Get Free Fries, Ice Cream Friday In Lisle

LISLE, IL — While some think Friday the 13th is bad luck, it's far from it if you're a fan of free food. This week, Friday is also National French Fry Day, which means one thing: Free fries or deals on fries at participating restaurant chains. Plus, Potbelly Sandwich Shop is making Friday the 13th a little sweeter with free ice cream sandwiches for Potbelly Perks members — and not just on Friday, but on Thursday, July 12 and Saturday, July 14 as well.

So where and how can you score free fries and deals? Here's a list of Illinois franchise chains offering up the deep-fried treat for a sweet deal:

McDonald's, which has locations in just about every town in Chicagoland, is offering a free medium order of fries with any purchase (minimum $1) on the McDonald's app. Even better? The deal is good any Friday, not just Friday the 13th. McD app download and registration required.

Dunkin Donuts is offering fans a chance to try its "new spin on fries" known a Donut Fries, for free at these locations only: 3310 W. Addison, Chicago; 71 E. Monroe St., Chicago; 10131 W. Grand Ave., Franklin Park; 1201 S. Naper Boulevard, Naperville; and 2147 S. Cicero Ave., Cicero. How it works: The first 100 guests at these participating locations will get a free order of Donut Fries from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time Friday only. What are Donut Fries? The new dish is "bringing together two of America's favorites: donuts and fries" and feature "individual pieces of delicious, buttery croissant-style donut dough that are tossed in cinnamon sugar and served warm," according to Dunkin.

IHOP (or, if you prefer, IHob), which has dozens of Illinois locations (find them all here) now has unlimited fries with any burger combo ($6.99 and up) for a limited time only, valid for dine-in only/not valid for online or IHOP'N Go orders.

Meatheads Burgers & Fries, with more than a dozen Chicago-area locations including Naperville, Glen Ellyn, Elmhurst, Oak Lawn, Schaumburg, Chicago, Willowbrook, Northbrook, Lincolnwood, Barrington, Lake Bluff and Frankfort, is offering bottomless fries for $2 with any purchase.

BurgerFi, which has one Illinois location in Glenview, will offer a free order of regular hand-cut fries with any purchase all day long Friday. Customers must mention the offer at checkout in order to redeem it.

Wayback Burgers, which has an Oakbrook Terrace location, offers free bottomless fries with the purchase of a burger or sandwich.

Wingstop, which has dozens of locations throughout Illinois (find them here), offers a free large order of fries for signing up for the Wingstop eClub.

Free ice cream sandwiches

Meanwhile, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, with dozens of Illinois locations (find them here), is offering free ice cream sandwiches to customers who are members of the Potbelly Perks program with any purchase. If you're not a member, you can join by downloading the Perks app for Android or iPhone.

The deal is good from Thursday, July 12 to Saturday, July 14.

Visit https://www.Potbelly.com/perks for more information.

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