Where to Watch the Super Bowl in Orland Park: Restaurants Share Eat-in, Take Out Deals

Would your Super Bowl watching be a lot more enjoyable if you didn’t spend it in the kitchen? Maybe you like to rub elbows with other fans at a favorite watering hole? Here are some Orland Park restaurants and bars that would be more than happy to help.

If you are a football fan and you'd rather be out high-fiving friendly fans or smack talking with rival fans than sitting in the family room watching the Big Game, you are in luck. Here are some Orland Park watering holes that are putting out the welcome mat for Super Bowl spectators.  Jordan's Pub & Eatery 13500 S. Harlem Ave., 708-460-8330 Jordan's is serving a free halftime buffet Rockwelz, Bar Meets Grill 11265 W. 159th St., 708-226-0042 Rockwelz has a $25 drink special starting at 5:30 p.m. and going until the final whistle. Guests get unlimited domestic beer, house wine and well mixed drinks. The eatery also has its usual Sunday night specials. All guests are welcome to partake of the free halftime buffet. Orland Bowl 8601 W. 159th …

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Chowdown Showdown Update: Where Do We Stand?

We look back on a couple battles in May that appear to have tilted the balance to one of our three food-challenging Patch towns.

Each Monday, our Chowdown Showdown takes three local restaurants – one in Tinley Park, one in Orland Park and one in Oak Forest – and pits their versions of a specific dish against each other to find the best between the three. This week we're giving our blood sugar levels a brief rest, and looking back on where we are at in the standings. Going into May, it was all tied with Mickey’s in Oak Forest winning the Gyros challenge, Diana’s Kitchen of Tinley Park triumphing in battle Hot Dog and last but far from least, Orland Park getting on the board with Burrito Jalisco putting forth the best chicken and steak tacos. But, just like the Highlander, there can be only one. Orland now has the lead 3 points, to Tinley and Oak Forest tied with 1. …

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Battle of Buffalo: Wing Slingers from Orland, Oak Forest and Tinley Face Off

In this week's Chowdown Showdown, we look for the best spicy-sauced, crispy bird arms and legs.

The little bright red suckers are everywhere. From simple Chicago-style stands, marked by the yellow Vienna Beef signs, to top shelf steak houses, a huge array of restaurants around the country have made their own take on deep-fried chicken wings and drumsticks, soused in peppery awesome…sauce. A few faithful readers asked for wings, and we (gladly) obliged. We’ll be judging on crispiness of the outside, how spot-on the chicken is cooked (too much leaves it tough and dry, too little leaves it gummy and chewy) and taste of the sauce. Some places make breaded wings while others “go naked” so in the interest of letting the restaurants do their regular thing, we didn’t ask for a choice if we weren’t offered. Since it isn’t really wings without…

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