7-Eleven

Cheap drinks are awesome

Slurpee fans rejoice. To kick off the Memorial Day weekend -- and the beginning of summer vacation -- 7-Eleven will be slapping a 49-cent price tag on their medium-sized Slurpees beginning Friday, May 24. The deal will go on all weekend long until Monday, May 27, and has been timed in order to celebrate the convenience store's new product -- Slurpee Lite Sugar Free Sprite.

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Original Ice Blended at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Year after year, Coachella draws a range of notable bands and performers. The weather, however, tends to stay one note: Staggeringly hot. For those headed to the music and arts festival, it might be useful to keep in mind Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's ice blended giveaway over the weekend.

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Grilled cheese sandwiches

La Brea Bakery, a bakery turned regional chain and bread distributor founded by Nancy Silverton, is looking for a tale that captures how grilled cheese sandwiches evoke a sense of home with The Grilled Cheese Reunion, an online contest running from now until the end of this month.

To enter, you must share background on your hometown's past and present, as well as your childhood experiences eating grilled cheese sandwiches. Because, really: What says "happy childhood" like grilled cheese?

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Ben & Jerry's ice cream

It's Free Cone Day at participating Ben & Jerry's across the nation. From noon to 8 p.m., customers can get a free cone of ice cream in the flavor of his or her choice, including classic, Greek Frozen Yogurt and newer flavors.

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Daikokuya in Arcadia

As Daikokuya prepares to celebrate 11 years of delivering steaming bowls of tonkotsu ramen to the slurping masses, it has been amazing to watch the rest of Los Angeles catch up. There are ramen shops in Torrance for the noodle-obsessed, in West L.A. for those who follow best-of lists, and all over Little Tokyo, where Daikokuya's most heralded location sits. This city is positively ramen-obsessed.

Now, Daikokuya is looking to give back to all of those hungry hordes that have braved the mild Los Angeles weather for a shot at their rich pork ramen. The namesake Daikoku Ramen, a savory mix of long-simmered pork bone stock, kurobuta pork slices, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, green onions and a soft boiled egg, regularly retails for $8.95. But from the date of their 11 year anniversary on Wednesday, Feb. 20 through Friday, Feb. 22, those same bowls will be $5 (at the Little Tokyo location only). The generous offer is valid for all three days, from open to close.

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Buca di Beppo's lasagna

You don't have to be in a relationship to appreciate savings and good deals on Valentine's Day. In some cases, the deals extend until tomorrow, a.k.a. Single Awareness Day, or through the weekend. Here's how you can bankroll the holiday with links to coupons (all offers apply only at participating locations):

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$1 coffee

Java junkies rejoice. For those unwilling to fork out more than a buck for caffeine, 7-Eleven is selling coffee for only $1. The promotion is only on Wednesdays and lasts until the end of January.

That means any size cup and all the sugar, flavorings, topping and cream you can possibly want are included in that price. The promotion was put in place to celebrate the convenience store's new Brazilian Dark Roast, a premium blend coffee made from 100 percent Arabica beans from southwestern Brazil.

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E. Dwass

We love a party where guests get a gift. Tomorrow, that's what's happening at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. In honor of the company's 50th year, three 12 oz. specialty drinks will be sold for 50 cents: English Toffee Latte, English Toffee Ice Blended and Chai Tea Latte. The event will take place from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. at participating locations in California and Arizona.

Coffee Bean is kicking off a year-long celebration of their origins, by showcasing their "heritage" beverages. English Toffee, created in the 1960s, helped introduced the concept of specialty coffee drinks. Chai Tea Latte, one of the chain's most popular beverages, was first served in 1998.

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Anne Fishbein

Lukshon

It's the beginning of January, and you know what you should be doing -- no, not making questionable resolutions, but, rather, spending an inordinate time perusing dineLA's website. Because it's that time of year: DineLA's winter Restaurant Week kicks off on January 21 and runs until February 1, giving you 12 days to cash in on specially priced prix fixe menus at great restaurants.

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Via Los Angeles' BlackboardList website

Probably our favorite restaurant deal site, BlackboardEats, which has managed to maintain our loyalty despite going from being a free service to charging to back to free again -- and adding on the now-discontinued online shopping component -- has once again reinvented itself. The (still free) service from which subscribers get daily emails offering (free!) discounts to some of L.A.'s most notable restaurants is now giving those restaurants more of a chance to take the reigns with a new component, BlackboardList.

Via this new sister service, restaurants are encouraged to come up with their own special deals for subscribers instead of being chained to the 30% discount model. This comes in addition to BlackboardEats weekly specials, meaning diners simply have more exclusive offers to choose from. (At no cost! Did we mention that?)

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