Free Food, Free Drink, Freebies in Chicago on Super Bowl Sunday

As everyone gears up for Super Bowl Sunday, your crack staff at Free Things to Do in Chicago has scoured and researched to find free food, free drinks, free events and other freebies in Chicago.  With just a few more days until the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints take the field to see who will be 2010’s Super Bowl XLIV champions, we are interested in where we can go for great beer specials and free food, while watching the commercials and half time show. Whether you are a Indianapolis Colts fan or are cheering for the New Orleans Saints, there is no need to spend a fortune out on the town in Chicago while watching the Super Bowl spectacle (or maybe just the Super Bowl commercials).

FREE FOOD in CHICAGO:

Cityscape Bar Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
350 W. Mart Center Drive
Free half-time appetizer buffet including wings, poppers, hot dogs
$4 domestic bottled beers and $4 house wines all day
$6 Football Flights featuring a choice of three beers

Luxbar
18 E. Bellevue Place
Free appetizer buffet
First 100 people will receive entry plus a chance to win:
First Quarter Prize: $250 Cocktail Party
Second Quarter: Fully Stocked All State Box Depaul Game (for 10)
Third Quarter: Fully Stocked All State Box Monster Jam
Fourth Quarter: Four Cubs Tickets

Old Town Pub has a free nacho buffet where you can pile your chips high with cheese, beef, chicken, jalapenos, pico de gallo and more spicy fixin’s, all laid out for your gorging pleasure at half-time. Bonus: All Bud Light products are $3.50. 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Free admission – No cover.

Merkle’s Bar and Grill
Reserve a table at this Wrigleyville bar for free and you’ll be in line for free wings and pizza (3:30-4:30 p.m.), $5 bombs and $15 buckets – plus a chance to win a three-day, two-night trip to Las Vegas.

The Pony
1638 W. Belmont Ave.
No cover and a FREE buffet at half-time.
Also, $250 in prizes during game-time raffles.

Chief O’Neill’s Pub - 3471 N. Elston Ave. – Irving Park / Avondale

Dine
Sample a complimentary appetizer buffet to go along with numerous drink specials. Win prizes during the raffle drawing each quarter of the game.

Lottie’s Pub
If you’ve always thought you could kick a field goal, this Bucktown bar is the place to be on Super Bowl Sunday. At halftime, it’ll host the Jameson Bowl, with kicking contestants given the chance to win up to $250 in prizes. Specials include $3 domestic drafts and $4 Jameson, and it helps to have friends; tables of four or more will get access to a free halftime buffet.

Glen Prairie
During the game, all Miller and Budweiser bottles are half price. During halftime, enjoy complimentary appetizers in the lounge, including buffalo wings, quesadillas and mini eggrolls.

OUT IN ELGIN:

Club 58, at 959 Villa St. in Elgin, will even be open at 9 a.m. for a free breakfast, as is its tradition, and will have a free buffet for the game. “We serve biscuits and gravy; and for every drink you buy, you get a raffle ticket,” said Diana Lange, owner of Club 58, at 959 Villa St.

DENNY’s SUPER BOWL OFFER:

As it did last year, Denny’s Restaurants will offer a free Grand Slam egg breakfast to anyone who comes in to its restaurants on Feb. 9, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. A final 15-second ad during the two-minute warning of the Super Bowl will repeat the offer. A similar promotion last year resulted in 2 million Grand Slam breakfasts being given away.  “We know that times are still tough and a free hot breakfast helps a lot of folks and their families,” Denny’s CEO and president Nelson Marchioli said in a release. “We heard from thousands last year who thanked us.”

WHAT TO EAT IF NEED GLUTEN FREE?

Sandwiches, nachos with cheese, and wings are all Super Bowl favorites but when you can’t eat dairy, wheat, gluten, corn, soy, etc. etc. what do you do?