FREEdom Week Deals!

The 4th of July May be over, but there's still a lot of awesome deals for food this ENTIRE week - everything from free slurpees to .56 cent IHOP pancakes. Check it out!

Baskin-Robbins Ice Crea Scoop Fest and Bethesda Restaurant Week

I've been slackin', but I redeem myself by presenting TWO deals this week. First, it's spring and it's Restaurant Week in Bethesda - Get either a two-course lunch for $15 or a three-course dinner for $30. While those prices are still fairly steep, it's at some of the best restaurants I otherwise could not afford on a regular day, so why not take advantage?

Bethesda Restaurant Week

The second deal is the one I'm most excited about and the fat kid in me took full advantage of last night:
All D.C. area Baskin-Robbins have a special through Saturday, April 24th where patrons can get a kid's scoop of ice cream for a $1, two scoops for $2 or three scoops for $3. Last night, I got three scoops, of chocolate chip, two scoops of Spider-Man (which is hella good) and a kid's scoop of Baseball Nut (also good). I don't recommend being so gluttonous.

For those who don't know, today is Wednesday and on Wednesdays 100 Montaditos near Bethesda Row has a special where all sandwiches are a $1. The prices for the sandwiches are already pretty cheap ranging from $1 - $3, but the fact that I can have five tiny meat rolls for $5 is appealing. Chips come free with each order.

100 Montaditos

Green Chips and Pot O' Queso for St. Paddy's

It's cold, it's snowing and you want to save $$ for all the alcohol you're buying for St. Paddy's Day HH tonight, right? Well, head over to California Tortilla for free green chips and queso. If you can splurge the couple of bucks for a taco, you've got a complete meal.

Happy Snow Patrick's Day!

Free Pancakes - All day Tuesday @ IHOP

My breakfast was free and delicious. How about yours?

Boloco $3 Burritos

Yummy goodness wrapped in a warm tortilla within a food-stained foil. Don't eat the foil.

Apparently, Boloco is the place to be this week for lunch. Every day they have had a deal on their burritos or bowls. Diners can get a regular size burrito (which is pretty substantial) for $3. If you have never been to this place, it is worth checking out. Similar to Chipotle, where you can choose your toppings except there are many more choices. You can order a standard Mexican-style burrito or be more adventurous and choose buffalo, Bangkok Thai, tikka masala, cajun or teriyaki. You can choose white or wheat tortilla, veggies, and they also have shakes and smoothies and amazing chocolate chip cookies just like mom used to bake. Sadly, you can not order a glass of milk to wash it down with.

$5 Subs, Burrito Club and Bold Bites Breakfast

$5 Hoagies After 5 p.m. - Taylor Gourmet

I saw this walking past the Taylor Gourmet on 14th Street in D.C. Apparently, all regular subs at all of their locations are $5 after 5 p.m. Good for a cheap solo dinner or save it for lunch the next day.

Nothin' says lovin' like giant, overstuffed burritos.

Join the Burrito Club!

BTW, the next time you're at California Tortilla, sign up for their Burrito Elito loyalty program. Nearly every week, Cal Tort offers Burrito Club members a free item, whether it's a free taco, soup, chips and queso, cinnamon-sprinkled chips and Nutella (yes, there's such a glorious thing) soda, etc. For each 50 points you earn, Cal Tort adds $5 to your card - enough to cover the bulk of the cost of a burrito. It's free to join.

Bold Bites Expands Menu Offerings:
Breakfast and Doughnuts

Bold Bites is awesome, point blank. It's also relatively cheap, friendly, fast service and right next door

to the office. Now, they are open at 8 a.m. offering breakfast sandwiches, including an egg, half-smoke and cheese sandwich and several breakfast arepas. For those unfamiliar, arepas are pocket corn cakes filled with eggs, cheese, meats, etc. It's a popular South American food and really good. Bold Bites' prices range from $4.50 - 5.50.

They also have doughnuts! Small doughnuts! I haven't tried them yet, but a few people who did said they are good, but rather buttery. If you're a big Krispy Kremes fan, these might be right up your alley.

Cheap Eats in Bethesda

We are all on the look out for a cheap, quick, delicious (and sometimes healthy) lunch. While Bethesda has 100+ awesome dining choices all within a one mile or so radius, many of these eateries are quite pricey and can easily break the budget for frequent diners. The intent of this blog is to share deals that you find around the area for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, happy hour, snack time, etc. If you also know of great deals in D.C., share those as well as a good portion of Bethesda workers either live in or commute through D.C. at some point.

Happy Eating!