TGI Friday’s has a new coupon for a free appetizer when you buy an entree. Good thru Sept. 8, 4 to 9 pm only.   This is the latest of the weekly coupons from TGI Fridays.  Happily the coupon clearly states “this coupon is reusable” so you can make copies.   You can use our coupon above or also get a copy from the  TGI Friday’s website at THIS LINK.

McCormick and Schmick seafood restaurants have food and drink specials on game days starting Saturday, Sept. 4.  Specials vary by location but many locations will have Coors Light drafts for $3, Mojito, Margharita and Martinis for $6.95.  Sample food specials include Peel and Eat Shrimp for $13.95 a pound and Buffalo Wings for $5.90 for six. More details on the McCormick and Schmick website at THIS LINK.

El Pollo Loco is celebrating its 30 year anniversary this month with coupons every day. Visit the El Pollo Loco website every day in September for a new downloadable coupon.  The coupon for Sept. 15 - National Chicken Day - gives you a free piece of citrus-marinated, flame-grilled chicken (leg or thigh), warm
tortillas and fresh salsa.  No purchase is required, but guests must present the Sept. 15 coupon they print from El Pollo Loco’s website.  For coupons and more information go to the El Pollo Loco website at THIS LINK.

El Pollo Loco is the nation’s flame-grilled chicken leader with more than 380 restaurants in California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Georgia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, New Jersey and Missouri.

Outback has a new scratch-off card game where you can win gift cards and dine free for a year. Every time you dine with Outback in September you get a scratch card.  Later, go to the Outback website and enter the code from the card to see if you’ve won.  More details on the Outback website at THIS LINK.

Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes has new coupons good for buy one, get one free meals and lunch discounts. With coupon one, good through Sept. 9, buy one adult meal and two beverages, get one meal free. Coupon two is good for a weekday lunch for $5.99, good through Sept. 10. Coupon three is a breakfast BOGO: buy one breakfast, get another free, good through Sept. 265. You can get all three coupons directly from the Sweet Tomatoes website at THIS LINK.

Boston Market has half off any Family Meal or Market Feast on Labor Day.  Coupon required, good only on Sept. 6.  You can use our coupon below.  You can use our coupon below or get your own from the online Boston Market coupon website at THIS LINK.

Benihana’s Japanese steak house has a new special good through September: Hibachi Ribeye Steak for Two, $38.  Comes with soup, salad, shrimp appetizer, hibachi vegetables, mushrooms, rice, and hot tea.  More details on the Benihana website at THIS LINK.

Krystal has introduced new ”Game Time Wings” in three flavors.  The wings come in orders of five, 10 and 20.  Flavors are Hot ‘N Wild, Zingin’ Buffalo, and for a limited time, Smokin’ BBQ.

To promote the new wings Krystal will offer free samples at select football games.  Select restaurants will also receive football-themed makeovers and feature paper-football games for guests to play inside.

More info on the Krystal website at THIS LINK.

Buy one White Castle Saver Sack for $2.99 and get one free with coupon.  Good thru Sept.4.  Choose from 7 Saver Sacks that include burgers, fries and a drink. You can use our coupon below or get your own from the White Castle website at THIS LINK.

Krispy Kreme has Football Donuts at many stores thru Oct. 3. These are football shaped tonuts covered in chocolate icing. For a list of participating stores see the Krispy Kreme website at THIS LINK.

The Palm Restaurant, a high-end chain of steak and seafood places, has a four-course steak and lobster dinner for $49.  Good thru Nov. 4. Get a choice of salad, choice of entree such as 9-oz Filet Mignon and Nova Scotia Lobster Tail, and a choice of dessert. More details on The Palm website at THIS LINK.

Many Carino’s Italian places will have a Wine Dinner tonight (Tuesday, Aug. 31. ) Get a four-course dinner and wine pairings.  On the menu are an Cherry and Apple Balsamic Salad, Roasted Red Pepper Chicken Pasta, Grilled Flatiron Steak with Pesto, and Amarena Cherry Chocolate Cake. Each course is served with a special wine pairing..   Carino’s has a wine dinner every month; price varies by location.
More details on the Carinos website at THIS LINK.

