Category: Deals & Freebies

Today is National Crepe Day, and The Crepe Club is celebrating by giving away free crepes. Stop by its Phoenix or Tempe location from 2-5 p.m. today for a free Nutella or Parisian (butter and sugar) crepe. There’s a limit of one

’Tis the time of year when seemingly every restaurant in the Valley is hawking gift cards. Most come with some enticement: Buy a $20 card, get a $5 card for free. Or something along those lines. For the next four

With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, it’s time to turn our attention to the next major holiday – Christmas. And in the Southwest, Christmas means tamales. If you’ve ever tried to make your own tamales, you know what a labor-intensive

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and award-winning Flancer’s once again is offering its made-from-scratch Thanksgiving dinners to go. The dinners feature house-roasted Diesel turkey breasts from antibiotic-free birds raised sustainably at a family-run farm in northern California. The rest menu of the

El Palacio: $1.50 tacos & $3 Mexican draft beers Baja’s Joe’s Mexican Cantina: $2.50 tacos The Hungry Monk: $2 tacos (fillings change weekly) Ocotillo Golf Resort: $2 carne asada or chicken adobado tacos (pictured above) & $4 house margaritas after

Baja Joe’s: $6.99 fish and chips The Brass Tap: Teachers get 25% off between 4-7 p.m. Fibber Magees: $15 all-you-can-eat fish & chips; $5 Irish Bombers, $5.50 specialty cocktails. Flancer’s: Breakfast from 8-11 a.m. (Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays only) Hungry Monk: $11.50

Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria is offering its signature Serious Slices for just $4.99 today to all members of its Fivestar loyalty program. Not a member? You can sign up (it’s free) at any of their three locations to get a

Julia’s Mesquite Mexican Grill is celebrating its namesake’s birthday today with $1 street tacos all day. You have a choice of carne asada, chile rojo (beef), chile verde (pork), barbacoa (beef), al pastor (pork), marinated chicken (pictured), or regular chicken. Julia’s

Got your roster of Super Bowl snacks set yet? AZ Food Crafters is offering a special this week: Purchase a dozen green chile pork empanadas and get a free 16-ounce jar of the Chandler hand pie shop’s green chile sauce

Pier 54, the lakeside all-patio restaurant and bar in south Tempe, has a couple of new specials: Monday Industry Day: 25% discount off your bill to anybody who can prove they work at a bar or restaurant. Taco Tuesday: $2

The gift cards only are available through the Jimmy & Joe’s website. (For the direct link, click here.)

Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria celebrates the third anniversary of its Ahwatukee location today with $4 Serious Slices. The over-sized slices, cut from a 24-inch pizza, normally are $5.99 apiece. The special is good only at the Ahwatukee location in the Safeway

Vintage 95 in downtown Chandler is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week with lunch, dinner, and brunch specials: Through Sunday, you can get: Any half sandwich with any half salad or cup of soup for $8 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. A

Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria is offering a weekend special: Get 18 free wings with the purchase of any 24-inch, one-topping Big Jimmy pizza. That’s a savings of $12.74. The offer is good today and Sunday at all three locations –

Cuisine & Wine Bistro is offering several specials this month at its recently opened south Chandler location on the northeast corner of Alma School and Chandler Heights. In early happy hour deals (from 3-5 p.m.), buy two glasses of wine and

Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria celebrates its 10th anniversary Wednesday with a special: One of its signature Serious Slices and a drink for just $4.99. For the uninitiated, Serious Slices are cut from a 24-inch pizza and come with their own

Chile Verde a la Mexicana is October’s special of month at Serrano’s Mexican Restaurants. The dish – sautéed pork with green chile, onions, tomatoes, and spices – is served with rice, beans, and flour tortillas. The price this month is just

Joe’s Farm Grill in Gilbert celebrates its 10th anniversary with a week of specials, including its popular Free Cheeseburger Day. From 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, get a cheeseburger, fries, and drink for free. No purchase is necessary. In addition, the

Macayo’s celebrates its 70th anniversary today, and the Mexican restaurants are offering a pair of 70-cent specials: Classic Shredded Beef Taco (normally $4.99) Red Cheese Enchilada (normally $4.99) The specials are for dine-in only, and there’s a limit of four items

