Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as a free lunch. Philip Leung, an owner at Hong Kong Cafe,2 South Mills Street, sent us an e-mail to tell us that, “Every year on Labor Day we do a free lunch customer appreciation special. This year is our 19th anniversary special “Lunch On the House” It will be served on Monday, September 6th from noon until 2 p.m.”
What’s for lunch? Leung says, “This is a pretty fast in and out type of FULL Chinese lunch service including egg roll. It’s delicious and we open an outdoor area to serve as many as possible during this promotion. It’s a great thing for us, we only hope to get our menu in the hands of as many Madisonians as will show up!”
Here’s a basic summary of the “rules” for this special Labor Day Event:
Doors open at 12 noon.
Free Lunch served until 2 p. m.
Lunches will be carry-out only.
No Purchase necessary.
One entrée per person.
No need to place order in advance.
On your behalf, we asked a couple of follow-up questions and learned that there will be several entrée choices, including a vegetarian option.
Please remember, this free carry-out lunch event is only at the Downtown Hong King Cafe location, 2 South Mills Street. And please remember to say “Thank you” to Leung and his staff when you pick up your lunch on Monday.
Learn all about chili peppers at the next Wednesday Night at the Lab, held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on September 8th, in Room 1111 (the auditorium) at 425 Henry Mall (the Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building).
David J. Baumler Ph.D, an avid chili pepper enthusiast, will provide an overview of the evolutionary and historical science behind these remarkable plants during his presentation.
According to Baumler, “Chili pepper plants are grown on almost every continent on Earth and have evolved to range in color, shape, size, sweetness, and heat level.”
Baumler will guide you through a descriptive photo journey of his personal collection of over 70 varieties, including some of the most ancestral and hottest in the world.
Wednesday Nite @ the Lab is organized by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Programs are free and open to the public,
Note: There is FREE parking in Lot 20, 1390 University Avenue. Lot 20 is a three-level parking structure on the right side of University Avenue, just before Henry Mall. Lot 20 is attached to the Genetics/Biotechnology Center. Park on the top level, and you can enter the building without going up any steps.
This is a Restaurant.com gift certificate and it does not have an expiration date – although we suspect the winner probably won’t wait too long to use it. We chose Claddagh Irish Pub because we like the food and the atmosphere – and because we know that gift certificates for this establishment usually aren’t in stock too long at Restaurant.com and are rarely available near the end of the month when prices are very low.
This $25 gift certificate is good with a minimum purchase of $35 and is valid for food only. It may be used Sunday-Thursday (excluding holidays and special events).
Buy a 64 oz. carton of Whole Foods Market’s 365 Every Day Value Organic Soymilk or Organic Almondmilk and receive a FREE box of 365 Every Day Value Organic Cereal and you print and present an online coupon. This is a very limited-time offer: The coupon expires on 9/1/2010.
Middleton’s Good Neighbor Festival runs from August 27th through August 29th, and one of the event’s sponsors is a new kid on the block: The Willy Street Co-op, which plans to open a new store at 6825 University Avenue later this year.
On Saturday, August 28th from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., Willy Street Co-op will be hosting a grill-out and ice cream social in the parking lot of its new location, with all proceeds going to Madison Fruit and Nuts.
For $5 you can choose with a Black Earth Meats locally raised all-beef burger or a locally prepared veggie Sunshine Burger on a Clasen’s bun, accompanied by a side salad and a Sprecher root beer. For dessert, try a root beer float with Sprecher root beer and Sassy Cow vanilla ice cream for just $3.
For more information about the wide variety of family-friendly entertainment and activities at the Good Neighbor Festival, visit their website.
Bloom Bake Shop at 1834 Parmenter Street in Middleton is offering a “Sweet Deal” this weekend: Buy three cupcakes get one free on Friday, August 27th & Saturday, August 28th between 2 p.m. on 4 p.m.
Not familiar with Bloom Bake Shop? Here’s what they have to say about themselves: “Bloom is all about Sweet. Here you can indulge in delicious small batch cookies, cupcakes, whoopie pies, brownies, and more. Best of all, every bite is supporting local farmers, fair trade enterprises, and sustainable practices. Now that’s sweet!”