Rubio’s Mexican Grill has fish tacos for just $1.25 every Tuesday from 2:30 pm to close.  No coupon needed.   More details on the Rubio’s home page at THIS LINK.

Fall is prime time for Restaurant Week 2010 and it is going on now or soon to start in Arizona, Austin, Charleston, Las Vegas, Miami,  New York City, San Diego and other places.

 This annual event allows you to visit the finest restaurants for a special price, usually around $20 for lunch or $25-$30 for dinner.  We have links to all the city websites where you can get more details like prices and menus.  Here is the list.

Albuquerque Restaurant Week March 7-13. Link

Alexandria Restaurant Week    Aug. 20-29.  Link

Arizona Restaurant Week Sept. 18-26. Link

Atlanta Restaurant Week July 26-Aug. 8. Link

Atlantic City Restaurant Week   February 27 - March 5, 2011. Link

Austin Restaurant Week   Sept. 19-22 and Sept. 26-29. Link

Baltimore Restaurant Week   Aug. 13-22. 7 Link

Bethlehem, PA Restaurant Week. Dates June 28-July 4. Link

Boston Restaurant Week    Aug. 15-20 and Aug. 22-27. Link

Charleston, SC Restaurant Week Sept. 8-19. Link

Charlotte Restaurant Week   July 16-25. Link

Chicago Restaurant Week  Feb. 18-27, 2011.   Link

Cincinnati Downtown Restaurant Week Aug. 9-15. Link

Cleveland Restaurant Week   Feb. 22-28. Link

Columbus Restaurant Week  July 12-17.   Link

Dallas Fort Worth Restaurant Week Aug. 16-22. Link

Denver Restaurant Week  Feb. 20-March 5.  Link

Detroit Restaurant Week Sept. 24-Oct. 3. Link

Fort Lauderdale Dine Out Lauderdale Oct. 1-Nov. 11. Link

Fresno Restaurant Week April 18-May 7. Link

Greensboro, NC  Triad Restaurant Week Nov. 13-22. Link

Hamptons Restaurant Week   March 21-28.  Link

Hawaii Restaurant Week Nov. 15-21. Link

Houston Restaurant Week Aug. 1-Sept. 6. Link

Howard County, MD Restaurant Week   July 26-Aug. 8. Link

Hudson Restaurant Week  July 26-Aug. 6.  Link

Hudson Valley, NY Restaurant Week   March 15-28. Link

Indianapolis Devour Downtown Week Aug. 2-15 and Jan. 24-Feb.5 2011. Link

Jacksonville, FL EatUp Downtown Restaurant Week Aug. 9-22. Link

Kansas City Restaurant Week   Jan. 21-30, 2011. Link

Las Vegas Restaurant Week    Aug. 30-Sept. 5.  Link

Long Island Restaurant Week Nov. 7-14. Link

Los Angeles dineLA Restaurant Week Oct. 3-8 and 10-15. Link

Louisville Restaurant Week Sept. 29-Oct. 3. Link

Madison Restaurant Week   Jan. 24-29. Link

Maine Restaurant Week   March 1-10. Link

Miami Spice   Aug. 1-Sept. 30. Link

Miami Valley / Dayton, OH Restaurant Week  Jan. 24-29 and July 25-31.  Link

Milwaukee Downtown Dining Week June 3-10. Link

Minneapolis-St. Paul Restaurant Week Aug. 1-6. Link

Nantucket Restaurant Week   June 7-13 and Sept. 27-Oct. 3. Link

Nashville Restaurant Week  Jan. 11-17.   Link

New York City Restaurant Week, summer event extended thru Sept. 6. Link

Newark Restaurant Week Feb. 12-25. Link

Newport, RI Restaurant Week   March 20-29. Link

Northampton, MA Restaurant Week  returns in June.  Link

Ocean City, MD Restaurant Week Oct. 17-24. Link

Orange County, CA Restaurant Week  Sept. 26-Oct. 2. Link

Orlando Restaurant Week April 29-May 5. Link

Palm Springs, CA Restaurant Week   June 4-13. Link

Philadelphia Center City Restaurant Week  Sept. 12-17 and 19-24.  Link

Pittsburgh Local Restaurant Week May 25-30. Link

Portsmouth, ME Restaurant Week March 26-April 3. Link

Raleigh, NC Downtown Restaurant Week  Aug. 23-29.  Link

