Picture this; Your birthday month is approaching. You get an email for a free drink at your favorite coffee joint. The mail arrives, containing a free gift from your #1 beauty supplier. You check your messages later, and your preferred home decor store has texted you a generous discount code. This continues over the next few weeks and on the day of your birthday. You’re rolling in free stuff! And you know what? You deserve it! I’ve done all the legwork for you. Just find your favorite Columbus-area businesses below, and sign up for the birthday freebies and discounts. Some of these places will even give you a freebie on the spot as well as other perks. Now go get yourself pampered!

Please note that any of these deals are subject to change and may vary per franchise location.

Birthday Freebies and Discounts

Food & Drinks: Most sit-down restaurants will give you a free dessert if you tell them it’s your birthday when you make a reservation or when you arrive at the restaurant.

1. Abuelo’s – Sign up for Mi Abuelo’s Rewards and get special offers on your birthday. 
2. Applebees – Receive a birthday surprise when you sign up!
3. Arby’s – Get a free milkshake for your birthday when you enroll in their email club.
4. Auntie Anne’s – Get an extra special treat for your birthday month when you become a Pretzel Perks member. 
5. Average Joe’s – Join their VIP club and get a free order of boneless wings on your special day. 
6. A&W – Join the Mug Club and receive a free birthday float.
7. Benihana – Register and receive a $30 certificate to be used during the month of your birthday. 
8. bd’s Mongolian Grill – You’ll receive a free meal on your birthday when you sign up for their rewards program. 
9. Bonefish Grill – Sign up to be a Bonefish Grill Insider and get birthday rewards.
10. Boston Market – Join their e-club and get a birthday treat.
11. Brio Tuscan Grille – Sign up for myBrio Rewards and get a birthday gift.
12. Cameron Mitchell Restaurants – get a free dessert on birthdays and anniversaries.
13. Chick-fil-A – Chick-fil-A One members will get a special birthday surprise.
14. Chili’s – Get a free dessert on your birthday when you join their My Chili’s Rewards program. 
15. Chipotle – Register for an account and get birthday offers.
16. Cinnabon – A free birthday present will be yours when you sign up!
17. City BBQ – Receive a birthday treat when you sign up for their VIP email list. 
18. Culver’s – Receive a free treat for your birthday when you become a MyCulver’s member.
19. Denny’s – Enjoy a delicious birthday gift when you sign up for Denny’s Rewards.
20. Dickey’s BBQ Pit – Join the Big Yellow Cup Club and get a birthday gift.
21. Dunkin’ Doughnuts – DD Perks members get a free beverage on their birthday.
22. Fazoli’s – Join their Efamily and get a freebie for your special day.
23. Firehouse Subs – Sign up for Firehouse Rewards and get a free medium sub for your birthday. 
24. First Watch – Sun eClub members get rewarded on their birthday!
25. Flyers Pizza & Subs – Sign up for Flyers Pizza points and get a birthday coupon. 
26. IHOP – Receive a freebie on your birthday when you sign up for their e-club.
27. Jersey Mike’s – You’ll get a coupon for a free regular sub and a 22oz fountain drink when you enroll in their Email Club. 
28. Marco’s Pizza – Join their EClub and get special offers during your birthday month.
29. Max & Erma’s – Receive gifts for your birthday when you sign up for Good Neighbor Rewards. 
30. Mellow Mushroom – You’ll get birthday freebies when you sign up for their e-club.
31. Moe’s Southwest Grill – Get a free burrito for your birthday!
32. Noodles World Kitchen – Get a free rice crispy treat for your birthday when you sign up for the NoodlesREWARDS program.
33. O’Charlie’s – Receive special birthday surprises when you sign up for their O’Club.
34. Olive Garden – Get a free appetizer or dessert when you sign up. 
35. Panera – MyPanera members will receive a free baked good on their birthday.
36. Panda Express – Receive a special birthday gift when you give them your email. 
37. P. F. Chang’s – Enjoy a birthday reward when you sign up for the Rewards Program.
38. Raising Cane’s – Caniac Club members receive a free birthday drink.
39. Red Robin – Sign up for their Royalty program and any one of their burgers is free!
40. Red Lobster – Download the My Red Lobster Rewards app and get a surprise birthday offer.
41. Ruby Tuesday – Get a free burger or Garden Bar entree for your birthday when you sign up for the So Connected email club.
42. Rusty Bucket – Join their Bucket List and receive a free birthday surprise!
43. Scramblers – Sign up for their MarieClub and you get a free birthday meal coupon. 
44. Smashburger – Get a free side or shake with any purchase on your birthday when you join the SmashClub. 
45. Smokey Bones – Bones Club loyalty members get a free birthday dessert.
46. Starbucks – All My Starbucks Rewards™ members get a free beverage or treat to celebrate their birthday.
47. Steak ‘n Shake – Get a free specialty milkshake on your birthday. 
48. Sunny Street Cafe – Sign up and get a special birthday surprise!
49. Texas Roadhouse – Receive a birthday gift when you sign up.
50. Tim Hortons – Double Double Visa Card holders will get a free coffee and a box of 10 Timbits for their birthday.
51. Waffle House – Become a Waffle House Regular and get a birthday coupon.
52. Wingstop – Members of The Club get a free gift on their birthday.
53. Young’s Jersey Dairy – Sign up and you’ll get a coupon for your birthday.

