10 inches of snow means $10 off at Blue Plate restaurants

Blue Plate Restaurant Co. hopes you're hungry after shoveling snow. At any of its eight Twin Cities restaurants until 3 p.m. today, you'll get $1 off for every inch of snow that fell. That was 9.9 inches.

February 21, 2014 at 5:40PM
Freeway Ford sales consultant Debra Anderson lent a hand to clearing snow off new cars Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 in Bloomington, Minn. following a snow storm that dumped heavy, wet snow over eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, closing many schools including those in Bloomington and Minneapolis.
Freeway Ford sales consultant Debra Anderson lent a hand to clearing snow off new cars Friday in Bloomington. (Associated Press - Ap/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

"We triple dog dare you to come out" says the promo from the Blue Plate Restaurant Co, which hopes you're hungry after shoveling snow. At any of their eight restaurants, until 3 p.m. today, you will get $1 off for every inch of snow that fell, according to the calculations at the MSP airport.

That was 9.9 inches.

Restaurants include Edina Grill, Highland Grill, Longfellow Grill, Groveland Tap, Freehouse, 3 Squares, The Lowry and Scusi.

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