Free Meals for Veterans On or About Veterans’ Day
Here is our annual list of all the various free meals that veterans can get. I wanted to get this out a few days in advance so you can plan for where you want to go for breakfast, lunch, or dinner – or all three! Use this as an excuse to take a veteran to a meal to thank him or her for their service. If you know of other meal deals, please post them as a reply.
Note the date of each deal as they are not all on 11 November and several have specific times. Be prepared to show an ID verifying you are eligible. Pretty easy for those of us still serving, but veterans should show a Driver’s License with veteran status on it, or a VA card, even a DD214 should do. Most of the time, they just take your word for it, but you don’t want to be called out in a restaurant because you couldn’t prove it. Enjoy!
Denny’s – 0500-1200, 10 Nov., Free Build Your Own Grand Slam Breakfast
IHOP – 10 Nov., Free Red, White, and Blue pancakes
BJ’s Restaurant – 10 & 11 Nov., Any meal under $12.95 is complimentary along with an alcoholic drink worth up to $6 if you are over 21.
Spaghetti Warehouse – 10-12 Nov., BOGO free on any entrée. You need to print out the coupon on their website. http://www.meatballs.com/
Applebee’s – 11 Nov., Free meal from special menu
Black Angus – Opening – 1500, 11 Nov., Free top sirloin steak dinner and non-alcoholic beverage
Bob Evans – 11 Nov., Free select menu items
California Pizza Kitchen – 11 Nov., Free items from special menu
Cattlemen’s Steakhouse – 11 Nov., Free 8 0z. steak dinner
Chevy’s – 1100-1400, 11 Nov., Complimentary Fresh Mex 3-item Combo
Chuck E. Cheese – 11 Nov., Free cheese pizza
Cici’s Pizza – 11 Nov., Free pizza buffet
Cracker Barrel – 11 Nov., Complimentary Double Chocolate Fudge Coca-Cola Cake
Dunkin’ Donuts – 11 Nov., Free donut
Famous Dave’s BBQ – 11 Nov., Free two meat combo
Friendly’s – 11 Nov., Free breakfast, lunch, or dinner
Green Turtle – 11 Nov., Free meal up to $12 or $12 off a more expensive meal
Hooters – 11 Nov., Free meal
Logan’s Roadhouse – 11 No., Free American Roadhouse Meal. Not valid in CA, NC, SC or Augusta, GA. Note that vets always get 10% off throughout the year.
Little Caesar’s Pizza – 1100-1400, 11 Nov., Free $5 lunch combo
Menchie’s Frozen yogurt – 11 Nov., Free 6 oz. yogurt
Mimi’s Café – 11 Nov., Free items from special menu
Mission BBQ – 11 Nov., Free sandwich and slice of cake (while it lasts). On a personal note, try to eat here at noon on any given day and watch what happens!
On the Border – 11 Nov., Free combo meal
Outback Steakhouse – 11 Nov., Free Bloomin’ Onion and beverage
Outback Steakhouse – 12-16 Nov., military members get 20% off
Outback Steakhouse – 17 Nov. onwards, Military, police, and fire get 10% off
Ponderosa Steakhouse – 1600-close, 11 Nov., Free buffet
Red Lobster – 11 Nov., Free appetizer or dessert
Ruby’s – 11 Nov., Free adult entrée
Ruby Tuesday – 11 Nov., Free appetizer
Shoney’s – 0600-1100, 11 Nov., Free All You Care to Eat breakfast
Sizzler – Before 1600, 11 Nov., Free lunch and beverage
Texas Roadhouse – 11 Nov., Free special veterans lunch
TGI Fridays – 1100-1400, 11 Nov., Free lunch
UNO – 11 Nov., Free entrée or individual pizza
Village Inn – 11 Nov., Free Inn-Credible breakfast
White Castle – 11 Nov., Free breakfast combo or Combo Meal #1-6
Wienerschnitzel – 11 Nov., Free chilidog with small fries and small Pepsi
World of Beer – 11 Nov., Free beer or $5 off check
Golden Corral – 1700-2100, 13 Nov., Free dinner
Country Cookin’ – 1400-2000, 14 Nov., Free meal
Olive Garden special menu