Consider it an app for free fries

Yeah, sometimes we want to hit our favorite restaurant and the kids can nibble off our plates or make do with -- gasp! -- adult food, but other times we're faced with the realities of a tight budget and wanting to keep the peace. With Ki…

Consider it an app for free fries
Yeah, sometimes we want to hit our favorite restaurant and the kids can nibble off our plates or make do with -- gasp! -- adult food, but other times we're faced with the realities of a tight budget and wanting to keep the peace.

With Kids Eat For loaded up on your iPhone, a quick scan will show you the restaurant deals in your area for when you've got kids in tow. And because Kids Eat For is user-driven, you can both add your own finds and update entries that are no longer valid or whose details have changed.

And no, it's not filled with only chain restaurants. A quick search in my (podunk) area yielded some independent establishments we already love, and a couple I didn't even know about. Do I want to try a new place that wants to feed my kids for free? Why, yes. I would like fries with that. -Mir

Check out Kids Eat For and then download the app from iTunes.

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