Riverside, CA Restaurant Week Sept. 28-Oct. 10. Link

Sacramento Dine Downtown Jan. 8-17. Link

San Antonio Restaurant Week Aug. 21-28. Link

San Diego Restaurant Week  Sept. 19-25.  Link

San Francisco Dine About Town 2011, Jan 15-31 and June 1-15.  Link

San Jose Dine Downtown Restaurant Week June 2-12. Link

Seattle Dine Around   Nov. 1-30. Link

Stockton, CA Restaurant Week Sept. 19-25. Link

St. Louis Downtown Restaurant Week Aug. 23-29. Link

Triangle area, NC (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) Restaurant Week  returns in May. No other details as yet but check back at this Link

Tulsa Restaurant Week Sept. 12-18. Link

Virginia Beach Restaurant Week   Jan.17- 24. Link

Washington, DC Winter Restaurant Week Jan. 11-17 and Summer Restaurant Week Aug. 16-22. Link

Western New York Local Restaurant Week Oct. 4-10. Link

Buffalo Wild Wings wants Fantasy Football fans to have their Draft Party at their sports bars and is giving away draft kits with pennants, draft boards, player stickers, and $100 in coupons. More details on the Buffalo Wild Wings Facebook page at THIS  LINK.
website at THIS LINK. http://www.buffalowildwings.com/
Another chain with a Fantasy Football promotion is Hooters. Read more about it at THIS LINK.

Capital Grille’ says their wine tasting of 10 wines for $25 at dinner, $10 at lunch, ends on Sept. 5.   The high-end restaurant chain says their Master Sommelier George Miliotes carefully assembled a selection of famous wines from California, Europe and Australia.  Now through Sept. 5.  You can find the wine list and more details at the Capital Grille website at THIS LINK.

Qdoba Mexican Grill says kids eat free at many locations every Saturday during August. Buy one adult entree after 4 pm, get a free kids meal such as Lil’ Burrito, Lil’ Quesadilla, or Taco.  Good in all NC and select other locations.  To see if your location has this deal you’ll need to call.  LINK to Qdoba website.

The Palm Restaurant says their summer lobster special will end on Aug. 31. Get one 4-pound Nova Scotia lobster to share served with salads and side dish for  89.95.  No coupon required.   More details on The Palm website at THIS LINK.

Lone Star Steakhouse has resumed their 2 for $20 dinner deal.  No coupon required.  Share one appetizer like Steak Queso, choose two full-size entrees such as 6 oz Back-Wrapped Sirloin, Fried Catfish, BBQ Chicken, or Steak and Wedge Salad.  Entrees come with one or two sides depending on item. Choose from 18 entrees.   More details at the Lone Star website at  THIS LINK.

We have two new Quiznos coupons.  Coupon 1 is good for a $2.99 sub combo.  Combo includes a small sub, chips and small drink.  Good through Sept. 5.  You can use our coupons below or get your own from the Quiznos website at THIS LINK.

Coupon 2 is good for $1 off a regular sub or $2 off a large.  You can use our coupon below or get your own from
the Quiznos website at THIS LINK.

O’Charley’s has a coupon online good for half off one takeout entree when you buy one. Good through Sept. 12. Good for takeout only. You can use our coupon below or get yours directly from the O’Charleys website at THIS LINK.

Get a $5 bonus card for every $20 gift card purchase at Macaroni Grill.  Gift card must be purchased in the restaurant, not online.  This deal is good through Sept. 30.  More details on the Macaroni Grill website at THIS LINK.

