St. Patrick’s Day Restaurant Deals

St. Patrick’s Day means parades and green beer, bagels, donuts and milkshakes – plus great deals at national restaurant chains. Some are valid only on Friday, March 17, others for a few days before and after.  

Our leprechauns have been busy searching for this pot of gold list of money-saving deals, offered alphabetically, because that’s the only fair way. Since not all locations participate, be sure your favorite one is on the list and you are not disappointed enough to turn orange or red with frustration, even anger.

Thanks to the trade publication Restaurant News and other sources for this list of St. Patrick’s Day restaurant deals for eating and drinking.

See also

our full listing of national restaurant chain deals in March and April,

including FREE sweets on the first day of spring.

Best St. Patrick’s Day Parades in USA

99 Restaurants

The special St. Patrick’s Day menu includes such appetizers as  Irish Fries Are Smilin’, entrees like Fish & Chips and the Corned Beef Dinner, and cocktails like the Irish cream Martini, for  dine-in or to-go at 99 Restaurants on March 16 and 17.

Beverages cannot be purchased to-go and pricing and participation may vary depending on location.

Arby’s

The chain is celebrating the season by serving its Corned Beef Reuben Meal with 7 oz. of thinly sliced corned beef.

Add the Mint Chocolate Shake if you need some more green in your meal to get into the St. Patrick’s Day spirit

Bar Louie

There are several drink specials on St. Patrick’s Day.

Choose from $3 Bud Light Green beer, $4 Jameson Sidecar, $5 Guinness Draught, and $8 Irish Old Fashioned, made with Jameson Irish Whiskey, house-made Guinness infused syrup and cocoa bitter, and garnished with an orange slice.

Chili’s

Through March 31, Chili’s is in the St. Patrick’s Day mood with the Lucky Jameson Margarita.

Add it to their current limited time special 3 For Me offer of three courses for $10.99 menu.

Culver’s

Order a Mint Shake made with fresh vanilla frozen custard hand blended with milk and mint flavoring.

Dave & Buster’s

Happy Hour specials Monday-Friday include on St. Patrick’s Day.  Select your location here for specific info.

Dairy Queen

Dairy Queen is now serving its new Mint Brownie Blizzard with  green deliciousness to get you in the St. Patrick’s Day spirit. Order one now by clicking here

DQ also is offering a FREE cone on the first day of spring.

Dog Haus

The current entry for the chain’s well-named Absolute Würst Sausage Series is a Corned Beef and Cabbage Sausage.

Available through March 31, this Irish-themed dog features an all-beef sausage blended with cabbage, garlic and corned beef spices in a sheep casing, served on the chain’s signature grilled King’s Hawaiian rolls.  Order – if you dare – in a choice of ways, and be sure to have your Rolaids or Prilosec handy:

• “Würst Way” with grilled sauerkraut, white American cheese and secret sauce;
• “Breakfast Way” (pictured here) – tortilla stuffed with Corned Beef and Cabbage sausage, tater tots, three sunny-side up eggs, white American cheese, caramelized onions and spicy mayo.
• “Your Way” with choice of toppings;
• “Corn Dog Way” dipped in Dog Haus’ root beer batter; and
• “Sliced Way” grilled and sliced with their choice of dipping sauce.

My way is to try not to think about my father, a butcher born in Frankfurt – where wursts are the best and American cheese is verboten on anything, including hot dogs – from spinning in his grave.

The only good thing about this Corned Beef and Cabbage sausage abomination is that Dog Haus donates $1 to No Kid Hungry from every Absolute Würst Sausage Series item sold. The national charity works to end childhood hunger by ensuring that kids get the food they need in various ways.

FYI – ecoxplorer Evelyn Kanter is a longtime contributing editor and writer to Fodor’s Essential Germany, including updating the Frankfurt chapter for the most recent 2023 edition.

Duffy’s

There are Irish favorites all day long on St. Patrick’s Day.

The list includes Corned Beef and Cabbage for $14.99, Green Miller Lite Pints for $3, Guinness Pints for $5, and Jameson Shots for $5.

Through April 3, there’s an Irish-themed menu items like Loaded Potato Soup, Irish Potato Skins, Reuben Burger, and Shamrock Pie through April 3. Click here to find a Duffy’s near you.

Jamba

The smoothies chain is offering a BOGO 50% off special on green smoothies on March 17 to all rewards members.

They also has a limited-time smoothie of the month – the Luck of the Tropics Smoothie –  passion mango juice, oat milk, kale, and mangoes.

As a part of Jamba’s Mystery Menu, it can be ordered only online or through the app.

Krispy Kreme

The limited-time St. Patrick’s Day Collection features four festive doughnuts in a custom St. Patty’s Day box:

• Golden Cookies & Kreme Doughnut: A golden cookie Kreme filled doughnut shell dipped in white icing and covered in golden cookie pieces and a gold sprinkle blend.
• Hat O’ Gold Doughnut A chocolate iced doughnut decorated with a plaid green icing pattern and topped with a leprechaun hat sugar piece.
• Golden Sprinkle Doughnut – An Original Glazed doughnut dipped in green icing and topped with a gold St. Patrick’s Day sprinkle blend.
• Rainbow Kreme Filled Doughnut – An unglazed shell filled with Kreme™, topped with green icing and decorated with a rainbow sugar piece, vanilla buttercream, and gold coin sprinkles.

On March 16 and 17, the chain brings back its O’riginal Glazed Doughnut (a green Original Glazed doughnut), available to be purchased as a dozen. You can snag one for free if you show up at participating locations wearing green on the 16th or 17th!