It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day, and Krispy Kreme and Long John Silvers are offering free food to customers who talk or dress like a pirate. At Krispy Kreme, you can get a free glazed doughnut for talking like a pirate, or

The Ivy, a Mediterranean restaurant that opened in Chandler in May 2015, is giving away free lunches with the purchase of any beverage. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., diner can get a free gyro pita or grilled chicken pita. The

Are you ready for some football? The draft, training camps, and preseason games are behind us, and it’s finally time for the NFL to kick off the 2016 season for real this weekend. It also means Valley sports bars will be

Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria is holding another of their occasional $4.99 Serious Slice specials today. The over-sized slices, normally $5.99, are cut from a 24-inch pizza and come with their own pizza cutter. The special is available today at all

The annual ‘‘Dog Days of Sumer’’ (yes, they spell summer with one “m”) promotion returns to Joe’s Farm Grill in Gilbert today. Eight specialty hot dogs and sausages will be available through Sept. 30. This year’s lineup features six quarter-pound, all-beef hot

The special of month for September at Serrano’s Mexican Restaurants is the steak asada chimichanga. The dish, topped with Queso Fundido and served with guacamole and sour cream, is $10.99 through Sept. 30. Serrano’s also will be offering a Labor

Sir Veza’s Taco Garage at the Chandler Fashion Center will host an Uncle Bear’s tap takeover at 5:30 p.m. today. The tap list is still being finalized, but the deal of the evening will be a burger and a pint

Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria is giving away free Bacon Ranch Fries with the purchase of any pizza slice today at all three of its East Valley locations. You must be a member of Jimmy & Joe’s Fivestar customer loyalty program. (It’s free,

La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen in Gilbert will hold its fourth annual Hatch Chile Sale on Aug. 26-27. Every year, restaurant staffers travel to Hatch, N.M., to pick up their own chiles, which they then roast in the restaurant parking lot. You

If you haven’t tried Brooklyn V’s Pizza in Gilbert yet, maybe this pizza-and-wings special will be the incentive: From 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday, get an 18-inch cheese pizza and a dozen chicken wings for just $19.99 (normally $25). The offer

Chompie’s will celebrate its annual Customer Appreciation Day with half-priced Jewish Sliders from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday. The deli’s signature menu item, normally $4.99 apiece, features moist lean brisket, mini potato pancakes, and Jack cheese on a house-made challah roll and

Sunday is National Tequila Day, and La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen in Gilbert is celebrating with 25% off tequila shots all day. The restaurant and bar also will have 25% off margaritas, and $2 domestic beers. Brunch will run 10

Well, it didn’t take long for the fictitious food holiday trend to get out of hand. According to the “authority” you consult, there now are no less than three National Hot Dog Days – today, Tuesday (July 19) and next Saturday

Krispy Kreme is celebrating its 79th birthday today with a doughnut deal: Buy a dozen of any doughnuts, get a second dozen of Original Glazed for just 79 cents. Krispy Kreme has three East Valley stores: Alma School and Chandler

Do you really want to turn on the oven or stove when it’s supposed to be reach 110 degrees today? Brooklyn V’s Pizza in Gilbert is offering a great special: An 18-inch cheese pizza and a dozen wings for just $19.99.

Grabbagreen, a Scottsdale-based concept focused on healthy foods and juices, announced it will open its fifth Valley eatery at Rural and University in Tempe by the end of this year. It marks the 50th franchise agreement for Grabbagreen, which was

Floridino’s Pizza & Pasta in Chandler is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month with bunch of June specials: From 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, a special hour features $4 sangria, $3 Floridino’s Wiseguy pilsners, $2 Bud Light or Ultra Drafts,

Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria is offering a one-day-only deal on gift cards today: Buy a $20 gift card, and Jimmy & Joe’s will add another $20 for a total of $40. The offer only is available through the pizzeria’s website. There’s

Arizona’s twice-a-year Restaurant Week returns for its spring edition May 20-29. More than 100 participating restaurants will offer three-course prix-fixe menus for $33 or $44 per person or couple. As usual, only a handful of East Valley restaurants are participating (click link

Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria may not serve alcohol, but that doesn’t mean it can’t celebrate happy hour. The local mini-chain – which has locations in Chandler, Mesa, and Ahwatukee – launches a trio of $3.99 happy-hour specials today: Serious Slice: The pizzeria’s signature

