Long Island, NY offers some wonderful restaurants for different price points. If you're on a budget, there are definitely ways to get your meals or desserts for discounted prices, or even for free on your birthday. Sign up for some of these restaurants' clubs or other programs and you'll receive coupons or even a free appetizer, dessert or meal.
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You can enjoy meals for less at many Long Island, NY restaurants by purchasing discounted gift certificates for yourself or as gifts for your family and friends at Restaurant.com. Certificates entitle you to deeply discounted prices at local restaurants (and over 18,000 restaurants throughout the U.S.) Read more.....
Baskin Robbins
If you go to the Baskin-Robbins website and fill out a simple form, five days before your birthday, they'll send you a coupon for free ice cream. You'll also get a discount on a birthday cake. They'll also send you e-mail throughout the year on specials at their stores, which are found at many locatoins throughout Nassau and Suffolk.
To find a Baskin-rRobbins near you, go to their store locator at www.baskinrobbins.com.
California Pizza Kitchen
Sign up at www.cpk.com and you'll receive a coupon for $5 off your next visit. Find Long Island, NY locations on their website.Also, when you're signing up, you can also enroll your kids under 10 years of age in the CPKids Birthday Club and they'll receive a free CPKids meal during their birthday month. (The offer will be sent to you via e-mail.)
Read my California Pizza Kitchen review
Dairy Queen
You can join their Blizzard Fan Club for free by going to www.blizzardfanclub.com and signing up online. (You must be 13 years or older to register.)
You'll receive monthly emails with new Blizzard treat promotions, and an e-mail coupon for your birthday and a special surprise every year that you remain a member of the club, and an e-mail coupon for a free 16 oz. Blizzard Treat with the purchase of another 16 oz. Blizzard Treat.
Red Lobster
Join Red Lobster's Fresh Catch Club for free and they'll send you alerts about special events and you'll received a special birthday gift.To find a Red Lobster restaurant near you on Long Island, NY, go to redlobster.com and type in your zip code in the "Find A Restaurant" search box.
Ruby Tuesday
Ruby Tuesday features its So Connected Club. When you sign up, you'll receive e-mail only offers and a free, handcrafted burger on your birthday.To find the Ruby Tuesday closest to you on Long Island, go to www.rubytuesday.com and click on "Locations" in the menu bar on top.
TGI Friday's
TGI Friday's features a Give Me More Stripes (R) Club. When you first sign up, you'll received one Jump the Line pass so you can skip to the front of the crowd, and a coupon for a free appetizer or dessert. You'll also be automatically sent an $8 coupon whenever you spend $100 at TGI Friday's. There's no limit to how many of these coupons you can earn.
And during your birthday month, when you purchase an entree, you'll receive one complimentary dessert.
To find a TGI Friday's near you on Long Island, NY, visit www.tgifridays.com and use their Restaurant Locator on the top right of the home page.

