This FAMILY TO DO in CHARLOTTE series is sponsored by CEENTA.
Taking the kids out to dinner means a night off from cooking, but it can also add up. Luckily, Charlotte has a variety of restaurants that allow kids to eat for free (or cheap) on certain days.
We’ve rounded up all the places in Charlotte you can take the kids that have a meal deal special, sorted by day for your planning convenience.
Where Kids Eat for Free (or Cheap) in Charlotte
Mondays
- Three Amigos: Kids eat for free every Monday.
- Voodoo Wings Fort Mill: Kids eat for free every Monday.
- Fresh Off the Grill: Kids eat for free from 4PM — 9PM with purchase of an adult meal. Minimum purchase $5.
- Afton Tavern: Kids eat for free off the kids menu with purchase of an adult meal.
- Duckworth’s Mooresville: Kids eat for free with purchase of an adult meal that costs $12 or more. One adult meal equals one free kids meal. Dine-in only.
- Mellow Mushroom: $5 kids meals all day.
- Milkbread: Kids 12 and under get a “Kids Combo” for $6, which includes an entree, side, and drink. Monday — Friday; 5PM — Close. Dine-in only. Both locations.
Tuesdays
- Fresh Off the Grill: Kids eat for free every Tuesday from 4PM — 9PM with purchase of an adult meal. One adult meal equals one free kids meal. Minimum purchase $5.
- Ruby Tuesday: Kids 12 and under eat for free after 5PM with purchase of an adult entree. Dine-in only. All locations.
- Duckworth’s Ballantyne: Kids eat for free with purchase of an adult meal that costs $12 or more. One adult meal equals one free kids meal. Dine-in only.
- Denny’s: Kids eat for free from 4PM to 10PM.
- Pizza Peel & Tap Room: Kids eat for $1 with purchase of an adult meal. All locations.
- Mac’s Speed Shop: Kids eat for $2.49 with purchase of an adult meal from 5PM to close. Multiple locations.
- Carolina Ale House: Kids 10 and under eat for .99¢ with purchase of an adult meal from 5PM to close. All locations.
- Flying Biscuit Cafe: Kids 12 and under eat for $1. For every $10 spent on an adult meal, get one $1 kids meal. Dine-in only. All locations.
- Milkbread: Kids 12 and under get a “Kids Combo” for $6, which includes an entree, side, and drink. Monday — Friday; 5PM — Close. Dine-in only. Both locations.
- The Improper Pig: Tuesdays kids eat for $1 with the purchase of an entree
Wednesdays
- Duckworth’s SouthPark: Kids eat for free with purchase of an adult meal that costs $12 or more. One adult meal equals one free kids meal. Dine-in only.
- Duckworth’s Rea Farms: Kids eat for free with purchase of an adult meal that costs $12 or more. One adult meal equals one free kids meal. Dine-in only.
- The Penguin: Kids 12 and under eat for free with purchase of an adult meal on Wednesdays.
- Sabor: Kids under 12 eat for free or .99¢ with purchase of an adult meal. All locations.
- Milkbread: Kids 12 and under get a “Kids Combo” for $6, which includes an entree, side, and drink. Monday — Friday; 5PM — Close. Dine-in only. Both locations.
Thursdays
- Duckworth’s Huntersville: Kids eat for free with purchase of an adult meal that costs $12 or more. One adult meal equals one free kids meal. Dine-in only.
- Milkbread: Kids 12 and under get a “Kids Combo” for $6, which includes an entree, side, and drink. Monday — Friday; 5PM — Close. Dine-in only. Both locations.
Weekends
- Deluxe Fun Dining: Kids 12 and under eat for free from a special kids menu every Friday.
- The Penguin: Kids 12 and under eat for free with purchase of an adult meal on Saturdays & Sundays.
- Kid Cashew: Kids six and under eat for free at brunch on Saturdays & Sundays.
- Zapata’s Ballantyne: Kids eat for free with purchase of an adult meal on Sundays. One adult meal equals one free kids meal.
- Milkbread: Kids 12 and under get a “Kids Combo” for $6, which includes an entree, side, and drink on Fridays; 5PM — Close. Dine-in only. Both locations.
- Zapata’s University: Kids eat for $2.50 with purchase of an adult meal on Sundays. One adult meal equals one free kids meal.
- Dunwellz: $5 kids meals all day on Sundays. Dine-in only.
Author’s Note: This article was written by Alex Maloney. You can find more of her Charlotte-related content on Instagram, @slicesandsushi.
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