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There a few West Chester sports bars featuring unique specials throughout March Madness. In no particular order here are the top local places to keep up with the NCAA Tournament.

Local sports bars should get a boost in business when the Cincinnati Bearcats take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in the NCAA Tournament Thursday at 9:45 p.m. In the photo, senior Yancy Gates dunks on Providence's Brice Kofane in a game this past February. Photo taken by Joseph Fuqua II.

Willie’s Sports Café: There is not a seat in the entire restaurant that doesn’t have a television nearby at Willie’s Sports Café, 8188 Princeton-Glendale Road. During the NCAA Tournament, the staff at Willie’s will spin a wheel for specials at the start of every game and every half. Once the wheel lands on a special, which includes $1 16 oz. domestic drafts and 30-cent wings, it will be available until the wheel is spun again. On the next two Sundays, Willie’s will also give out raffle tickets to customers who spend at least $15. The grand prize of the raffle is a new Kindle Fire.

Dingle House Irish Pub Last weekend, Dingle House also had to deal with St. Patrick’s Day. This weekend, the attention will be on the Irish pub’s 17 plasma televisions. The Dingle House, 9102 Towne Centre Drive, will have food and drink specials while the tournament takes place, according to its website. The pub features 24 import and domestic craft beers.

Win Place or Show: Win Place or Show, 9933 Cincinnati-Columbus Rd., will also be offering specials during March Madness. On Thursday, the bar will have $1 select draft beers from 9 p.m. to close and .50 cent boneless wings. More importantly, Win Place or Show has 40 flat screen televisions.

Buffalo Wild Wings: This sports bar chain will not be offering any special deals, but remains a community favorite to watch a game. Equipped with 60 televisions and 24 beers on draft, Buffalo Wild Wings, should draw a good crowd throughout March Madness. Buffalo Wild Wings is located right off Union Centre Boulevard by I-75.

Other local bars that will have a good atmosphere when it comes watching a basketball game include Champps Americana (9424 Civic Center Blvd. at The Streets of West Chester), Eli’s Sports Bar & Grill (intersection of Princeton Road and SR 747) and The Back Porch Saloon (9626 Princeton-Glendale Road).

If we missed one, please leave a comment below or email me at akiefaber@westchesterbuzz.com.

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There a few West Chester sports bars featuring unique specials throughout March Madness. In no particular order here are the top local places to keep up with the NCAA Tournament.

Local sports bars should get a boost in business when the Cincinnati Bearcats take on the Texas Longhorns in the NCAA Tournament at 12:15 p.m. Friday. In the photo, senior Yancy Gates dunks on Providence's Brice Kofane in a game this past February. Photo taken by Joseph Fuqua II.

Willie’s Sports Café: There is not a seat in the entire restaurant that doesn’t have a television nearby at Willie’s Sports Café, 8188 Princeton-Glendale Road. During the NCAA Tournament, the staff at Willie’s will spin a wheel for specials at the start of every game and every half. Once the wheel lands on a special, which includes $1 16 oz. domestic drafts and 30-cent wings, it will be available until the wheel is spun again. On the next three Sundays, Willie’s will also give out raffle tickets to customers who spend at least $15. The grand prize of the raffle is a new Kindle Fire.

Win Place or Show: Win Place or Show, 9933 Cincinnati-Columbus Rd., will also be offering specials during March Madness. The bar will offer many food specials, including mini corn dogs for $5, fried green beans for $5, sliders and fries for $6, mini pizza for $6 and shrimp baskets for $6. It will also have domestic pitchers for $6.50 and domestic buckets for $11. The specials begin as soon as the first tip-off (first games on Thursday and Friday are at 12:15 p.m.) and end at 9 p.m.

The Back Porch Saloon: This saloon, which features more than 20 flat screens, is expected to have door prizes and will keep its normal weekly specials. Back Porch Salon, 9626 Princeton-Glendale Rd., will offer $2 vodka and cranberry cocktails on Thursday, $2 long island ice tea cocktails on Saturday and $2 bloody Mary drinks on Sunday.

