Ease back into the school year with these freebies and dining deals.
Applebee’s: $1 Mai Tai cocktails through Aug. 31.
Bonefish Grill: $6 martini special on Mondays, 3-courses starting at $16.90 on Tuesdays, and $5 margaritas and $7 Bang Ban,g Shrimp on Wednesdays.
BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse: Coupon for buy-one-get-one-half-off entrees through Sept. 1.
California Pizza Kitchen: Up to $10 off Take and Bake Pizza with purchase.
Carrabba’s: Take home an entree for $10 with purchase of any entree for a limited time.
Jersey Mike’s: Free regular sub with purchase using the chain’s updated app.
Jet’s Pizza: Save 41 percent on all menu-priced pizzas on Monday, Aug. 26 with code JETS41.
Krispy Kreme: Free dozen doughnuts with purchase of a dozen for reward members (it’s free to sign up) through Aug. 25.
Olive Garden: Mobile coupon via text for unlimited soup, salad and breadsticks for $5.99; take home an entree for $5 with entree purchase.
PDQ: Use a coupon to get a free kids meal with any $15 purchase at Dania Beach, Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale 17th Street, Oakland Park, Pembroke Pines, Pompano Beach, Miami, Wellington and West Palm Beach restaurants through Aug. 30.
Red Lobster: Coupon for $5 off two entrees through Sept. 1; $15 Endless Shrimp Mondays and other weekday early-bird entrees until 6 p.m.
Taco Bell: $5 Triple Double Crunchwrap Box.
7-Eleven: Any size coffees — including Pumpkin Spice Lattes — and hot beverages for $1.
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