Restaurants and dining chains often offer free birthday meals, appetizers, desserts or discounts as incentives to bring patrons into their stores. Most restaurants offering birthday discounts in Portland, Maine, do stipulate that the birthday party buys one adult-sized item or beverage before taking advantage of the birthday offer.
Ricetta’s Brick Oven Pizzeria is an Italian-themed restaurant with two locations in Maine, including one in South Portland. The restaurant specializes in pizzas and pastas, and has an extensive kids’ menu that features specialty pizzas, chicken fingers, ravioli, macaroni and cheese, linguini, pasta and homemade sides. Diners under the age of 12 also have the opportunity to join the restaurant’s Peppy Pepperoni Birthday Club. Club members receive one free kid’s meal during the month of their birthday until they turn 12 years of age. Ricetta’s also offers a free kids’ buffet on Sunday and Monday, along with the purchase of one adult meal costing at least $7.95.
Ricetta’s Brick Oven Pizzeria
29 Western Ave.
South Portland, ME 04106
207-775-7400
ricottas.com
Denny’s is a chain restaurant with more than 1,500 locations across the United States, including a location in Portland. Denny’s menu specializes particularly in breakfast and lunch items, featuring dishes such as pancakes, omelets and sandwiches. Currently, Denny’s offers a free Grand Slam breakfast to patrons who come in to dine on their birthdays. The Grand Slam allows diners to choose any four items from a list of biscuits, bacon strips, pancakes, eggs, biscuits, grits, hash browns, oatmeal, toast and other breakfast staples. In order to receive the free Grand Slam, birthday diners must also purchase a second meal and two beverages.
Denny’s Restaurant
1220 Brighton Ave.
Portland, ME 04102
207-773-9030
dennys.com
Dairy Queen is another national chain with locations spread across the country, including one in South Portland, Maine. All it takes for diners to get a free blizzard on their birthday is to join the Dairy Queen Blizzard Fan Club. Individuals can register for the club online by filling in their name, email, zip code, birth date and favorite blizzard flavor. In addition to getting a free birthday Blizzard, fan club members can also sign up to receive discounts such as $1 off coupons and 2-for-1 coupons.
Dairy Queen
317 Main Street
South Portland, ME 04106
207-799-0568
dairyqueen.com