Buffalo Wild Wings: This sports bar chain will not be offering any special deals, but remains a community favorite to watch a game. Equipped with 60 televisions and 24 beers on draft, Buffalo Wild Wings, should draw a good crowd throughout March Madness. Buffalo Wild Wings is located right off Union Centre Boulevard by I-75.

Other local bars that will have a good atmosphere when it comes watching a basketball game include the Dingle House Irish Pub (9102 Towne Centre Drive, by The Square at Union Centre), Champps Americana (9424 Civic Center Blvd. at The Streets of West Chester) and Eli’s Sports Bar & Grill (intersection of Princeton Road and SR 747).

If we missed one, please leave a comment below or email me at akiefaber@westchesterbuzz.com.

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Buffalo Wild Wings will donate 10 percent of all pre-taxed food sales to the Lakota West basketball program this Super Bowl Sunday.

To ensure the donation is made, bring along the event’s flier.

On Tuesday, Lakota West or Lakota East supporters can bring in three articles of new or gently used clothing and get a discounted ticket price of $1 to the Lakota East vs. Lakota West boys’ basketball game.

The clothing drive is hosted by the Lakota West Student Government.

Prior to the game, the Lakota West athletic boosters will host a spaghetti dinner fundraiser in the Lakota West High School cafeteria from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Tickets for the dinner cost $7 for adults and $5 for students (children under 5 are free). Tickets are presale only and can be purchased through Lakota West Athletic Department or at the Lakota West High School basketball concession stand during home games.

Raymond’s Pizza, 7328 Yankee Road in Liberty Township, will prepare the spaghetti dinner.

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Many West Chester sports bars are featuring unique specials when the Cincinnati Bengals take on the Houston Texans in the NFL playoffs at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

In no particular order here are the top places locally to chant, “Who Dey!”

Win Place or Show: After every Bengals touchdown scored, customers will be able to purchase $1 beers. Win Place or Show, 9933 Cincinnati-Columbus Rd., will also be offering $10 buckets (five beers), 100 oz. beer tubs and .45-cent naked wings for the game. The local sports grill has seven flat screens in its front bar and 12 more in its back bar.

Dingle House Irish Pub: This modern Irish pub will also celebrate each Bengals touchdown by giving away prizes. Furthermore, the pub will have a raffle after each quarter. Dingle House, 9102 Towne Centre Drive, will also feature food specials including all Irish fare for $9.95 and five large wings for $2.50. The pub, which features 24 import and domestic craft beers, will be offering all 16 oz. draughts for $3.50.

Champps Americana: This sports-themed family restaurant is hoping to draw in fans by offering cash prizes. Every customer who enters Chammps, 9424 Civic Center Blvd. Streets of West Chester, Saturday will receive a raffle ticket. Raffles will feature prizes that include free appetizers, cash and gift certificates. Raffles will be drawn randomly throughout the game and after each time the Bengals score (any type of score – all touchdowns, field goals, safety, etc.).

Willie’s Sports Café: There is not a seat in the entire restaurant that doesn’t have a television nearby at Willie’s Sports Café, 8188 Princeton-Glendale Road. During the Bengals game, Willie’s will be offering 20 oz. Budweiser brand beers for $2 as well as $3 off all appetizers. The specials will be offered from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. With the Bengals game starting at 4:30, the sports café will continue to offer the discounted beers and appetizers until the game is over.

The Back Porch Saloon: This salon, which features more than 20 flat screens, will be offering beer and food specials Saturday. Back Porch Salon, 9626 Princeton-Glendale Rd., will be offering $12 buckets of beer and 24 oz. Bud Light drafts for $3.50. The salon will also be offering three angus sliders for $5. Just like previous Bengals games, remember to place your order by halftime. If the Bengals win, your meal will be free.

