Restaurant Marketing Ideas for April

Restaurant owners and operators are always on the lookout for special events they can use in their online and offline marketing efforts.

Tax Day, for example, has become an annual favorite as restaurants across the nation step up to offer tax weary Americans a break with special deals and offers.

April also serves up many food specific days that can easily be worked into any menu marketing plan.  On the menu:  Beer, Blueberry Pie, Caramel, Caramel Popcorn, Cheese Fondue, Chocolate Cashew Truffles, Cinnamon Crescents, Coffee Cake, Cordon Bleu, Deep Dish Pizza, Eggs Benedict, Empanadas, Fish Fingers and Custard, Garlic, Glazed Spiral Ham, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, Jelly Beans, Licorice, Oatmeal Cookies, Peach Cobbler, Peanut Butter and Jelly, Pecans, Pigs in a Blanket, Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, Pretzels, Prime Rib, Shrimp Scampi, Sourdough Bread, Tomatoes and Zucchini Bread.

Here’s your restaurant marketing calendar for April:

April is:

National BLT Sandwich Month
National Soft Pretzel Month
National Soyfoods Month
National Grilled Cheese Month
National Garlic Month
National Decorating Month
National Garden Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Couple Appreciation Month
Poetry Month
Straw Hat Month




1 – April Fools Day
1 – National Sourdough Bread Day
1 – National Day Of Hope
1 – National One Cent Day
1 – International Fun At Work Day
2 – National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
2 – World Autism Awareness Day
2 – International Children’s Book Day
3 – Fish Fingers and Custard Day
3 – National Chocolate Mousse Day
3 – World Party Day
4 – National Cordon Bleu Day
4 – Pillow Fight Day
4 – School Librarian Day
5 – National Caramel Day
5 – National Deep Dish Pizza Day
5 – National Raisin & Spice Bar Day
5 – Easter
5 – Go For Broke Day
6 – New Beer’s Eve
6 – Fresh Tomato Day
6 – National Caramel Popcorn Day
6 – Army Day
7 – National Beer Day
7 – National Coffee Cake Day
7 – World Health Day
7 – No Housework Day
8 – National Empanada Day
8 – National Bookmobile Day
8 – Zoo Lovers Day
9 – National Chinese Almond Cookie Day
9 – Name Yourself Day
10 – National Cinnamon Crescent Day
10 – Golfer’s Day
10 – National Siblings Day
11 – National Cheese Fondue Day
11 – National Submarine Day
11 – International Louie Louie Day
11 – Barbershop Quartet Day
12 – National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
12 – National Licorice Day
12 – International Day of Human Space Flight
12 – Walk On Your Wild Side Day
13 – National Peach Cobbler Day
13 – National Scrabble Day
14 – National Pecan Day
14 – National Dolphin Day
14 – Be Kind To Lawyers Day
14 – National Library Workers Day
15 – National Glazed Spiral Ham Day
15 – Tax Day
15 – Titanic Remembrance Day
15 – That Sucks Day
15 – Take A Wild Guess Day
16 – National Eggs Benedict Day
16 – National Librarian Day
16 – Foursquare Day
16 – High Five Day
16 – Save The Elephant Day
17 – National Cheeseball Day
17 – Ford Mustang Day
17 – Blah Blah Blah Day
17 – Nothing Like A Dame Day
18 – National Animal Cracker Day
18 – International Juggler’s Day
18 – Columnists Day
18 – Amateur Radio Day
18 – Auctioneers Day
19 – National Garlic Day
19 – National Rice Ball Day
19 – Bicycle Day
19 – Hanging Out Day
20 – National Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day
20 – Volunteer Recognition Day
20 – Look Alike Day
21 – National Chocolate-Covered Cashew Truffle Day
21 – Kindergarten Day
22 – National Jelly Bean Day
22 – Administrative Professionals Day
22 – Girl Scout Leader Day
22 – Earth Day
23 – National Cherry Cheesecake Day
23 – National Picnic Day
23 – World Book Day
23 – Lost Dog Awareness Day
23 – Talk Like Shakespeare Day
24 – National Pigs in a Blanket Day
24 – Arbor Day
25 – National Zucchini Bread Day
25 – Hug A Plumber Day
25 – International Astronomy Day
25 – Go Birding Day
25 – World Penguin Day
25 – World Veterinary Day
26 – National Pretzel Day
26 – Help A Horse Day
27 – National Prime Rib Day
27 – Tell A Story Day
28 – National Blueberry Pie Day
28 – Kiss Your Mate Day
28 – Cubicle Day
29 – National Shrimp Scampi Day
29 – World Wish Day
29 – International Dance Day
29 – International Guide Dogs Day
30 – National Oatmeal Cookie Day
30 – National Raisin Day
30 – International Jazz Day
30 – Poem In Your Pocket Day
30 – Honesty Day

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