Whole Foods Market, 3313 University Avenue is having a one-day sale on Thursday, August 26th, 2010.
Most bulk bin items including rice, dried beans, dried fruit, flour, oats, and granola are on sale for 20% off. Offer good while supplies last. No rain checks.
Click on the image of the poster to see what items are not included in this sale.
Fans of Paciugo Gelato rejoice! Monday’s Groupon Deal for Madison is “$5 for $10 Worth of Gelato and Coffee at Paciugo.”
From classics like rocky road and strawberry to more exotic flavors such as amaretto chocolate chip, chocolate black-cherry swirl, black-pepper olive oil, Mediterranean sea-salt caramel — and even Durian — Pacuigo has a wide-ranging set of flavor choices available every day.
The good news is this Groupon offer allows you to enjoy some at 50% off. The bad news is there’s a limit of one per person.
Sign up for the Quaker Steak & Lube® Email Club and shortly thereafter you should find a welcome message in your Inbox that includes a BOGO coupon: “Buy one Entrée, get one Entrée of equal or lesser value free.”
Quaker Steak & Lube specializes in wings, burgers, steak (of course!), and ribs. Among its specialties is the “Ontenna® of onion rings and baked soft pretzels stacked high on a baby moon hubcap.”
There are two Quaker Steak & Lube restaurants in the Madison area: 222 West Gorham Street in Madison (the location formerly occupied by Uno Chicago Grill) and 2259 Deming Way in Middleton. The BOGO coupon is site specific, so be sure to sign up for emails from the location you prefer to visit.
Fine print. The coupon we received expires in a month. it is good for dine-in only and is only valid Sunday through Thursday.
Spend an evening learning about the benefits of solar drying at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station. The program begins at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 24th.
Participants will learn how to set up and use a solar dryer in a garden, as well as why this is such a great method of preserving vegetables, fruits, and flowers.
This program is hosted by the West Madison Garden staff. It is free and open to the public, but donations are requested.
Since we mentioned oatmeal, we thought it might be a good idea to tell you about a BOGO coupon for Better Oats. Visit their Facebook page and click on the Special Offer tab to access the offer.
This is apparently a new product with somewhat limited distribution. The only place we’ve seen Better Oats is at Woodman’s West. It comes in lots of intriguing flavors and we paid $1.49 for a five-serving box. Seems a bit pricey, but the BOGO coupon persuaded us to try it.
Need more fiber in your diet? We recommend steel cut oatmeal, flax seeds, raspberries, and prunes.
The folks who make Kellogg’s cereal recommend you try their new line of Kellogg’s FiberPlus™ cereals and bars with antioxidants — and they’re offering a $1 off coupon as an incentive. Just visit their website and click on the “Get $1 off now” button to print your coupon.
We checked out the nutrition information for these products, and while they are high in fiber they also contain ingredients we can’t pronounce (FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES), so we’re sticking with oatmeal.
Visit the Facebook page for Athenos and you can print a BOGO (Buy One, Get One free) coupon for any Athenos feta cheese product.
Izzy the Intern printed the coupon last night so we could see when it expired (30 days from print date), but he forgot whether or not he also had to “like” the product before he could print it.
This is a Bricks coupon, so you’ll need to have coupon printing software on your computer. This also means there’s probably a limit on how many coupons may be available. As always, if you’re interested in securing one of these coupons for yourself, take action sooner rather than later.
We’ve been posting links to Groupon on the left hand sidebar of Madison on the Cheap for a couple of weeks now, but once in a while one of their deals merits special attention — especially, according to Izzy the Intern, if it involves food.
Jamba Juice is offering its 16 oz. coffee and tea smoothies (Coffee Craze™, Matcha Green Tea Blast®, Mocha Mojo™ & Chill-icious Chai™) for just $1 on Thursday, August 19th at participating locations.
We telephoned the Madison Jamba Juice store at 401 State Street and confirmed they are a participating location.