Buffalo Wild Wings: This sports bar chain will not be offering any special deals, but remains a community favorite to watch a game. Equipped with 60 televisions and 24 beers on draft, Buffalo Wild Wings, should draw a good crowd Saturday. Buffalo Wild Wings is located right off Union Centre Boulevard by I-75.

If we missed one, please leave a comment below or email me at akiefaber@westchesterbuzz.com.

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The Bridgewater Falls shopping center recently announced that it added new merchants in Lady Boutique and Gifts and Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar. In the same release, the shopping center also announced that it signed other tenants such as Smashburger and Aspen Dental.

Lady Jane Boutique and Gifts opened June 14 and is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday. The boutique is described in the press release as “a first-class novelty and accessory boutique offering items from Vera Bradley, Trollbeads, Candleberry Candles, ROOT Candles, Electric Tart Warmers, Lolita Wine Glasses and Pilsners, Magnabilities, seasonal gifts and much more.”

Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar is scheduled to open in mid-July.

“Adding a popular sports-themed bar and grill is exactly what we need in The Village at Bridgewater Falls. B-Dubs will have a beautiful new location, plenty of seating both indoors and outdoors and ample parking to make their guests’ experience as good as it can be. We are happy to have them join the Bridgewater Falls’ line-up of great places to eat, relax and have fun with family and friends,” General Manager of Bridgewater Falls P. Ellen Prows said in the release.

Meanwhile, Bridgewater Falls will have its farmers’ market this Thursday, June 30, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. The market takes place each Thursday through Sept. 1.

The shopping complex is located at 3385 Princeton Road, at its intersection with Ohio 4 Bypass.

For more information, visit shopbridgewaterfalls.com.

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If you are not planning on attending the Opening Day festivities downtown tomorrow, March 31, but wanted to watch the game with fellow Cincinnati Reds fans in your hometown, here are a few good choices in the West Chester/Liberty Township area.

In no particular order here are the top three places to chant, “Let’s go Reds!”

Eli’s Sports Bar: The newest sports bar in Liberty Township opened in mid-March and features a total of 11 42-inch flat-screen televisions and four eight-foot projection screens that surround its customers – making an ideal place to watch numerous games at once. Eli’s features a full bar, which offers 11 different beers and margaritas on tap. The sports bar will also have its happy hour from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. (if you were wondering, the game begins at 2:10 p.m.). Happy hour includes buckets of beer (5) for $12 and will have discounted draft beer. It will also be boneless wing night, where a pound (approximately 20 wings) can be purchased for $9.99. Eli’s Sports Bar is located at the intersection of Princeton Road and SR 747. It can be reached by calling 513-868-3547.

Willie’s Sports Café: Willie’s Sports Café has plenty of televisions, food and beverage options. Most importantly, Willie’s will be serving up red beer and footlong hotdogs to celebrate Opening Day. Like Eli’s, Willie’s has a long happy hour (from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.). During that time, the sports bar will be offering 23 oz. domestic draft beers for $2.50 and pints of draft beer for $1.50. Willie’s also offers $3 off appetizers during happy hour. Willie’s is located at 8188 Princeton-Glendale Road in West Chester. It can be reached by calling 513-860-4243.

Buffalo Wild Wings: Buffalo Wild Wings is located right off Union Centre Boulevard by I-75. The sports bar features 60 televisions and 24 different beers on draft. This sports bar/restaurant will have its happy hour from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. During that time, draft beers will be a $1 off. It will also be boneless wing Thursday at Buffalo Wild Wings, so wings will .60 cents all day. Buffalo Wild Wings is located at 9242 Schulze Drive in West Chester. It can be reached by calling 513-942-9464.

Honorable mention: Other bars worth checking out include Win Place or Show, located at 9933 Cincinnati-Columbus Rd., The Back Porch Saloon, located at 9626 Princeton-Glendale Rd., Champps Americana, located at 9424 Civic Center Blvd. and Dingle House Irish Pub, located at 9102 Towne Centre Drive.

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Mended Little Hearts will have a fundraising event in partnership with all participating Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) in the Cincinnati and Lebanon area, including the West Chester location, on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14 from 11 a.m. until close.

