A LIST OF BIRTHDAY FREEBIES
Please touch base with these businesses BEFORE your visit to see if the specials are still valid. Individual restaurants and stores (even in the same chain) may have different policies. If the list needs updating, then contact me via “Leave Comments” link at bottom of webpage. Thanks…
Last Updated 01/27/2011
Anderson's Coffee Co. (1601 W. 38th St.) – free small cup of coffee
Applebee's - free dessert
Austin Grill - free meal, advance registration required
Avon A-List – Free Shipping and 10% off your order. You will get the coupon mailed closed to your birthday.
Baker's Square - free pie
Banjira Indian Cuisine - free meal
Baskin Robbins - free cone and $3 off a ice-cream cake to anyone registered in their birthday club
Beauty Store - free bottle of OPI nail polish with any other purchase
Bellina's Beauty Bar, 904 W. 12th St., - manicure is free if you book both a pedicure and a manicure on your birthday
Benihana- free meal IF three other adult's buy an entree
Borders Rewards – You’ll get two coupons mailed on your birthday, one for 15% off one item, the second for a free dessert at the store café.
Buffalo Wild Wings - free dozen hot wings
California Pizza Kitchen - free pizza, advance registration required
Candle Factory in Georgetown – free 3-by-3 inch pillar candle (any scent), 512.863.6025
Chevy's - free dessert and sombrero
County Line – free ice cream and pictures with their big rib
Dave and Buster's - free $5 game card
Denny's - free meal for kids under 10
Disney Princesses will call your child – visit www.DisneyPrincess.com to have one of the princesses (Ariel, Cinderella, Mulan, Snow White, Jasmine, Aurora, Belle, Pocahontas) or Mickey, Tigger or Winnie the Pooh call your child with a custom message. $2.95 per call
DSW – You’ll get a coupon for $5 off your next order.
El Chico - free dessert
Esther's Follies, 525 E. Sixth St. - No free admission, but your name will be part of the famous Patsy Cline number ("She's Got You"). Give them advance notice by calling ahead.
Finish Line Car Wash, 2900 Bee Cave Road, (512) 328-9274 - free Monto Carlo car wash (wash, vacuum, dry, Foam Wax, Tire Cleaner, etc).
Fuddruckers - free burger, RR-512.716.1934, Anderson Ln 512.458.6268
Funny Bones Comedy Club - free cake with a party of 5 min and a 2 drink per person min
Genie Car Wash, 7320 Burnet Road - $1 for a car wash
Golden Corral - free meal to birthday club members (not just kids)
Hard Rock Cafe - free dessert
Highland Lanes, 8909 Burnet Rd. - Bowling league members get two free games
Hooters - free T-Shirt and they sing to you
IHOP - sign up for a free meal on your birthday.
Joe's Crab Shack - free cake
Kerbey Lane Cafe, 3704 Kerbey Lane - free slice of chocolate or carrot cake with your meal.
Lamme’s Candies - free chewy praline
Le Rouge - has a thong club that gives you a $20 gift certificate for anything in the store...adult novelties, lingerie, etc.
Lone Star Café - free dessert
Macaroni Grill - free dessert and they sing!
Mann’s BBQ (8624 Research), Free meal with Photo ID proof.
Outback - free dessert and they sing
Pancake House - free entree
PF Changs - free cake or cheesecake
Posse East, 2900 Duval St. - free pitcher of beer if it is your 21st birthday or a free pint if you are older
Red Lobster - free slice of cake and they sing. If member of overboard club you will also get a $5 coupon mailed to you.
Sirloin Stockade – Visit restaurant on your birthday. Ask your waiter for birthday coupon that will allow you to “return on another day” to get your free meal and free drink.
Super Cuts - half-price hair cut
Terra Toys, 1706 S. Congress - free toy from their toy chest even for adults
TGI Friday's, 111 E. Cesar Chavez St - free dessert
The Loft - free meal
Toy Joy, 2900 Guadalupe St – free treasure from their toy chest
Trianon, the Coffee Place - free piece of imported or fine domestic chocolate
Trudy's Texas Star Cafe – free house margarita, beer or shot (21 years or older with a valid Texas driver's license or I.D.) or a dessert after your Tex-Mex meal
Z'Tejas - $15 off coupon for month of birthday, register in advance
Happy Birthday from the Oval Office
• Greetings given to those celebrating 80 years or more.
• Provide four to six weeks' advance notice.
• Requests must be in writing to White House Greetings Office, Room 39, Washington, D.C. 20502-0039 or (fax) (202) 395-1232.
• Include the name, address and age of honoree, exact date of the occasion as well as your name and daytime telephone number.
Greetings from the governor
• Greetings given to any Texan (or anyone with Texas ties), any age.
• Provide two weeks advance notice.
• Requests must be in writing to Office of the Governor, Attn: Constituent Services , P.O. Box 12428, Austin, TX 78711
• Include the name, address and age of honoree, birth date as well as your name and daytime telephone number.
Happy Birthday from the 'Today' show
• Greetings to anyone celebrating 100 years or more.
• Announcements are Tuesdays and Thursdays (six each day).
• Provide six to eight weeks advance notice.
• Requests must be in writing to Willard Scott, 'Today,' NBC News, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10112
• Include honoree's name, address, age, birth date, personal item about the celebrant and a picture (color or black/white, non-returnable) and your name with telephone number.
• You will be notified if it will be on the air. Not every request makes it. Congratulatory notes sent to everyone Scott does not announce on air.
Below is a reference article used for most of the items above, plus some additional items of interest. Saturday, October 5, 2002 – Article in Austin American Statesman Newspaper
http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/greig/1002/100502.html