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How to get free food and other stuff Tuesday for tax day

 
Bruegger's Bagels is offering a bagel pack deal for tax day. [Bruegger's]
Bruegger's Bagels is offering a bagel pack deal for tax day. [Bruegger's]
Published April 18, 2017

With April 15 falling on a Saturday, and Monday being a holiday in Washington, D.C., Americans had a few extra days to pay their taxes in 2017. But now, the time has come. Today is tax day, and it's probably a bummer if you ended up owing money to the IRS.

As usual, there are quite a few businesses looking to cheer you up with tax day deals and freebies. Here are some of the deals to take advantage of in the Tampa Bay area.

FOOD DEALS

Hard Rock Cafe at the Seminole Hard Rock casino:

From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., guests can lay down their wallets and pick up a microphone to sing one of 25 popular songs on stage to earn a free "legendary burger." Get all the details here.

Kona Ice:

Kona Ice of Little Hillsborough will be offering free shaved ice to help people chill out on tax day. The island-inspired truck serving up the free ice will be will be parked at the Bob Sierra North Tampa Family YMCA at 4029 Northdale Blvd. from 2 to 4 p.m.

World of Beer:

The chain beer bar is inviting patrons to have a cold one on them, offering a free draught beer or $5 off your bill all day during tax day. They have five locations in Hillsborough County.

Bruegger's Bagels:

The bagel chain is offering its Big Bagel Bundle for only $10.40 (get it?) on tax day. That's 13 bagels and two tubs of cream cheese. Bruegger's only Tampa Bay location is in downtown Tampa at 501 E Kennedy Blvd. You must visit brueggers.com/tax-day to sign up for their email list to receive the offer coupon in your inbox. The $10.40 offer is not valid without the coupon, store management said.

Great American Cookies:

Great American Cookies is offering a complimentary sweet treat. Stop by to get one of their Birthday Cake cookies for free, no purchase necessary. There are locations at International Plaza in Tampa, Westfield Countryside mall in Clearwater and the Brandon Westfield mall.

Sonny's BBQ:

All Sonny's locations are offering their St. Louis Rib Dinner for half price.

Firehouse Subs:

The hot sandwich chain is offering a free sub with the purchase of a medium or large sub, chips and a drink.

Boston Market:

You can get half-chicken meal with two sides, cornbread, a cookie and fountain drink for $10.40.

OTHER STUFF

Shredding:

Staples and Office Depot are both offering deals on shredding your old documents. Staples will shred up to two pounds of paper for free with a coupon at staples.com/coupons. Office Depot has a coupon for five pounds of free document shredding at officedepot.com/cm/print-and-copy/shredding.

Massage:

Through Saturday, you can indulge in a free HydroMassage at any Planet Fitness location. The coupon is available here.

TopGolf:

TopGolf is offering a $10 off coupon for tax day. You must text the word "tax" to 686-33 to sign up for text alerts and receive the coupon. TopGolf Tampa is at 10690 Palm River Road in Tampa.

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