Customers are being asked to bring in the event’s flyer, which is located at www.wrighthearts.org. After presenting the flyer, Buffalo Wild Wings will make a donation to Mended Little Hearts for each sale.

Donations will be used by Mended Little Hearts to educate the community about congenital heart defects, to support the 2011 Pediatric Heart Transplant Picnic and for work to satisfy other community heart-related needs.

Mended Little Hearts is a support program for parents of children with congenital heart defects and heart disease. It offers resources and a network for families.

Patients and their families, caregivers or others interested in Mended Little Hearts programs can contact Lisa Butler at 513-518-3621 or visit www.wrighthearts.org.

West Chester’s Buffalo Wild Wings is located at 9243 Schulze Drive, right next to I-75 off Union Centre Boulevard.

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Mended Little Hearts will have a fundraising event in partnership with all participating Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) in the Cincinnati and Lebanon area, including the West Chester location, on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14 from 11 a.m. until close.

Customers are being asked to bring in the event’s flyer, which is located at www.wrighthearts.org. After presenting the flyer, Buffalo Wild Wings will make a donation to Mended Little Hearts for each sale.

Donations will be used by Mended Little Hearts to educate the community about congenital heart defects, to support the 2011 Pediatric Heart Transplant Picnic and for work to satisfy other community heart-related needs.

Mended Little Hearts is a support program for parents of children with congenital heart defects and heart disease. It offers resources and a network for families.

Patients and their families, caregivers or others interested in Mended Little Hearts programs can contact Lisa Butler at 513-518-3621 or visit www.wrighthearts.org.

West Chester’s Buffalo Wild Wings is located at 9243 Schulze Drive, right next to I-75 off Union Centre Boulevard.

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Mended Little Hearts will have a fundraiser at the Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) in West Chester Nov. 20 from 11 a.m. until close. During those hours, 20 percent of the sales at BWW will be donated to the community work performed by Mended Little Hearts.

Customers are being asked to bring in the event’s flyer for the event, which is located at www.wrighthearts.org, in order for Mended Little Hearts to receive the donation.

During the event, a silent auction and a raffle will be held during the hours of 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The silent auction will consist of Ohio State University, Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals sports memorabilia. Mended Little Hearts and the Jovante Woods Foundation will share proceeds from the raffle and silent auction.

Jovante Woods, the son of former Bengals running back Ickey Woods (photo), died this summer after suffering an asthma attack. Jovante’s father will make an appearance at the fundraiser and be available for autographs with a donation to the foundation during the auction period.

Another Cincinnati Bengals legend, kicker Jim Breech, will also be at the event signing autographs.

Mended Little Hearts, a new support program for parents of children with congenital heart defects/heart disease, is dedicated to inspiring hope in those who care for the littlest heart patients of all. It is part of a national nonprofit support organization with approximately 60 groups nationwide.

Patients, their families, caregivers, professionals or others interested in Mended Little Hearts may e-mail DaytonOhio@mendedlittlehearts.org or call Ron Chalecki at 937-439-5648 or visit the local web site at www.wrighthearts.org.

West Chester’s Buffalo Wild Wings is located at 9243 Schulze Drive, right next to I-75 off Union Centre Boulevard.

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Whether you can’t afford tickets to the National League Division Series at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati or simply want a good bar to watch the Cincinnati Reds play in Philadelphia, against the Phillies, there are plenty of good options in West Chester to watch all of the action.

The Reds’ postseason will begin Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 5:07 p.m. in Philadelphia. Game 2 will also be in Philadelphia and will take place Friday, Oct. 8, at 6:07 p.m. Both games will start during your favorite bar’s happy hour and will be televised on TBS.

For a story in early September, WestChesterBuzz.com attempted to find the top three places to watch the Cincinnati Bengals this fall. Many of those places, due to the amount of viewable televisions, food and beverage options, could also be the best places to watch the Cincinnati Reds this postseason.

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