Night life events: Game day specials on tap at Beer Market, Official's Time Out

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 Blackhawks 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.