Many Hooters sports bars are continuing their special on crab legs, $8.99 a pound on weekends.  Good Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.  No coupon required. To see if your location has the deal see the Hooters events list at THIS LINK.

Restaurant.com has updated their gift certificate prices. They’re now 80% off  through Aug. 31. Pay $2  for a $25 gift certificate (normal price is $10) and you get a certificate for $25 off your dining bill.  The normal restriction is the food bill must be at least $50.   As always with restaurant.com  there is a limited number of coupons for each restaurant.  So, if you see what you want, it is best to grab it.   To get the new discount, use promo code CLEARANCE when you check out.   LINK

Del Taco has 39 cent tacos for a limited time.  Deal good all day, every day. No coupon required.  More details on the Del Taco website at THIS LINK.  Del Taco is a Mexican fast food chain with about 500 outlets in 16 states, primarily in the West.

Maggiano’s will give you $25 off a delivery order of $125 or more.  You can use our coupon above.  We could not find this on the Maggiano’s website but it appears to be shareable.  Meal packages include the Grande that serves 7 for $125 or Generoso, with more choices, serving 16 for $300.
To get more info, fill out the request form on the Maggiano’s website at THIS LINK.

Black Angus Steak House has a new weekday happy hour with beer, wine, and appetizers for $3 to $5.  Happy hour is Monday-Friday, 4-7 pm, in the Black Angus Bar.  Deals include $3 for select wines and all 16 oz drafts; $4 Margaritas, Martinis, Potato Skins and Chicken Tenders; and $5 for Buffalo wings, steak quesadilla, and prawns; also $5 off a sampler platter.  More details above, and on the Black Angus website at THIS LINK.

Black Angus also has a buy one appetizer get one free during happy hour at the bar.  Coupon good thru Sept. 6.  You can get your coupon from Black Angus at THIS LINK.

Flemings Steak House has selected 100 different wines for a weekly tasting event starting Sept. 2. Every Thursday in September, $25 will get you a tasting of 20 (yes, 20!) wines, plus light hors d’oeuvres. If you stay for dinner you get a $25 dining credit. Phone reservations are required.  For more details see the Flemings website at THIS LINK.

Ted’s Montana Grill has a coupon good for $5 off a food purchase of $15 or more.  Coupon good thru Sept. 19.  You can use our coupon below or get your own at Ted’s website at THIS LINK.

A new Zagat survey of more than 6,000 consumers found these chains are the best in their category: burgers: Red Robin, steak: Outback, salad: Cheesecake Factory, breakfast: Cracker Barrel, appetizers: PF Chang’s, value: Olive Garden, and seafood: Bonefish Grill. Full details on the Zagat website at THIS LINK.

Taco Bueno has $2.99 platters including Beef Taco, Chicken Taco, and Mini Cheese Quesadilla.
No coupon required.  More details on the Taco Bueno website at THIS LINK.

Olive Garden has resumed their $8.95 Never Ending Pasta Bowls.  No coupon needed.  Choose  from 42 combinations of pasta (spaghetti, linguine, Fettucine, etc) and a sauce  (Three Meat, Creamy Parmesan Portobello, Marinara, etc).  Upgrade to unlimited Meatballs, Italian Sausage, or Roasted Chicken for another $2.95. More details on the Olive Garden website at THIS LINK.

Chili’s has brought back their $20 dinner for two.  Share an appetizer like fried cheese or tostada chips, and two full-size entrees like Half-Rack Baby Back Ribs, Chicken Fajitas, or Bacon Burger. No coupon needed.  More details on the Chili’s website at THIS LINK.

Mondays are a slow night at many restaurants so we’re seeing some great deals to bring in more  business.  Check out these Monday-only specials: 

• Champps has half-priced burgers (See story at THIS LINK),
• Lone Star has an $8.99 steak dinner (see story at THIS LINK)
• Bob Evans has a BBQ chicken dinner for $8.99 (See story at THIS LINK)
• Carino’s has half-priced family platters (See story at THIS LINK).

Baja Fresh has coupons online for $2 off a $7 purchase or $5 off a $15 purchase.  Coupons good through Sept. 4.  You can get your coupons directly from the Baja Fresh website at THIS LINK.

