The NFL is officially back, with the Carolina Panthers kicking off the season against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday at 1 p.m. Cornelius Today checked in with a sampling of local sports bars and taverns to share Sunday food and drink specials. This list isn’t comprehensive but highlights great options to catch a game and save money.

Al’s Bar & Grille (Bills bar)

• Drinks: $11.25 PBR + shot of Jameson; $10.25 Miller High Life + shot of Jameson Orange; $4 Twisted Tea

Dive Bar

• Food: $7 pizzas

• Drinks: $4.50 well drinks; $5 Dive Beer Lite

Ed’s Tavern LKN

• Drinks: $3.25 Bud and Bud Light bottles; $19.50 Bud and Bud Light buckets

H2 Public House

• Food: Rotating food specials throughout the season

• Drinks: $18 Miller Lite buckets; $6 mimosas; $7 Bloody Marys

Harp and Crown LKN

• Drinks: $5 mimosas; $10 Bloody Marys; $12 mimosa flight

Jack’s Corner Tap

• Food: 10 for $10 special includes wings, chicken tenders, or buffalo shrimp

• Drinks: $5 Bloody Mary and mimosa bar; $3 Coors Light; $20 Corona brand buckets; $3.50 Miller Lite drafts; $7.50 Yuengling Light pitchers

Mac’s Speed Shop

• Food: $5 menu including pork rinds, tavern burger, chicken tender basket, smoked chicken and tostadas

• Drinks: $4 domestic pints and mimosas; $7 Minus 196 seltzers

• Note: Ten percent of proceeds from the sale of Panthers kicker Ryan Fitzgerald’s Give Back Pack tailgate package and Fitz’s Big-Kick Brisket Sandwich benefit Promise Youth Development

Prosciutto’s Pizzeria Pub & Restaurant  (Patriots bar)

• Food: 20 wings for $20 from 4–6 p.m.

• Drinks: $3.75 Sam Adams Lager and Octoberfest drafts

Torrence & Knox

• Food: $10 select apps

• Drinks: $20 select pitchers; $6 cosmos

Town Hall Provisions

• Food: Every menu item is $10

Details were either listed on the restaurant website or provided over the phone.