Friday Food Freebies & Deals: May 7-14, 2010

Mother’s Day feasts, half price Starbucks Frappuccino, free choc chip cookies, military eat free, BOGO Quiznos Sub, 50% off  Porky’s Pride Real Pit BBQ, 50% off Cecilia’s Café, Savoy wine tasting, and more deals for the week ahead.

• Half Price Frappuccino at Starbucks Happy Hour through May 16, between 3 and 5 pm at participating locations. No coupon needed….Froth on!
• Free Chocolate Chip Cookies on May 15, to celebrate National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. That’s the kind of national celebration we like…. According to New Mexico Business Weekly, the Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip at the ABQ Uptown location ONLY will give away 2,000 mini cookies to mark its second anniversary there – plus opportunities to win prizes and see the Nesquik Bunny.
• Free Quiznos Sub with a Buy one Get one Free coupon to score a free sub when you buy one of equal value and a regular fountain drink. Valid till May 14, 2010.
• Military Eat Free at Chick-fil-A on May 15 in honor of Armed Forces Day, at both ABQ locations: Chick-fil-A  Cottonwood Corners and Chick-fil-A Paseo del Norte. We’re told that anyone in uniform or carrying a military ID will eat free. Yay on Chick-fil-A! And our military men and women… there aren’t enough Yays – we thank you for your service.
• Free breakfast at Chick-fil-A Cottonwood Corners on Saturday May 8 from 6:30 to 10:30 am. If you didn’t see our post LAST Friday about free breakfast week, you’ve still got one more day to nab a free breakfast item on Saturday, the final day of the promo. No link, we’ve just been reliably informed! Only at Chick-fil-A 3801 Ellison Rd NW.
• Save 50% at Porky’s Pride Real Pit BBQ and Cecilia’s Café thanks to Good Day New Mexico’s Half Price Thursday. Buy $50 worth of gift certificates for only $25. 
  50% off Porky’s Pride Real Pit BBQ certificates – use them through October 31, 2010.
  50% off Cecilia’s Café certificates -  use them till November 28, 2010
  Quantities are limited, don’t wait too long to purchase.
• Wine Tasting at Savoy Bar & Grill – California Icons on Saturday May 8 at 2:45 pm. Try a variety of featured Californian wines paired with “small bites” for $30 a head plus tax and tip. Places are limited – you need to make a reservation before they fill.
• $1 off Carl’s Junior – final week to print out the coupons for:
  $1 off Big Country Breakfast Burrito Combo to May 12
  $1 off Banana Chocolate Chip shakes and malts  to May 12
  $1 off any size Grilled Cheese Bacon Burger combo to May 19
  One coupon per person per visit. Find Carl’s Junior Albuquerque locations.

Mother’s Day Feasts

If you haven’t got your groove on for Mother’s Day yet, then here are a few places where you can TREAT that lady!

All seem reasonable deals for the locations, all on Sunday May 9, 2010. Tax and tip are extra, and reservations are generally recommended:

• TGI Friday’s premium menu with 3 courses for $16.99 
• Brasserie La Provence $30 prix fixe menu of three courses from 10:30 am to 3 pm.
• Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro Mother’s Day Brunch from 10 am to 3 pm offers the regular menu plus specials, and classical guitar music by Dan Dowling.
• Zinc Mother’s Day Jazz Dinner from 5 pm includes a starter amuse-bouche and sparkling apertif and a three course prix fixe menu for $40, with music by the Robb Janov Quartet.
• The Standard Diner Buffet Brunch is from 9:30 am to 3 pm at $27 for adults, or $10 for kids aged 5-12.
• Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort serves Mother’s Day brunch in the smart Corn Maiden restaurant from 11 am to 3 pm, at $60 or $30 for kids aged 12 and under. In the more casual Santa Ana Café, brunch runs from 10 am to 3 pm, for $45 – kids half that price.
• Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown buffet brunch is $28, and kids eat at half price, aged 12 and under. It’s all happening in the Sheraton Ballroom from 11 am to 2 pm.

Other treats for mom?

See our posts on the $10 tour with ABQ Trolley Co. on Sunday May 9 and $5  magazine subscriptions as a gift – order by May 9.

NOTE: Not all locations may be participating in all offers – call ahead if you want to be sure.

Thanks for tips from Ed at Large Ron, our Southwestern buddies at Tucson on the Cheap , and our surfer buddies at Miami on the Cheap.

–Tania

Friday Food Freebies & Deals: April 30 – May 7, 2010

Chick-fil-A free breakfast, free Einstein Bros bagel, $1 Hot Dogs on a Stick, free Jack in the Box sandwich, Olive Garden discount, 50% off Banana Leaf entree, and kids eat free…. all in our round up of food deals for the week ahead.

