Baskin Robbins: If you enter your email address and join Club 31, you’ll receive a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for an ice cream cone along with $5 off a birthday cake.

Here are some of the best student discounts I found when it comes to the essentials: food, transportation, retail and entertainment!

For a classier way to ease out of your day, stop by this well-known steakhouse at the corner of Bay and Temperance. Happy hour runs from 3 p.

Delivers ready-to-eat, nutritionally-balanced meals; offers A La Carte: One-Time Order that requires pelo renewals or subscriptions and a weekly subscription meal plan delivered twice a week

Don't forget to play a round of bocce ball on their patio, fully loaded with games and activities for the whole gang.

arcade machines, and local graffiti plastered on the walls. Then he presents you with epic sandwiches wide enough to rest your head on. The Big Ass Chicken Sandwich requires you to unhinge your jaw to enjoy two deep-fried thighs tossed in Carolina butter sauce and finished with spicy ranch, crunchy slaw, and sweet-and-sour pickles.

If you prefer fish, the whole sea bass is smothered in house-fermented chiles, Fujian wine, and flowering chives, creating a numbing hellfire that balances with the angelically floral fish. For dessert, mai lai go (a modest sponge cake from the dim sum realm) is ushered into a sophisticated stratosphere with a custard moat and salted egg yolk filling. To drink, Mimi offers one of the most comprehensive libraries of baijiu in the city, with bottles ranging from juicy and effervescent to deep and saucy.

It’s easy to enjoy a feast here for two for less than $50 — meals, with three pieces of chicken served on a bed of purple rice, go for about $15 each.

Baby Point Annie’s Cuisine is this neighbourhood’s spot for cheap Caribbean, with classic options like jerk chicken and curry goat topping out at under $10.

Kensington Though the tacos at Seven Lives are filled with high-end seafood like grilled mahi mahi, spicy shrimp and smoked tuna, they’re still only $5 each.

Entertainment District Illstyl3 Sammies does epic sandwiches like Philly cheesesteaks for under $10, check here and they do hoagies and breakfast sammies for similar prices.

It’s not always easy for vegans and vegetarians to dine out, but Udupi Palace’s menu is completely meat-free and offers flavour lovers bargains aplenty. The menu runs the gamut of curry, thali and uttapam (Indian pancakes), but the appetizers and savoury South Indian crepes are where you’ll get the best bang for your buck.

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Didn’t get enough gifts on your birthday? Here’s a list of some places in Toronto that offer freebies or discounts on your special day. - Dreamstime photo