Cheesecake Factory will give you a coupon for a free cheesecake slice if you donate $5 or more to Feeding America.   To donate and get your coupon, go to the Cheesecake Factory Facebook page at THIS LINK or just click on the photo at right.

Long John Silver has nine new coupons good for $4 off a Family meal, $2 off platters, and a free fish piece with any meal.  Good thru Sep. 30.    The seafood place also has a shrimp trio deal for $5.99 with no coupon needed.  For the other deals you can use our coupons below or get your own at THIS LINK.

Fazoli’s family Italian has a coupon for $2 off any Submarinos and drink.  Good thru Aug. 18. You’ll need to get your coupon from the Fazoli’s Facebook page at THIS LINK.

Cracker Barrell ranked as the #1 family restaurant in a recent study of customer satisfaction by JD Power and Associates. For Casual Restaurants there was no clear winner in all markets but Maggiano’s, Texas Roadhouse, Carrabba’s, Red Robin, Buca ci Beppo, PF Chang, and Cheesecake Factory all got #1 in various markets. More details at right and on the JD Power website at THIS LINK.

Hooters wants to host Fantasy Football gatherings at their sports bars this fall and is giving away free Draft Kits. Kits come with a draft board, draft guide, cheat sheets, player stickers, reserved seating and more.  Also comes with $500 worth of coupons for Hooters.  More details on the Hooters website at THIS LINK.

Penn Station East Coast Subs is giving out a free order of French Fries to every customer on Wednesday, Aug. 18. No coupon needed and no purchase required.   Good at all locations.  More details on the Penn Station Facebook page at THIS LINK.

Boston Market has a coupon for a free dessert with purchase of an slider meal deal for $4.99. Coupon expires Aug. 29.  You can use our coupon below or get your own from the Boston Market Facebook page at THIS LINK.

Kids eat free every day in August at IHOP. Get one free Kid’s Meal with each adult entree purchased.  Good only from 4 to 10 pm.  No coupon required. More details at the IHOP website at THIS LINK.

Get a free mini Funnel Cake with purchase of a Chicken Sandwich Combo for $3.99 at Jack in the Box.  Coupon required, good through Aug. 29.  You can use our coupon below or get your own  by clicking on the Coupon link on the Jack’s website at THIS LINK.

Get a free Coke and small fries with purchase of a five-piece Chicken Tenders at Hardees.  Coupon required, good through Aug. 30.  You can use our coupon below or get your own from the Hardee’s website at THIS LINK. 

Pizza Hut has a $10 pasta special for takeout every Tuesday.  Every Tuesday get two pans of any pasta for $10.  Also comes with 5 breadsticks.  You can order online or get more details on the Pizza Hut website at THIS LINK.

On The Border has a $6.99 “Create Your Own Combo” menu. Choose two items from Soup, Salad, Enchiladas, Tacos, and Classics like Beef Empanadas or Chile Relleno. Also comes with rice and beans.  More details on the On The Border website at THIS LINK.

TGI Fridays has a new coupon on their Facebook page.  Good for a free entree with purchase of one entree and an appetizer. Good through Aug. 11.  Choose from entrees like Jack Daniel’s Ribs and Shrimp or Caribbean Chicken. You can use our coupon below or get your own from the TGI Fridays Facebook page at THIS LINK.

Quizos has coupons good thru Aug. 10.    Get a $2 off a regular sub or free chips and regular drink when you buy any regular or large sub or regular chopped salad.  You can use our coupons below or get your own from the Quiznos website at THIS LINK.

Quiznos also has a coupon good for buying any small sub, chips and drink for $2.99, good through Aug. 6.  You can use our coupon below or get your own from Quiznos at  THIS LINK.

Quiznos also has 2 other coupons good through Aug. 18.  Get $1 off any Choose 2 Combo, or a free fountain drink with purchase of any sub, regular chopped salad, Tasty Torpedo or Choose 2.  You can use our coupons below
or get your own from Quiznos at THIS LINK.