MA Restaurants Ready For NFL Kickoff With Specials, Beer Releases: MA Cheap Eats

MASSACHUSETTS — Football fans are preparing their Sunday menus, breaking out the crockpots and getting fridge space ready for the first NFL Sunday of the new season.

Restaurants and bars are also preparing specials and beverage launches for the occasion, which will see the New England Patriots face off against the Las Vegas Raiders at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Here are a few spots planning specials this football season.

Ninety Nine

The beloved restaurant chain will give locals a chance to catch another New England staple in action this season as part of its plan for the NFL season.

Ninety Nine announced recently its lineup of Football Frenzy specials for the season, which gets underway on Sunday.

The specials will run each Sunday of the NFL season and, while at their local spot, diners can also enter for a chance to win a free pair of tickets to the Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins game on Jan. 4, 2026, in Foxborough.

One pair of tickets will be given away each week. The sweepstakes runs through Dec. 28.

The Sunday frenzy specials are available at the bar in local Ninety Nine restaurants. That menu includes six bone-in wings for $5.99, a bar pretzel for $12.49 and buffalo chicken dip for $6.99.

Kings

Kings Dining and Entertainment has drink and food specials ready for football season, in addition to giveaways.

Starting Sunday and continuing for the duration of the season, Kings will offer bone-in wings for $1 with sauce options of buffalo, bbq, maple bourbon or honey sriracha. The wing deal is only available on Sundays.

Kings will also offer drink specials, including $5 Nutrl and $30 beer towers.

Sunday giveaways will include weekly gift card raffles at each Kings location and a $50 Fanatics gift card, also raffled off weekly on Sundays.

Locations in Massachusetts include:

• Kings, Back Bay: 50 Dalton St., Boston
• Kings, Seaport: 60 Seaport Blvd Suite 225, Boston
• Kings, Burlington: 52 Second Ave., Burlington
• Kings, Dedham: 600 Legacy Place, Dedham
• Kings, Lynnfield: 510 Market St., Lynnfield

Wormtown Patriot Place

Starting Sunday, football fans can get an early start to their day of football at Wormtown's Patriot Place location.

The taproom will open at 10 a.m. for all 1 p.m. Patriot game days, officials said.

In addition to the Wormtown Brewery Patriot Place Taproom's regular menu of pre-game and game time brewery bites, they are also featuring an outdoor bar and grill on game days. The outdoor grill will be serving burgers, hot dogs and bratwurst.

Guests of Wormtown Patriot Place can also enjoy the Designated Outdoor Refreshment Areas (aka Dora Zones) and can purchase beer and alcohol on the property to be enjoyed in these specific zones.

Back for the fall, and in time for gameday, is Wormtown's limited seasonal release of Fresh Patch Pumpkin Ale, which is available on draft and also in cans.