Eagles in London: Bottomless mimosas, free doughnut deals for 9:30 a.m. game

For Philadelphia Eagles fans who didn’t decide to cross the Atlantic Ocean for the team’s Sunday game at London’s Wembley Stadium, your local barstool might be the best way to experience the 9:30 a.m. game.

That’s right, plenty of bars and restaurants will open early for those who want to watch blitzes at beer-stained brunches, catering especially to sleepy-eyed Iggles fans.

Here’s a sampling of the Sunday morning football parties across the state:

— Both Grain Craft Bar + Kitchen (270 E. Main St., Newark) and Grain H20 (3006 Summit Harbour Lane, Bear) will offer a special brunch, opening their doors at 9 a.m. The $39 breakfast buffet includes bottomless mimosas, Bud Light and Summer Soulstice cocktails (Tito’s vodka, triple sec, lemonade and pomegranate juice). There will also be Eagles giveaways, including a Bud Light charcoal grill.

— Did someone say free doughnuts? Complimentary doughnuts and coffee will be served up at Glasgow’s Bank Shots (2689 U.S. 40), which opens early for the game.

— If you want the British experience without jumping on a plane, watch it at Stoney’s British Pub (3007 Concord Pike, Talleyville ). The homey pub run by English-born Mike Stone will open early and put the Birds on the tellys. The brunch menu will be in full effect with eggs, bangers, blood sausage, black pudding, porridge, English beans, bacon and more available.

— Irish Eyes Restaurant & Pub (213 Anglers Dr., Lewes) will open early at 9 a.m. and start pouring its trademark 16-ounce Bloody Marys. Try one of the these seafood-topped offerings: The “Surf & Turf Mary” (Painted Stave Distillery’s “Off the Hoof” scrapple vodka, bacon, celery, lime wedge with an Old Bay-laced rim topped with blue crab claw meat) or the “Lewes Harbor Mary” (Philadelphia Distilling’s “The Bay” vodka, celery, Spanish Queen olives, lemon, lime wedge with an Old Bay rim and blue crab claw meat). Mimosas will cost only $2 and the brunch/breakfast menu will be in full effect.

— Kid Shelleen’s Charcoal House & Saloon (14th and Scott Street, Wilmington) will open an hour early at 9 a.m. If you get there before kickoff and you’re a loyalty card holder, you’ll be entered to win an football autographed by defensive end Brandon Graham

— Kelly’s Logan House (1701 Delaware Ave, Wilmington) opens early and has a ton of specials: $3 Bud Light tall drafts, $4 Goose Island IPA and Shock Top pints, $12 Bud Light buckets, $5 Jameson whiskey shots and $6 Tito’s vodka draft cocktails.

— Midnight Oil Brewing Company (674 Pencader Drive, Glasgow) will open early and serve $4 mugs of its craft brews. Bonus: Dover-based food truck The Hungry Spork will offer breakfasts including omelets, waffle bowls and breakfast sliders.

— If you haven’t tried out the new Concord Pike Greene Turtle (307 Rocky Run Parkway, Talleyville) yet, it opens at 9 a.m. Sunday and just like during all NFL games, all drinks are half price. The same goes for the other Greene Turtle locations across the state.

— Concord Mall’s Cafe Riviera (4737 Concord Pike, Brandywine Hundred) will be serving for kickoff even though the mall doesn’t open until 11 a.m. If you go in through the back door via the rear parking lot by Sears Auto Center, you’ll find general manager/bartender Jimmy Cullen pouring his bacon-topped Bloody Marys known as “The Jimmynators." There will also be a $12.95 breakfast buffet of eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, potatoes, toast, bagels, fruit, cereal and, of course, breakfast pizzas.

— Eagles fans will be rubbing elbows with soccer fans at Catherine Rooney’s (1616 Delaware Ave., Wilmington). The bar opens at 8:30 a.m for Premier League soccer games and will also carry the Eagles an hour later. It will take 20 percent off your tab if you’re dressed in a Halloween costume. “Wearing the same costume from [Saturday’s] Halloween Loop will be accepted and highly encouraged!” they joke.

— All Buffalo Wild Wings locations (Newark, Christiana, Bear, Middletown and Dover) will be open early and the “$5 Game Day” menu will be in full effect. Pitchers of Bud Light, Miller Lite or Coors Light cost $5, along with $5 cheeseburgers with fries or bratwurst with fries. 

— Chelsea Tavern in downtown Wilmington (821 N. Market St.) opens at 9 a.m. with a full brunch menu running until 2 p.m. Mimosas and the Bloody Mary bar are $5. And every one of the 31 draft beers they pour will be $4, just like it is during all Eagles games.

Contact Ryan Cormier of The News Journal at rcormier@delawareonline.com or (302) 324-2863. Follow him on Facebook (@ryancormier), Twitter (@ryancormier) and Instagram (@ryancormier).

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