Learn all about beets, one of the world’s most under-appreciated root vegetables, at the next Wednesday Night at the Lab, held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on August 18th, in Room 1111 (the auditorium) at 425 Henry Mall (the Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building).
Irwin Goldman, a Professor of Horticulture, will deliver a presentation titled “The Beet Goes On: Health, Nutrition, and Social Justice from an Under-appreciated Root Vegetable.”
According to Goldman, “While generations of children have confronted the challenges of canned vegetables, beets and many other root crops can be roasted and prepared in ways that breathe new life into this ancient vegetable. Australians, for example, typically put beet slices on their burgers, much in the way Americans use tomato and lettuce. And beets turn out to have a number of nutritional benefits that make them an ideal complement to a healthy diet. Along the way, they have given rise to the modern sugarbeet, played an important role in Wisconsin’s agriculture, and served to fulfill the suggestion by Michael Pollan that it’s a good idea to seek out foods that your great-grandmother would have recognized.”
Wednesday Nite @ the Lab is organized by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Programs are free and open to the public,
Note: There is FREE parking in Lot 20, 1390 University Avenue. Lot 20 is a three-level parking structure on the right side of University Avenue, just before Henry Mall. Lot 20 is attached to the Genetics/Biotechnology Center. Park on the top level, and you can enter the building without going up any steps.
Yes, Friday comes early next week in Milwaukee. More than 20,000 pounds of cod, perch, walleye, and more from several local restaurants will be served at Milwaukee’s Largest Fish Fry. Fish will be sold in 3 oz. portions (starting at $3 each).
Admission tickets are $6 in advance or $10 at the gate on day of event, but if you act before midnight on Monday, August 16th, you can snag them on Groupon for just $3. When you click on the link to Groupon, you may not land at the Milwaukee offer; if this happens, just use the “Visit More Cities” pulldown menu at the top of the page to navigate to the correct city. If you miss the groupon deal, you may order tickets in advance on the website for Milwaukee’s Largest Fish Fry.
Your admission ticket also entitles you to an array of complimentary fish fry sides, including French fries from McCain and the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Association, rye bread from S. Rosen’s, butter from Grassland, Tartar sauce from McCormick, and ice cream from “The Original Fat Boy Premium Ice Cream.”
The 26th annual Triangle Ethnic Fest runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m Sunday, August 15th in the triangle formed by the intersection of South Park Street, Regent Street, and Braxton Place. There is no admission charge and parking is free.
The festival will feature a wide variety of dance and music performances, including appearances by the Italian Folk Dancers of Madison, Viv Ncaus Hmong Dancers, the “Metienins” Latvian Dance Group, and the 15 Omar Coleman Blues Band featuring A.J. Love.
In addition, there will be historical and cultural exhibits; arts and craft vendors; a dunk tank; and ethnic food vendors, including Vientiane Restaurant (Lao and Thai), People’s Bakery (Middle Eastern), Italian American Women’s Club (Italian Grill and Bakery), Jamerica (Jamaican), and Leon Garcia (Mexican corn and ice cream).
For additional information, including a complete schedule of events and vendors, visit the Bayview Foundation website.
Dine at all three of the restaurants associated with Shinji Muramoto during their “Anniversary Week,” which runs from August 23rd to 29th, 2010 and treat yourself to a substantial discount — as well as great food.
Here’s how it works: Dine at each of the three restaurants — Restaurant Muramoto, Sushi Muramoto, and The Haze — in any order for lunch or dinner during “Anniversary Week.” Pay regular prices at the first, receive 20% off your food bill at the next, and 50% off your food bill at the remaining restaurant.
Restaurant Muramoto at 225 King Street is the latest version of the flagship restaurant, now in a more upscale environment just a block from from its original home. It serves Asian Fusion cuisine.
The Haze is an American and Asian BBQ Joint at 106 King Street. Owners Justin and Cory Carlisle, Daniel Almquist and Shinji Muramoto team up to bring you barbeque from around the globe.
Sushi Muramoto in the Hillale Shopping center offers a complete sushi bar and contemporary dishes that reflect traditional Japanese values.
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