Back-to-school eats: Restaurants offer deals in Palm Beach County, from pizza to pancakes

Saying goodbye to summer break is never easy for a school-age kid. As Palm Beach County public school students prepare to return to class Thursday, some local restaurants have rolled out deals to help ease the back-to-school rush.

Brick & Barrel

Abacoa chef/restaurateur and father of two David Schroeder hopes to ease the back-to-school scaries with a never-ending stack of pancakes.

Schroeder’s Brick & Barrel restaurant hosted its annual Back to School Kids Brunch Saturday, Aug. 5. The family-friendly brunch was so successful, Schroeder plans to bring it back Sept. 2 and every Saturday during that month.

The Saturday family brunch goes from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The fun stuff: bottomless pancakes and a toppings bar ($12), face-painting, sidewalk drawing with chalk, kid-favorite tunes played by a DJ. With each order of bottomless pancakes, kids get one order of potatoes and bacon.

For the grown-ups, there are bottomless mimosas and Old Fashioned cocktails for $20.

“It’s just an excuse for me to take my kids to brunch,” says Schroeder, dad to sons David, 7, and Luke, 4.

Schroeder and his wife Lisa thought of the brunch idea as a way to get the neighborhood families together.

Brunch reservations are strongly suggested and can be made via OpenTable.com.

Brick & Barrel is at 1153 Town Center Dr., Suite 101, in Abacoa, Jupiter, 561-623-0916.

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Rapoport’s restaurants

The restaurants of Rapoport’s Restaurant Group — Deck 84 and Burt & Max’s restaurants in Delray Beach and Max’s Grille in Boca Raton — are running two kid-friendly deals. Both of these offers are available Sunday through Thursday through Aug. 31:

Kids age 12 and younger get a free (kids) meal with the purchase of an adult entree at any or all of the three restaurants.

Parties of three or larger with school-age kids get a free appetizer when they spend at least $40. The appetizer options are Deck 84’s guacamole and chips, Burt & Max’s Margherita flatbread and Max’s Grille sun-dried tomato hummus with Parmesan-sesame breadsticks.

Deck 84 is at 840 E. Atlantic Ave. in Delray Beach. 

Burt & Max’s is at 9089 W. Atlantic Ave. in the Delray Marketplace, suburban Delray Beach 

Max’s Grille is at 404 Plaza Real in Mizner Park, Boca Raton.

Carrabba’s Italian Grill

Carrabba’s Italian Grill is running a “kids eat free” promotion through Monday, Aug. 14.

Dine-in customers will get a free dish from the children’s menu when they buy an adult entree. Kid-menu options include spaghetti and meatballs, chicken fingers and cheese ravioli and tomato sauce.A national chain with four restaurants in Palm Beach County, Carrabba’s has restaurant locations in North Palm Beach, Royal Palm Beach, Boynton Beach and Delray Beach.

For location and menu details, visit Carrabbas.com.

Blaze Pizza

Kids get free pizza throughout August at this national-chain pizzeria that’s known for its build-your-own pies. Every Tuesday this month, kids get a complimentary Blaze Simple Pie with the purchase of a full-priced pizza.

The Simple Pie is an 11-inch pizza topped with mozzarella, Parmesan and red sauce (regularly $8.95). The offer is good at all five Blaze Pizza locations in Palm Beach County only on Tuesdays in August.

Blaze Pizza locations are listed at this BlazePizza.com page. 

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