Kids Only

1. Barnes & Noble – Sign up for the B&N Kids’ Club and your littles will get a free cupcake for their birthdays.
2. Benihana – The Kabuki Kids Program gets your children ages 12 and under a free souvenir mug of their choice with the purchase of any kid’s meal.
3. Build-A-Bear – Pay your kids’ ages for the “Birthday Treat Bear” during their birthday month when you sign up for their Bonus Club. 
4. California Pizza Kitchen – Register to receive a FREE CPKids meal during your birthday month if you are age 12 or under. 
5. The Children’s Place – My Place Rewards members will get your kiddos some birthday savings! 
6. Chuck E. Cheese – Join the Chuck E-Club and get a gift for your child’s birthday.
7. Pizza Hut – Kids 10 and under will get a coupon for a free kids meal when you sign up!

Desserts Only

1. Baskin-Robbins – By joining the Birthday Club, you will receive coupons for a FREE 2.5 oz scoop and $3.00 off an ice cream cake at Baskin-Robbins on your birthday.
2. Cold Stone – Get a BOGO Creation coupon on your birthday when you join their My Cold Stone Club Rewards program. 
3. Dairy Queen – Join the Blizzard Fan Club and get a BOGO coupon on your birthday.
4. Godiva – Sign up for the Godiva Rewards program and get a free birthday gift.
5. Graeter’s Ice Cream – They’ll give you a coupon for a free birthday treat when you are signed up for their Sweet Rewards Club.
6. Great American Cookies – Get a birthday surprise when you sign up!
7. Krispy Kreme – Join their rewards program and enjoy a free birthday gift.
8. Nothing Bundt Cakes – Join their e-club and get a free bundtlet for your birthday.
9. Rita’s – Birthday Club members get a free birthday treat. You can sign your child(ren) up under your account for a free birthday gift too!

Goods & Services

1. Ace Hardware – Ace Rewards members get a coupon during their birthday month. 
2. American Eagle – Members receive a %15 off coupon for their birthday.
3. Anthropologie – Enroll in AnthroPerks and you’ll receive a discount for your special day. 
4. Aveda – Sign up for their birthday club and receive a free 30 ml. aromatic nourishing composition oil for bath, body and scalp during your birthday month. 
5. bareMinerals – Receive a free gift when you become a Friends and Benefits (FAB) member.
6. BirthdayPak – Celebrate with a complimentary “pak” of gift cards to restaurants, spas, and shops around your hometown.
7. Champs Sports – Sign up for their email club and get a special birthday offer.
8. Columbia – Create an account and receive a coupon for your birthday.
9. CVS – Join the ExtraCare Beauty Club and receive $3 ExtraBucks in your account for your birthday. 
10. DSW – Become a VIP Member and you’ll get a coupon on your birthday.
11. Edible Arrangements – Edible Rewards members get a free birthday gift! 
12. Express – Express/Next members get a free coupon for their birthday.
13. Famous Footwear – They’ll give you $10 off for your birthday if you sign up.
14. Hallmark – Crown Rewards members get a birthday coupon.
15. Kirkland’s – Join their K Club and enjoy a special birthday gift.
16. Kohl’s – Sign up for their Yes2You Rewards program and receive a $10 coupon for your birthday month. 
17. Payless – Payless Rewards Program members get a special birthday offer!
18. Petco – Join the Pals Rewards program and receive a free gift on your pet’s birthday. 
19. Redbox – Play Pass members receive a free movie on their birthday.
20. Sephora – BeautyInsider rewards members receive a free set of “minis”.
21. The Body Shop – Register for their Love Your Body Club and receive a $10 gift.
22. The Container Store – Join their POP! Rewards program and receive a birthday gift. 
23. Ulta – Receive a gift when you register an account.
24. Victoria Secret – Sign up for an Angel Card and receive a birthday gift.
25. World Market – Get a birthday surprise from them for signing up!

What did I miss? I’d love to hear about any other birthday freebies!