April 15, that day in infamy when taxes are due to the IRS, has become a traditional day for deals in the USA restaurant industry. But with the economy in the doldrums, this year’s freebies and discounts seem even deeper and wider.
Here’s a rundown of what you can score this Wednesday, April 15.
ParticipatingChick-Fil-A restaurants are offering a ‘Tax Day Relief Special.’ Keep your April 15 receipt and return before April 30 and get the same order free.
Free ice cream at Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream and Treatery. Single-scoop servings will be given away to customers in what it calls an ‘e-cone-nomic ice cream stimulus package.’
McCormick & Schmick’s seafood restaurants will offer a menu of $10.40 items normally priced from $16 to $33.
An across the board 15% discount for April 15th diners at P.F. Chang’s China Bistro.
Free sweet bites at Cinnabon. Free bite-size cinnamon rolls, usually called Classic Bites will become Tax Day Bites from 5 to 8 p.m. on tax day.
Free tacos from Taco Del Mar, which is running a promotion entitled ‘Taxes Suck. People Don’t.’ Customers can register at the company’s website to get an e-mailed coupon for a free tax day taco.
Free $5 gift cards at T.G.I. Friday’s for customers spending $15 to $25, and $10 gift cards to those spending more than $25.