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Free green chips and a pot o’ gold

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Today only, diners at California Tortilla are lucky, whether they are Irish or not.

unnamedThe chain of fast-casual restaurants is offering its signature green chips, served with a pot of gold queso, free with any purchase all day long at every location. That’s right. You get green chips without spending any green.

California Tortilla serves fresh, made-to-order, award-winning signature burritos, quesadillas, salads and other Cal-Mex faves. Based in Rockville, MD, the chain has more 40 locations in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.

Free spaghets at Buca di Beppo

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There’s no such thing as a free lunch. But occasionally, you can get a side dish.

Oct. 25 is World Pasta Day and to mark the special occasion  Buca di Beppo, the family-style Italian restaurant, is giving free spaghetti a twirl.

Thursday, all patrons who present a World Pasta Day coupon and purchase any Buca small or large pasta, baked pasta or entree will receive a free side serving of spaghets with their choice of meat sauce or marinara sauce.

But the freebie doesn’t stop there. Guests will also get a one-pound package of Rummo-brand Italian Pasta, uncooked, of course, to take home and cook at their leisure. (The fine print: the offer isn’t good with any other discount. Enough already.)

In addition to the one-day event, Buca di Beppo is serving up a family-style feast for four people for $40 through Nov. 11. The dine-in only deal includes salad, garlic bread and choice of spaghetti marinara, fettuccine Alfredo, baked ziti or ravioli al pomodoro all in a Buca large size, which is humongous.

World Pasta Day was rolled out in 1995 as an international celebration of pasta. In Roma. Where else?

Free food at ShopRite

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The deals this week at ShopRite are delicious. Free food!

I clipped coupons from the circular for gratis groceries, including staples many of us buy every week: a pint of grape tomatoes, a head of iceberg lettuce, a three-pound bag of yellow onions and a five-pound sack of white potatoes.

Not buy one, get one free. No mail-in rebate for free merchandise. Just plain free, with a $25 purchase.

Of course, every shopper in the store wanted in on the deal. But there were plenty of freebies to go around in well-stocked displays.

With all the money I saved, I treated myself to lobster for dinner, on sale for $5.99 a pound and steamed in-house by the nice folks in ShopRite’s seafood department. Who knew grocery shopping could be so yummy?