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Values in the Tri-Valley – Kids Eat Free

With economic times as they are in the Tri-Valley, it’s important to stretch every dollar. One easy way to do this is to find restaurants where, on certain days, kids can eat for free.  This hit home recently when a Golden family dinner check at Marie Callendar’s in San Ramon was way less because of their Kids Eat Free deal.  It’s a super concept, and with kids’ meals around $5, it can really add up!

I thought it might be helpful to research some of the restaurants in the Tri-Valley that offer Kids Eat Free deals.  To do this, I went online and found that there are whole websites devoted to Kids Eat Free finding.  You can just plug in your zip code or choose a city near you and the website displays Kids Eat Free deals based on your search. A lot of these deals are marketed via word of mouth, so it can be a hunt of sorts to discover them.

At the time of writing this article, the restaurants that I discovered offering Kids Eat Free deals around the Tri-Valley are: Carrows in Dublin (Wednesday & Thursday (4PM-Close)), Chevy’s  in San Ramon, Pleasanton and Livermore (Tuesday), Denny’s in Danville and Pleasanton (Tuesday and Saturday (5PM-10PM)), IHOP in Dublin (Tuesday & Thursday (4PM-9PM)), Marie Callendar’s in San Ramon (Tuesday & Saturday), Izzy’s Steaks and Chops in San Ramon (Sunday & Monday) and Pasta Pomodoro in San Ramon (Tuesday). For all of these restaurants, you must pay for an adult entrée to get a kid’s meal off of the Kids’ Menu for free (at Denny’s you can have up to two kids’ meals free per paid adult entrée). The Kids Eat Free deal age limit is usually based on the age of the restaurants’ Kids’ Menu and some restaurants have time frames etc., so, be sure to call ahead to confirm their Kids Eat Free deal is still on and to understand of all of its requirements and “fine print.”

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the Tri-Valley and the Bay Area Beyond

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is tomorrow. In addition to honoring this special man on this special day, what are you planning to do?  Your kids are home from school.  It’s the middle of winter. It’s prime time for museums and indoor fun in the Tri-Valley and beyond. 

Lucky thing is you’ve got some great choices for adventure near and far.  Staying in the Tri-Valley - you could do Super Franks in Pleasanton, Campo di Bocce in Livermore, or Earl Anthony’s Dublin Bowl in Dublin. (All are open tomorrow)  Wandering a little further out, there’s always a trip to a museum - Lawrence Hall of Science or Chabot Space & Science Center are only thirty minutes or so away.  Looking for more of a drive, you could venture for a day to Sausalito and include the Bay Area Discovery Museum.

Here’s a list of some Bay Area museums that are open on Monday’s holiday:

• Lawrence Hall of Science, Open Daily 10AM-5PM (510) 642-5132
• Chabot Space & Science Center, Open 10AM-5PM on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (510) 336-7300
• Habitot, Open 9:30-4:30PM, BONUS! - Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration (510) 647-1111
• Bay Area Discovery Museum, Open 9AM-4PM, BONUS! - Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration (415) 339-3900
• Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, Open 10AM-4PM, BONUS! - Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration (408) 298-5437

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Food Scraps in the Green Waste Cart for locations in the Tri-Valley?

According to a recent flyer, if you are serviced by Valley Waste Management, customers can now place food scraps and food-soiled paper products in their Green Waste cart.  This is a change, since, for a long time now we’ve been only placing plant material in the green cart.

What’s acceptable in your Green Waste cart (according to the recent flyer from Waste Management):

• Anything edible
• Coffee grounds, filters, and tea bags
• Fruit and vegetable peels and pits
• Food-soiled paper products: cups, plates, napkins, paper towels, pizza boxes, waxed ice cream, milk and juice cartons, grocery bags and newspaper used as pail liners
• Green waste: plant clippings, leaves and grass, branches and twigs
• Uncoated wood: no paint, stain or varnish

There should be NO plastic or styrofoam placed in your Green Waste cart!

If you are a Valley Waste Management customer, you can recycle your food scraps and food-soiled paper in 3 steps:

1. Collect acceptable items in a re-usable kitchen container or in a compostable container, like a brown paper bag or ice cream carton.
2. Place acceptable items in your Green Waste cart with your yard trimmings.  Make sure your cart lid closes completely.
3. Set out your Green Waste cart for your weekly pick-up. 

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