Restaurants offer free food, discounts on tax day

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clipped from www.usatoday.com If there's little tax relief for you on April 15, the restaurant industry is at least stepping up with comfort food. Lower costs are good, but promotions and discounts get people in the door. "We have an opportunity to drive our business and see a bit of a spike," says Gregg LeBlanc, director of marketing for seafood chain McCormick & Schmick's, which is offering its seventh tax-day promotion. Wednesday diners will get a $10.40 certificate for future use. There'll be $15 to $20 entrees discounted to $10.40. And bar patrons can choose themed drinks, such as a pint of Samuel Adams Deduction Draft. The P.F. Chang's chain is keeping it simple with a 15% discount for folks who dine at its 193 restaurants on Wednesday. •Free sweets. Snack chain Cinnabon will give out Tax Day Bites, free bite-size cinnamon rolls usually known as Classic Bites, from 5 to 8 p.m. at its 700 outlets on tax day.