WASHINGTON — If you’re a Leap Day baby, or “leapling,” it’s time to party.
And even if you’re not, there’s good reason to celebrate on Feb. 29, the extra day added to the calendar almost every four years to get it back in sync with the earth’s rotation around the sun.
Many businesses treat it like a holiday by offering special freebies and deals, and we put together this list.
If Feb. 29 is your birthday:
- Olive Garden will give you four free Dolcini (mini desserts).
- At participating Great American Cookies, get a free 5-by-7-inch Individually Yours Cookie Cake. Show a valid ID proving your birthday. No purchase necessary.
- At Miss Shirley’s Cafe locations in Annapolis and Baltimore, each Leap Year Baby and guest can share a free Crabcake Po’boy and tall stack of specialty Pancakes. Just show your server your ID once you’re seated.
- At participating Pizza Hut, show a government-issued ID and get a free one topping Personal Pan Pizza for carryout.
- Participating Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen and Villa Pizza locations will give you a free slice of pizza when you show a valid ID.
- Hard Rock Cafe will serve you a free entree from a special “Leaplings Eat Free” menu. No purchase necessary. Must show valid government ID.
Offers for everyone on Feb. 29:
- At Krispy Kreme, buy any dozen doughnuts and get a dozen original glazed for $2.29 at participating shops.
- The Embassy Row Hotel is having a sale on Feb. 29 only. Book a two night stay for a future date and get a third night free, plus a $50 food and drink credit. Blackout dates my apply.
- All area Legal Sea Foods locations except Reagan National Airport will offer 2 one-pound lobsters and 2 sides for $29.
- The Greene Turtle will offer 29-cent wings all day.
- Morton’s the Steakhouse has a two-course menu (appetizer and entree) for $29. You can add a bottle of Pebble Lane wine for $19.
- At The Oceanaire Seafood Room in D.C., get a 6 oz. Filet and an Oceanaire Jumbo Lump Crab Cake for $29.
- Members of Tropical Smoothie Cafe‘s loyalty club, Club Tropical, can get a 24 oz. Classic Smoothie for just $2.29.