• Dollar Tuesdays at Hot Dog on a Stick means just what it says – every Tuesday get your Hot Dogs on a Stick for $1 each. Deal is good at all locations – in Albuquerque, find Hot Dog on a Stick at Coronado Center and Cottonwood Mall. 
• Get free breakfast at Chick-fil-A Cottonwood Corners from Monday to Saturday May 3 - 8 between 6:30 and 10:30 am. Free breakfast week at Chick-fil-A Cottonwood Corners was so popular – they’re doing it again! Next week,  a different breakfast item will be free each day.  At time of writing the website doesn’t show which goodies they’re giving away yet, but freebies before included biscuit and gravy, cinnamon cluster, sausage biscuit….  and as before, the free breakfast is ONLY at this Chick-fil-A location, 3801 Ellison Rd NW. 
• Free Jack in the Box grilled sandwich till Monday May 2. If you missed our post on this, you’ve still got time to get your free sandwich when you buy anything else on the menu – the offer is for the Deli Trio. Just take the free sandwich coupon with you, make any purchase, and claim your freebie! But make sure you do it by Monday May 2, 2010. 
• $2.50 off a dinner entree at Olive Garden – limited numbers of  Olive Garden Coupons  are available to print, so take your chances and print it soon! The coupon gives you $2.50 off up to two dinner entrees and it really is dinner only – not lunch. Terms say that it’s valid at any Olive Garden Restaurant, but can only be used by the person who prints their name on the coupon, and one coupon per visit. Coupon expires May 7, 2010.
  Thanks to Florida on the Cheap for the tip! 
• Einstein Bros Bagels coupons for a free bagel on Fridays and $2 Tuesday:
  - Free Bagel Fridays – Get a free bagel before 11 am, no purchase necessary. We like that! Expires May 22.
  - $2 Tuesday - Bagel, shmear and coffee for $2 on Tuesdays before 11 am until May 19.
  Only one coupon per person, once per day, BUT it looks like you can RE-USE the coupon every week till the deals expire.  Thanks to Editor at Large Ron for the tip! 
• Half Price Entree at Banana Leaf Asian Cuisine in Rio Rancho (via Valpak). Buy one entree and two beverages, and get another entree at 50% off! I love this place, and you can use the Half Price Entree coupon for lunch or dinner. Currently showing a May 13, 2010 expiry date – but Valpak coupons often roll back the expiration, depending when you print ‘em (until they take the deal down – it won’t last forever. 
• Kids eat free on Monday nights from 4pm to 10pm at Jason’s Deli Cottonwood. We mentioned this new Kids Eat Free night a few weeks ago, but have more details now. Deal is one free meal per child aged 12 and under, limit two children per adult. PLUS free balloons, coloring books and free ice cream! The menu is packed with the good stuff like organic apple juice and milk, and absent stuff like MSG, trans-fats etc. Find Jason’s Deli Cottonwood on Coors and Alameda in front of Lowe’s. 
• Also, if you check out Jason’s Deli Cottonwood on Twitter each Tuesday at 10 am, you might win a free sandwich in their Tuesday contest!
• Food & Life: A Place at Mother Earth’s Table. This free event at 1 pm on Saturday May 1 at the Maxwell Museum’s Hibben Center explores the wild plants that featured in prehistoric diets. Plus, sample modern recipes made with ancient ingredients. (That sounds a bit like my kitchen.) Admission to the Maxwell Museum is free, and so is the event. Details are on their events page.

NOTE: Not all locations may be participating in all offers – call ahead if you want to be sure.

We’re compiling all our Kids Eat Free ongoing deals into one point of reference on the ABQ on the Cheap site – if you know of any, please tell us in the comment box below or use the Submit Your Deal form!

–Tania

Free Breakfast Week at Chick-fil-A Starts Today

Here’s a bonus food freebie deal that is so big, we decided it deserves its own post! Thanks to @claystorm for the original tip and to Danielle at Chick-fil-A for the details.

Next week, starting Monday, July 13 (2009), and running through Friday, July 17, from 6:00 – 10:30am daily, stop by the Chick-fil-A on Paseo del Norte and score a FREE breakfast item! Here’s the schedule:

• Monday, 7/13: free Chicken Biscuit
• Tuesday, 7/14: free Chick-n-Minis (3-count)
• Wednesday, 7/15: free Breakfast Burrito
• Thursday, 7/16: free Chick-n-Minis (3-count)
• Friday, 7/17: free Chicken Biscuit

No purchase necessary. No coupon required. Must be present to redeem offer. Offer good only during breakfast service hours of 6:00am – 10:30am. Offer valid only at the Chick-fil-A located at 8110 San Pedro Dr NE (corner of San Pedro & Paseo del Norte), Albuquerque.

We recommend planning for additional travel time if you’re thinking of swinging by on your way to work. The drive-thru line surely will spill out onto Paseo!

–Elizabeth Hanes

Free Breakfast Week at Chick-fil-A

Here’s a bonus food freebie deal that is so big, we decided it deserves its own post! Thanks to @claystorm for the original tip and to Danielle at Chick-fil-A for the details.

Next week, starting Monday, July 13 (2009), and running through Friday, July 17, from 6:00 – 10:30am daily, stop by the Chick-fil-A on Paseo del Norte and score a FREE breakfast item! Here’s the schedule:

• Monday, 7/13: free Chicken Biscuit
• Tuesday, 7/14: free Chick-n-Minis (3-count)
• Wednesday, 7/15: free Breakfast Burrito
• Thursday, 7/16: free Chick-n-Minis (3-count)
• Friday, 7/17: free Chicken Biscuit

No purchase necessary. No coupon required. Must be present to redeem offer. Offer good only during breakfast service hours of 6:00am – 10:30am. Offer valid only at the Chick-fil-A located at 8110 San Pedro Dr NE (corner of San Pedro & Paseo del Norte), Albuquerque.

We recommend planning for additional travel time if you’re thinking of swinging by on your way to work. The drive-thru line surely will spill out onto Paseo!

–Elizabeth Hanes