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March Madness, by the Clock

Spirited move yesterday, dyeing your snow fort green and filling it with Guinness. Anyway, on to your next challenge: filling out your bracket and taking in the games. All day. Here then, an hour-by-hour road map for a full day of intercollegiate competition on Thursday. And the slipper still fits...

Laying Low over Hot Dogs and Beer
12:40PM, WISCONSIN VS. AMERICAN

Laying Low over Hot Dogs and Beer

Let’s get this out of the way first: you’re probably out of the office for a “meeting.” So you’d rather not be discovered. Enter Ivy & Coney, the divey new ode to the Upper Midwest. And look, there’s an Upper Midwest team playing a local team. And look, they open at noon starting Thursday. Fate.

Opens at noon starting Mar 20, Ivy & Coney, 1537 7th St NW, 202-670-9489

Eating Your Weight in Raw Bar
3:10PM, OREGON VS. BYU

Eating Your Weight in Raw Bar

By now, you’re off to an early lead in your pool. So celebrate with oysters. Starting this week (conveniently), P.J. Clarke’s debuts a half-price raw bar happy hour. And just for good measure, they’re pouring $5 Harp and Guinness. In case St. Pat’s Day passed you by.

Daily half-price oysters starting Mar 19, 3-6pm; $5 drafts Mar 20-21; P.J. Clarke’s, 1600 K St NW, 202-463-6610

Alfresco Hoops and Wings at Jack Rose
4:40PM, MICHIGAN STATE VS. DELAWARE

Alfresco Hoops and Wings at Jack Rose

Time for some fresh air. No, we don’t mean take your eyes off the TV. Just watch TV while outside on Jack Rose’s second-floor terrace, where they’re serving up $5 pints and punch, and half-price bites like Smoked Whiskey Wings. If the air’s too fresh, go ahead and light up a victory cigar.

Specials on the terrace during tournament games, 5pm-close, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, 2007 18th St NW, 202-588-7388

Pitchers and Pizza at Stoney’s
6:55PM, UCONN VS. SAINT JOSEPH’S

Pitchers and Pizza at Stoney’s

You’ve attracted a following. Maybe it’s your infectious enthusiasm. Maybe it’s that North Dakota State pennant you’re waving. Anyway, big groups demand pitchers and beer. Enter Stoney’s. Both locations are turning out $9 pizzas and $12 pitchers, Thursday and Friday.

Bowling and Bocce. And Basketball.
9:40PM, TEXAS VS. ARIZONA STATE

Bowling and Bocce. And Basketball.

By now, you’ll probably be feeling competitive. Ready to double down on that upset pick. Yeah, bowling will work. So lace them up at Pinstripes, which does $3 beers and $5 drinks for late-night happy hour. And that can’t help but make the ball go straighter.

Drink specials Mon-Fri, 3-7pm and 9pm-close, Pinstripes, 1064 Wisconsin Ave NW, 202-625-6500

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