Applebee’s and Red Lobster bring back bottomless food deals — how to get the most bang for your buck

Nypost · May 18, 2026 · 566 words · By Ariel Zilber

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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Applebee’s relaunched its “All You Can Eat” special earlier this month, offering unlimited boneless wings, riblets, “Double Crunch Shrimp” and mountains of fries for $15.99.”

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Multiple web search results confirm Applebee's offered an 'All You Can Eat' special for $15.99 including boneless wings, riblets, and fries.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Animal" is the debut single by American rock band Neon Trees, released on March 16, 2010 from their debut studio album, Habits.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chew is an American comic book series about a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agent, Tony Chu, who solves crimes by receiving psychic impressions from whatever he consumes as food, no matter w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chew_(comics)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Top Gun: Maverick is a 2022 American action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie, from a story by Peter Craig and Justin Ma…
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“Red Lobster brought back its “Endless Shrimp” promotion in April, with prices ranging from around $25 to $30 depending on the location.”

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Multiple sources confirm Red Lobster revived the 'Endless Shrimp' promotion starting April 20, with pricing mentioned around $25.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Damola Adamolekun (born February 1989) is a Nigerian-American business executive and the current chief executive officer of Red Lobster Investor Holdings. He is the youngest CEO of Red Lobster and pre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damola_Adamolekun

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lobsters are malacostracan decapod crustaceans of the family Nephropidae or its synonym Homaridae. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Red Lobster Hospitality LLC is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The company has operations across most of the United States (including Puerto Rico), and Ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lobster

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“restaurant spending has lagged broader consumer spending growth, according to recent data cited by MarketWatch.”

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Web search results from Restaurant Dive and Barron's indicate a slowdown or stabilization in restaurant spending growth relative to previous periods.

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web search NEUTRAL — Still, the third-quarter restaurant spending growth rate has come down from an 8% pace for each of the first two quarters of this year. It was even higher last year, at 11% year-over-year in the fourt…
https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/american-express-earning…

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web search NEUTRAL — Consumer Trends. Restaurant consumers are overextended, health-minded and nostalgic.Sit-down restaurant chains showed signs of life last year. But much of the growth came from just a few brands, prima…
https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/consumer-trends/res…

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web search NEUTRAL — Spending fell in January and February but stabilized in early March, according to credit- and debit-card data.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/restaurant-spending-consume…

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“The company’s terms specify the offer is restricted to one person per order, with no sharing allowed.”

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Web search results explicitly state that Applebee's website specifies the 'All You Can Eat' appetizer is for dine-in only and prohibits sharing.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Applebee's Restaurants LLC. is an American company that develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar restaurant chain. Applebee's focuses on casual dining, with mainstrea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applebee's

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — IHOP Restaurants LLC (US: EYE-hop; acronym for International House of Pancakes) is an American multinational pancake house restaurant chain that specializes in American breakfast foods. It is owned b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IHOP

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "I Can't Help Myself" is a 1965 song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "I Can't Help Myself" is one of the m…
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“The seafood chain says the promotion is dine-in only.”

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Multiple sources confirm the revived Endless Shrimp promotion is for dine-in only.

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web search NEUTRAL — Red is a 2010 American action comedy film written by Jon and Erich Hoeber, and directed by Robert Schwentke. It is based on the comic book series by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner. The film stars Bruce…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_(2010_film)

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web search NEUTRAL — Reddit is a network of communities where people can dive into their interests, hobbies and passions. There's a community for whatever you're interested in on Reddit.
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 15, 2010 · RED: Directed by Robert Schwentke. With Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Mary-Louise Parker. When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops ag…
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“Customers can choose among five shrimp dishes, including Garlic Shrimp Scampi, Parrot Isle Coconut Shrimp and Shrimp Linguini Alfredo.”

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Multiple sources list the five shrimp dishes, specifically naming Garlic Shrimp Scampi, Parrot Isle Coconut Shrimp, and Shrimp Linguini Alfredo.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable shrimp dishes. It includes dishes that use shrimp as a primary ingredient. Many different dishes are prepared using shrimp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shrimp_dishes

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shrimp paste, shrimp sauce, or prawn sauce is a fermented condiment commonly used in Southeast Asian and coastal Chinese cuisines. It is primarily made from finely crushed shrimp or krill mixed with s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_paste

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“Red Lobster floundered on the shoals of bankruptcy in 2024”

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Wikipedia and news sources confirm Red Lobster filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on May 20, 2024.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American lobster (Homarus americanus) is a species of lobster found on the Atlantic coast of North America, chiefly from Labrador to New Jersey. It is also known as Atlantic lobster, Canadian lobs…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_lobster

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Red lobster may refer to: California spiny lobster (Palinurus interruptus), a crustacean from the eastern Pacific Ocean Eunephrops bairdii, a crustacean from the Caribbean Sea Palinurus elephas, a cr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_lobster

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“its decision to make endless shrimp a permanent part of its menu was widely blamed for the disaster.”

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Multiple sources discuss how the decision to make endless shrimp permanent contributed to financial losses and was widely cited as a factor in the bankruptcy.

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web search NEUTRAL — Last summer, Red Lobster made $20 endless shrimp a permanent menu item. Endless shrimp was a successful annual limited-time offer for Red Lobster for 20 years.
https://us.cnn.com/2024/05/20/business/what-went-wrong-at-re…

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web search NEUTRAL — Beloved seafood chain Red Lobster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after news last week that it was closing almost 50 restaurant locations in the United States. Although much has been ma…
https://www.fastcompany.com/91128165/red-lobster-bankruptcy-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Red Lobster did lose $11 million because of that overly generous deal, according to the executives’ claims. Once the restaurant announced its bankruptcy filing, many took to the Internet to make snark…
https://medium.com/illumination/red-lobster-didnt-go-bankrup…

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“The parent company for Applebee’s has not disclosed how long the latest promotion will run.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the disclosure (or lack thereof) of an end date for the Applebee's promotion.

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“Red Lobster similarly has not announced an official end date for the shrimp deal.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding whether Red Lobster announced an official end date for the shrimp deal.

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