Wednesday is the 17th annual Free BBQ Day at Joe’s Real BBQ in downtown Gilbert. From 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 4-7:30 p.m. (or until food runs out), you can get a pulled pork or a chicken breast sandwich, sides of BBQ pit

The Margherita is the Slice of the Month for May at Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria. The Serious Slice – cut from a giant 24-inch pizza, making it about the equivalent of a small pizza – features fresh mozzarella, basil, and tomatoes. The

Serrano’s Mexican Restaurants are offering Cinco de Mayo drink specials all week: Serrano’s House Margarita $5 Serrano’s Special Rio Margarita $6.99 Chambord (Black Raspberry) Margarita $5.99 Pomegranate Margarita $5.99 Bottled and draft beer $3 In addition, Macho Nachos will be

AZ Food Crafters in Chandler will be selling any of its sweet hand pies (pictured) for $3.14 apiece. Your Pie in Mesa is offering $3.14 pizzas, $3.14 pints of craft beer, and $3.14 combos. Domino’s Pizza is offering half-off pizzas

Today only, Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria is selling Eegee’s frozen fruit drinks for just $1. Previous: What’s the big deal about Eegee’s drinks? You must be a member of Jimmy & Joe’s customer rewards program; if not, you can sign

First we got the D-Bat Dog. Then the Churro Dog. Now the D-Backs are ushering in this baseball season with the MegaDog. The MegaDog is a foot-long hot dog smothered in pulled pork and Hatch green chile mac ’n’ cheese. Total

Chompie’s kicks off its annual Cactus League burger special today. After 3 p.m. daily, buy any burger and two drinks at the New York-style deli and you’ll get a second burger of equal or lesser value for free. All six

Several East Valley restaurants are offering Leap Day specials today: Wimpy’s Paradise in downtown Chandler is selling 6-inch hot dogs for 29 cents. Limit one per person. Fired Pie in Tempe, Chandler, and Ahwatukee is giving away one pizza (pictured) or salad

The Broken Yolk Cafe, a San Diego-based chain of breakfast eateries, celebrates the first birthday of its first Arizona location – on the northeast corner of Gilbert and Southern in Mesa – with $1 short stacks of pancakes all day today

El Palacio: $4 Cadillacs, $4 20-ounce margaritas, and $5 El Jimador La Ristra: $4 house margaritas, $6 Sauza Blue Cadillac margaritas, $6 Smokey Mezcal margarita, $4 Sauza Blue shots; also $3 carne asada, green chile chicken, or chipotle shrimp tacos. TQLA: $4 house margaritas, $8 ultimate

Chompie’s is celebrating its 37th birthday today with a Bagel Bargain. Today only, you can get a baker’s dozen of bagels – that’s 13 bagels – for only $5. The offer is good at all four Chompie’s, including its East Valley

Fast-casual Mexican food chain Chipotle is closed until 3 p.m. today for a company-wide safety briefing. The nationwide move comes in the wake of norovirus and E.coli outbreaks that sickened customers in 11 states in October and December. About 50,000 Chipotle employees

Wimpy Paradise and Pittsburgh Willy’s, two sibling restaurants currently sharing one space in downtown Chandler, have come up with a trioof $5 meal deals: A quarter-pound, Angus chuck, hand-formed burger with chips and a soda or bottled water. A quarter-pound

The Arizona Cardinals face the Carolina Panthers in the NFC Championship Game at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, and some East Valley restaurants will offer specials: La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen: $2 domestic beers all day. Happy hour pricing from 4 p.m. until

Rania’s Kabob Grill in Gilbert is kicking off the year with a deal: Buy a $25 gift card and get an additional $10 worth of food for free. The gift cards are available here. You can purchase them through the end of

The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers face off in the NFL playoffs Saturday night, and several East Valley establishments are offering specials: Arizona Wilderness Brewing in Gilbert will be tapping Tropical Storm, a pale ale they brewed with Cardinals all-pro

Assuage your Powerball-losing disappointment with a mouthful of spicy goodness. Bring any losing ticket to last night’s Powerball drawing to El Palacio Mexican Restaurant & Cantina of Chandler today and get $2 off any street taco. El Palacio is open 10:30

