The specials board: Earl's runs its Vols board Saturday as Alabama comes to Neyland at 3:30

Down on Waterfront Drive, a different deal every day from open to close, and the biggest home game of the year on Saturday afternoon. The game-day board is the closest seat to the stadium on this side of the river.

Thursday: $10 Patrón mango margaritas
Friday: $9 spicy pineapple margaritas
Saturday: $8 house margaritas · the Vols board: $2 off drafts and pizza, $6 Orange Bliss, 6-for-5 beer buckets, $4 and $5 shots
Sunday: $7 mimosas and Bloody Marys
Hours: 11 AM – 10 PM every day · 610 Waterfront Dr
The games: Alabama at Tennessee, Sat 3:30 PM · Titans at Colts, Sun 1 PM

Buckets at six for the price of five on game day

Earl's runs a different special every day of the week, eleven to ten, and the Thursday-to-Sunday run is Patrón mango ritas, spicy pineapple ritas, house margaritas and then mimosas and Bloody Marys. Saturday is a home game, and not a small one: Alabama at Tennessee, 3:30 kickoff at Neyland. Earl's lists its Vols board for game days: two dollars off drafts and pizza, six-dollar Orange Bliss cocktails, beer buckets at six for the price of five, and four- and five-dollar shots. Thursday is sunny and 86 for the river tables; by Saturday it is sunny and 62, and the patio will want a jacket. On Sunday the Titans are in Indianapolis at one, which lines up with the mimosas.

Sources:Earl's Knoxville — specialsUniversity of Tennessee Athletics — 2026 football scheduleESPN — Tennessee Titans schedule

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