National Taco Day Means Tasty Deals In Michigan

Thursday is National Taco Day and you know what that means — great deals and freebies on tacos. That’s right. Lettuce, tomato, chicken, sour cream and guacamole all inside a flour (or corn) tortilla never tasted so good. Among the major national retailers offering deals: Taco Bell, Qdoba, Moe’s Southwest Grill, California Tortilla, Del Taco and Chuy’s.

Many chains are offering buy-one-get-one-free deals, but some are simply giving away tacos for free or for no more than $1. One restaurant is even giving away a shirt that will get you free tacos for an entire year.

If you’re feeling particularly adventurous, you can head over to Cold Stone Creamery and buy Waffle Tacos (yes, really) on Thursday only.

Here’s the complete list of restaurants offering deals as well as details about how you can score discounted tacos.

• Del Taco
• Del Taco is offering a buy-one-get-one free deal on shredded beef soft tacos. Just download a coupon from its website and present it to the cashier. Limit one coupon per customer.
• On the Border
• Offering endless supply of seasoned ground beef or chicken tinga tacos for $8.99. The tacos come with Mexican rice, refried beans and bottomless chips and salsa. Groups can receive 15 percent off orders of taco buffets totaling at least $200 between Oct. 1 and Oct. 7. You have to mention TACO18 or enter it as a coupon code for online orders.
• Taco Bell
• Taco Bell is offering a Taco Day Gift Set, which includes a Crunchy Taco, a Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco, a Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco and a Fiery Doritos Locos taco for $5.
• Abuelo’s Mexican Restaurant
• You can buy a taco Family Feast through Oct. 29. Choose from a taco pack to-go for six people for $21.99 or $41.99 for 12 people.
• Bahama Breeze Island Grille
• You can buy the restaurant’s Rum & Coke Chicken and Ribs through Thursday as part of its Rumtoberfest. The event runs through Oct. 28.
• Chuy's
• You can tack on a crispy beef taco to any order for $1 and get $1 off Modelo beers. You can score a free meal by going to the restaurant dressed as a taco and posting a picture on social media with the hashtag #NationalTacoDay.
• Cold Stone Creamery
• You can buy Waffle Tacos on Thursday only.
• El Pollo Loco
• You can get a free Chicken Taco al Carbon at some locations. You can also enter to win a limited-edition taco shirt that will allow you to get free tacos for a year.
• Moe's Southwest Grill
• Those in the restaurants loyalty rewards program can get a free taco when they buy two. The deal is good from Thursday to Sunday.
• Qdoba
• Qdoba rewards program members can score up to three times the points on their food. The deal does not apply to catering orders.
• Red Robin
• You can order a Taco Tavern Double with bottomless steak fries for $6.99 for a limited time.

Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.

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