Want to make your birthday even more special at Olive Garden? Visit their Facebook Page to get your free offer of a free appetizer or dessert with the purchase of two entrees!  You can print this offer out, or just show it from your phone. Hurry to get this offer because it expires on May 27, 2012.

Also, join their email list to learn about their news, events, specials, contests, and limited-time offers, plus updates from their Culinary Institute in Italy. I’m not sure if they offer free birthday meals, but they do ask for your birth date when you sign up to receive their newsletter.  I asked that question on their Facebook Page so if I get a response, I’ll update this post.

Need another reason to have an Olive Garden birthday? Olive Garden donates restaurant surplus food every day to local food banks.

Below are some restaurants that are offering free meal deals or eat free on Mother’s Day specials. I also like to visit Restaurant.com to see what restaurants in my area are offering gift certificates. Just last weekend, I snagged a $50 gift certificate for $4 to a nearby restaurant that was advertising on Restaurant.com. With that certificate, my husband and I were able to take the family out–seven of us–to lunch after my daughter’s First Holy Communion ceremony for only $98. Be sure to run a Google search for Restaurant.com promotion codes if you are thinking of getting yourself one of these certificates. More often than not, there is a promotion code that will give you a further discount on the already great restaurant deals.

Champps Restaurant: Moms that come in Mother’s Day weekend will receive a card loaded with$10 off a $25 purchase on the first of every month (while supplies last).

Texas Roadhouse: This isn’t an eat free on Mother’s Day deal, however, Texas Roadhouse is offering the Texas Roadhouse Getaway For Two Sweepstakes. Just enter to win a 2-night stay in Dove Mountain, Marana, Arizona including roundtrip airfare for two.

Beef O’Brady’s: Not only do moms eat free this Mother’s day, but dads eat free on Father’s Day too! The entree can be up to a $10 value.

TCBY: Free yogurt for mom on Mother’s Day! Check your local TCBY to make sure they are participating.

IKEA: Moms can receive a free breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, and potatoes and a cup of coffee on Mother’s Day. Good from opening until 11:00am on May 13, 2012. Limit one per family.

I say go for the venti for that afternoon espresso drink! Why not spin out of control into the early evening and leave everyone who encounters you from the hours of 2-7, exhausted and wishing you would just go away! I don’t stop for a morning Starbucks jolt. I just make an afternoon visit to the Starbucks in my nearby Target at around 3 pm. I only ever get a tall, nonfat, no whip Mocha. That seems to be enough to energize me through the rest of the afternoon and right up until happy hour! Just kidding, folks (um, not really).

Thanks, Starbucks for this promotion, but I’m going to have to pass. I feel extremely guilty stopping at Starbucks twice in one day. I’ve only ever done it a few times and I’m sure I had a really good reason why I did it. Not even a half-priced drink in the afternoon will make me give up my morning Keurig coffee. However, if you’re diggin’ this promotion then you better act fast. You only have until March 14 to over caffeinate your body and get more done at work than you have all year!

This morning, Maggiano’s sent me an email with a coupon link  that gives me $10 off my next visit to their restaurant. It’s a one-time use coupon that allows me to take $10 off any check of $30 or more. It’s for dine-in only and only one certificate per table can be used.

I have one month to use this coupon.  Good thing because I’m going to have a lot of restaurants to visit over the next month with all the coupons and birthday freebies I’m receiving!

Sign up for Maggiano’s email club as well as other eat for free on your birthday restaurants!

There’s a Rita’s right near my daughter’s school and every year on the first day of spring, we hope to stop by after school to get our free water ice, but the line is always so long, and the parking lot is always too full so we end up just riding by.  However, we do make a Rita’s stop the following day.  Yes, I end up having to pay , but it’s hard to pass up that first taste of water ice to celebrate the arrival of spring!

In searching the internet, I did find several folks saying that you get a free dessert on your birthday. I’m not sure if that’s with a coupon you receive in the mail or via email, but a free dessert with a purchase of an entree is a nice treat. I also was told by someone who works at Olive Garden that they sometimes run ads in the local papers that include coupons. I don’t have an Olive Garden restaurant too close to me, so I personally haven’t seen these ads.

I guess I’ll find out soon enough what exactly it is Olive Garden offers for free on your birthday because my birthday is less than three weeks away and I’m on their newsletter list. I’ll keep you posted!

Don’t forget to check out the entire list of eat free on your birthday restaurants!

Since IHOP started the National Pancake Day celebration back in 2006, they have raised nearly $8 million for charities in the communities in which it operates. Who knew pancakes could bring in the big bucks?!

Don’t forget to check out the full list of eat free on your birthday restaurants!

We are not a big fast food family, but every once in a while, we need to do a quick stop. After Chik-fil-a, Wendy’s restaurant is our second choice!

Check out our full list of Eat Free on Your Birthday restaurants!

If you live near a Glory Days Grill and want my coupon (actually, it’s just the email they sent me that you would bring to the restaurant) for free oreo sliders, just “Like” the Eat Free On Your Birthday Facebook Page and leave a wall post stating why I should send the coupon to you. I just started the Facebook Page so my “Likes” are on the low side, but I think you’ll like being a fan since I scour the internet for not just eat free on your birthday deals, but other deals and freebies restaurants are offering at any given time.  I know this is a silly little contest, so have fun with it, but please keep the posts clean!

The coupon expires on February 29, 2012 (a day after my birthday), so I’ll run the contest just until February 8. Thanks for helping out! I hope to have better giveaways in the future so bookmark this website, and subscribe to the RSS feed so you can keep in the loop!

Don’t forget to check out my list of Eat Free on Your Birthday restaurants!

You can eat-in, carryout, or have Maggiano’s deliver to your home or business. Order over the phone or online. Maggiano’s always has lots of promotions going on so I’d recommend getting on their email list if you like real, authentic Italian food (and who doesn’t?!).

Be sure to check out my entire list of  eat free on your birthday restaurants!