--- title: Here Are the Best Cinco de Mayo Food & Drink Deals description: Restaurants like On the Border, Tijuana Flats, Taco Time, and Taco Bueno are offering special food and drink deals for Cinco de Mayo. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Shopping - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2016-05-02T18:42:27.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T11:07:49.000Z' section: Shopping tags: - deals - Food & Drink - food deals - freebies - pubdesk word_count: 370 canonical: https://money.com/cinco-de-mayo-deals-free-food-drink/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![T.G.I. Friday's Restaurant](https://img.money.com/2016/05/160502_em_cincodemayo.jpg) This year, Cinco de Mayo starts early. Or at least some national restaurants' Cinco de Mayo food and drink specials do, with deals available days before the May 5 holiday officially arrives. Check out this week's Cinco de Mayo-themed promotions below, including promotions like free burritos, all-you-can-eat tacos, and $3 margaritas. [**Bahama Breeze:**](http://www.bahamabreeze.com/events/happy-cinco-de-mayo) Margaritas are $5 apiece from May 2 to 5. Check out Bahama Breeze locations around the country [here](http://www.bahamabreeze.com/locations/all-locations). [**Carl's Jr.:**](http://www.carlsjr.com/coupons/burrito-el-diablo307) Though not a Cinco de Mayo promotion per se, use the linked coupon and you'll get a free green burrito when you purchase one at regular price, now through May 31. [**Chili's:**](https://www.facebook.com/Chilis) Drink specials include $3 beers and $5 margaritas on Cinco de Mayo. [**Margaritas Mexican Restaurant:**](https://www.margs.com/event/cinco-de-mayo/) An all-you-can-eat tacos special is available for a pre-Cinco de Mayo party on Tuesday, May 3, with prices set at $8.99 in Pennsylvania locations and $9.99 at other Margaritas restaurants in the Mid-Atlantic and New England. Also, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at most locations on May 5 itself, there are specials like $5 appetizers and $2.50 20-ounce Bud Light drafts. [**On the Border:**](https://www.ontheborder.com) This Mexican restaurant chain has several [Cinco de Mayo drink deals](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/on-the-border-mexican-grill--cantina-scores-juicy-celebrity-for-cinco-de-mayo-300259912.html), such as shots from $2 to $4, Corona Light drafts or bottles for $3, and house margaritas for $4. [**Sonic Drive-in:**](https://www.sonicdrivein.com/) Boneless wings in either 6- or 12-piece orders are half price on May 5. [**Taco Bueno:**](https://www.facebook.com/buenoheadquarters) Check out the company's Facebook page for [links to coupons](http://tacobueno.com/media/1589/coupons-pdf-may1.pdf) good for free tacos and bean burritos, plus 50% off quesadillas and nachos—with offers valid either May 2 to 5 or May 6 to 9. [**Taco Time:**](http://www.tacotime.com/index.html) All day on Cinco de Mayo, [crisp tacos cost 69¢](https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/tacotime-celebrates-cinco-de-mayo-069-tacos) apiece at Taco Time. ***Read Next:* Subway Has an Amazing Breakfast Deal for the Entire Month of May** [**TGI Friday's:**](https://www.tgifridays.com/dailyspecials/) In addition to the usual Thursday specials like $3 margaritas and $5 appetizers, TGI Friday's locations are hosting Cinco de May deals including $4 shots of Sauza Blue tequila and $5 for 23-ounce Dos Equis drafts. [**Tijuana Flats:**](http://tijuanaflats.com/) Participating restaurants are hosting [48-hour Cinco de Mayo fiestas](http://palmbeachonthecheap.com/48-hour-cinco-de-mayo-fiesta/), featuring a $5.99 deal with a burrito, chips, and drink on Thursday (add $1 for a draft beer), and $2 tacos on Friday. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/cinco-de-mayo-deals-free-food-drink/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Shopping", "item": "https://money.com/shopping/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Food and Drink", "item": "https://money.com/food-and-drink/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Here Are the Best Cinco de Mayo Food & Drink Deals" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/cinco-de-mayo-deals-free-food-drink/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/cinco-de-mayo-deals-free-food-drink/", "name": "Here Are the Best Cinco de Mayo Food & Drink Deals", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-05-02T18:42:27.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/cinco-de-mayo-deals-free-food-drink/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/cinco-de-mayo-deals-free-food-drink/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-05-16T11:07:49.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Here Are the Best Cinco de Mayo Food & Drink Deals", "articleSection": "Shopping", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/05/cinco-de-mayo-deals.jpg?quality=85", "width": 5616, "height": 3744 } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Tuttle", "url": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/#author", "description": "Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals.\r\n\r\n", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/01/Brad-Tuttle.png?w=226&h=247&crop=1", "alumniOf": "Columbia University School of Journalism, MS", "sameAs": [ "https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle", "https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2016-05-02T18:42:27.000Z", "description": "Restaurants like On the Border, Tijuana Flats, Taco Time, and Taco Bueno are offering special food and drink deals for Cinco de Mayo.", "abstract": "Restaurants like On the Border, Tijuana Flats, Taco Time, and Taco Bueno are offering special food and drink deals for Cinco de Mayo.", "@id": "https://money.com/cinco-de-mayo-deals-free-food-drink/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-05-16T11:07:49.000Z", "wordCount": 370, "keywords": [ "deals", "Food & Drink", "food deals", "freebies", "pubdesk" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Shopping", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Food and Drink", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drink" ] } ] } ] } ```