So you narrowly missed winning the $1.6 Powerball Jackpot by just six numbers? Before trashing your losing tickets (plural, because we know you bought more than one), consider this: You can bring any losing ticket from last night’s lottery to Wimpy’s Paradise

Thursday is National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day, and Chompie’s is celebrating by giving away a free Black & White cookie with each purchase of its signature Mile High Pastrami Sandwich (pictured). The New York-style deli and restaurant just unveiled a new winter

Talk about coming full circle. The first pasta bar I ever went to was at an Old Chicago in Colorado Springs in the mid-’80s, and the only Old Chicago in the Valley when I moved here was in Tempe. Today, that

GrubHub, the nation’s leading online food ordering and delivery platform, announced today its delivery service now is available in the Phoenix market. GrubHub’s online ordering has been available to diners Valleywide since 2011, but restaurants have been responsible for making their own

Ease your kitchen workload this holiday season with a batch of take-home meals from Rania’s Kebob Grill in Gilbert. The restaurant is offering two specials this weekend: A 4-ounce chicken breast kabob, rice, and mixed veggies for $6. A 4-ounce sirloin

In Arizona, the holidays mean tamales, and a couple of local restaurants already are taking take-home orders for the seasonal favorite: • At El Palacio Mexican Restaurant & Cantina in Chandler, get a dozen pork chile Colorado tamales, a pint of

Veterans Day specials for U.S. military veterans at MCSW sponsors: AZ Food Crafters: Free hand pie. Baja Joe’s Mexican Cantina: Free regular-menu meal or 50% off special. Bourbon Jack’s: Free meal with purchase of entrée equal to or greater in

House of Brews in Gilbert is under new management, and changes include a new lunch menu and new happy hour food specials. The new, streamlined lunch menu: The new happy hour menu:

AZ Food Crafters is best-known for its delicious hand pies, but the Chandler shop and cafe also makes traditional, full-size pies. This holiday season, pies include: Classic Granny Smith Apple ($15) Caramel Apple ($15) Dutch Apple ($15) Fresh Roasted Pumpkin ($15) Chocolate Pecan ($18)

Rania’s Kabob Grill, the year-and-a-half-old Afghani restaurant in Gilbert, has introduced a new weekly special. On Mondays, you can get any of Rania’s delicious chicken platters –chicken breast, chicken thigh, or chicken keemahfor – for just $5.99. The special, which

October is National Pizza Month, and Fired Pie is celebrating with a special offer today only: Buy one, get one free on all of its entrées all day. No call in orders are allowed and the deal is limited to one

Today is Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria‘s ninth anniversary, and it’s celebrating with $4 Serious Slices all day. That’s $1.99 off the normal price. The deal is available at all three locations – Chandler, Mesa, and Ahwatukee.

BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse celebrates its signature dessert today with its annual Free Pizookie Day. A Pizookie, if you’ve been living in a cave for the past decade, is a large cookie served warm in a deep-dish pizza pan and

Good news for lunchers in Gilbert and east Mesa: Zappone’s Italian Bistro in Gilbert has extended the hours of its popular early-week spaghetti and meatballs special. Now you can get a heaping helping of chef Sal Zappone’s spaghetti and meatballs, along

Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria is holding another Eegee’s promotion today. Get one of the frozen drinks for just $1 at their Chandler, Mesa, or Ahwatukee location. You must be a member of Jimmy & Joe’s customer loyalty program, which is free.

Saturday is National Cheese Pizza Day, and a couple of East Valley pizzerias are offering specials: Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria: Get a Serious Slice of cheese pizza (cut from a 24-inch pizza) for just $4.99. You have to be a member

Many East Valley residents already are familiar with the Entertainment Book, an inch-thick volume of coupons good not only at many local restaurants, but also stores and attractions. But did you know school clubs and non-profit groups can sell the books

Lasagna pizza – topped with meatballs, sausage, ricotta cheese, and parmesan cheese – is the new slice of the month at all Jimmy & Joe’s Pizzeria locations. Through the end of September, get a Serious Slice of lasagna pizza for $7.99.

Joe’s Farm Grill in Gilbert kicks off its annual ‘‘Dog Days of Sumer’’ promotion Tuesday. Twelve specialty hot dogs and sausages will be available through Sept. 30. I’m not sure why summer is being spelled with only one “m.” Are we supposed