the college basketball excitement. On Mondays, they have $6 sandwiches. Half-price appetizers are featured Monday-Friday. Their Public House Burger, weighing in at a whopping half-pound of all natural angus beef, aims to please. Their Irish Grilled Cheese also can’t be beat. They also have their fish & chips, a signature best-selling, five-star award-winning dish, to enjoy while you watch the games.
On Fridays, Brockway has $7 Domestics pitchers and $6 Irish Margs. Saturdays feature $3 mimosas, $7 Irish car bombs and $6 Danny Boy flights. On Sundays, there are $3 mimosas, $10 buckets of Miller Lite and a $5 build your own Bloody Mary Bar, with their house-made Bloody Mary mix.
6. Upland Brewing Company
820 E. 116th Street, Carmel
(317) 564-3400
uplandbeer.com
Upland has a fun bar section where you can settle in with a cold one, and enjoy all the NCAA action. Daily specials include The Pint of the Day on Mondays for just $3.25, and $10 specials on Tuesdays.
Upland has a wide variety of beers to choose from, including Wheat Ale, Champagne Velvet, Petrie to the Kettle and Two of Tarts.
7. Bar Louie
1111 W. Main Street, Suite 140, Carmel
(317) 817-0500
barlouie.com
Bar Louie is a great place to watch the games. They have 10 televisions downstairs, and one TV upstairs. Bar Louie also has burger specials on Tuesdays, and on Thursdays they have $5.50 Martinis and half-off bottles of wine. Cocktails include The Orange Mike, with Absolut Mandrin, Salerno Blood Orange Liqueur, and lime, topped with Gosling’s Ginger Beer, and The Manhattan, with Maker’s Noiley Prat Sweet Vermouth, and Fee Brothers Orange Butters. It’s stirred, never shaken.
8. Bru Burger Bar
12901 Old Meridian Street, Carmel
(317) 975-0033
bruburgerbar.com
Bru Burger has plenty of TVs to watch the games and a wide variety of delicious burgers to choose from. An event tailored to match the NCAA excitement is being planned. Their burgers are made from a signature grind of sirloin, chuck and brisket. Enjoy one while you root for your favorite teams to win.
9. Stacked Pickle
12545 Old Meridian, Suite 150, Carmel
(317) 844-4448
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Stacked Pickle is a great choice to catch the March Madness games. The sports bar has TVs around every corner, assuring you don’t miss any of the action. On Wednesdays, you can get $3 off wings, and there are popular $11.99 Burger and Wing combos. Drink specials on Mondays include $7 pitchers for Bud Light, Coors Lite, Michelob Ultra and Miller Lite. You can also get $5 Muir’s and $4 Jim Beam Bourbon. On Tuesdays, you can get $2 domestic pints and $3 crafts. On Wednesdays, there is a two for $6 deal on Miller or Coors Light pints. There are also $3.50 Pinnacle Vodkas. On Thursdays, there are $3 domestic pints, and on Fridays, you can get $4 Yuengling Tall Drafts, $4 Manager Choice Pints and $5.50 Maker’s Mark Bourbon.
