Food holidays are kind of a joke—there's one for nearly every day of the year and they can get oddly specific (looking at you, Spilled Milk Day). But they get infinitely cooler when there's free food involved. This Thursday, July 30 is National Cheesecake Day and there's a pretty sweet deal going on at five locations, like The Cheesecake Factory. We know it may sound cheesy to celebrate such a holiday, but who's complaining?
1. The Cheesecake Factory-The dessert hub is offering half-priced cheesecakes on both July 29 and 30 for all dine-in customers. Each guest is limited to a single slice (normally about $8), but if you bring a friend to join in the festivities, you can order two at the half-off rate—and that basically makes one of them free. BOGO, baby!
The cheesecake chain has plenty of standbys, like chocolate tuexdo, peanut-butter cup, toasted marshmallow s'mores, and key lime, but this promo arrives just as Salted Caramel, the restaurant's newest cheesecake flavor, is released. It's a caramel-laced slice topped with caramel mousse on a blonde brownie crust, all of which is drizzled in salted caramel.
2. Eli's Cheesecake- Just one day to celebrate this beloved dessert!? Of course not. Eli's, in Chicago, is hosting a cheesecake festival this weekend (August 1st-2nd) that involves free samples that no one will want to turn down.
With flavors like Hot Chocolate and Burnt Caramel Flan Cheesecakes, how could you not want to fly there ASAP?
3. Chompie's- Attention residents of Phoenix, AZ: Chompie's is offering a BOGO deal on cheesecake flavors, like Oreo, Chocolate, Classic, and Red Velvet.
Brb, dreaming of this.
4. Junior's Restaurant and Cheesecake- Bring your appetite, because Junior's is cutting the prices of cheesecake slices by half, when customers buy either lunch or dinner entrees. If you can't get to a location, they're also discounting mail orders by $5, with the code CHEESECAKEDAY15.
Cherry Crumb, Raspberry Swirl, Brownie Marble Swirl, Devil's Food... do you need any more convincing?
5. Peteet's Famous Cheesecakes- If you live in or are visiting Michigan today, RUN to one of its two locations (or both, if you are speedy enough or just straight up superhuman) and be one of the first 100 customers, who will receive a free slice of cheesecake. If you would rather take the tortoise approach, or are just too lazy, don't worry, because they'll be offering 20% discounts for the whole day.
Flavors, like Strawberry Banana, Sweet Potato, Key Lime, and French Vanilla Cappuccino offer options for all taste buds.
Of course, if you're not one for chain restaurants or bakeries, we have plenty of super simple, no-bake cheesecake recipes that should do the trick.
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