Beer Market’s buckets and dip

Game on at the Beer Market in Vernon Hills. NFL and NCAA game day specials include a mix-and-match bucket of five beers served with kettle chips and dip for $20. Or try the recently tapped Sierra Nevada’s Big Foot Barley Wine Ale for $8 per snifter. Tuesdays are trivia nights from 7 to 9 p.m. Get 25 percent off large-format bottles on trivia night.

The Beer Market Vernon Hills is at 1270 S. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills. (847) 955-1900 or beerheadbar.com/.

Official’s Time Out’s Hawks specials

Official’s Time Out welcomes Blackhawk fans with several game-day specials. Feast on $2.50 chips and cheese, $3 garlic Parmesan wedges, $5 Hawks burger with garlic Parmesan wedges and $1 soft pretzels. Sip on $2.50 Bud Light pints, $4 pilsners, $5 mai tais or go for the $18 domestic import mix buckets.

Official’s Time Out is at 2354 W. Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates. (847) 310-3227 or officialstimeout.com/.

Portillo’s Oktoberfest

Portillo’s celebrates Oktoberfest with a dollar off regularly priced beer, including Sam Adams Oktoberfest, and a specialty brat through Oct. 31. Try Usinger’s fresh bratwurst, topped with Bavarian-style sauerkraut and classic stone-ground German mustard, served on a special brat roll for $4.29.

Portillo’s has locations throughout the suburbs. portillos.com/index.html.

— Sara Hooker