My friend Noah turned me on to this great deal at Restaurant.com. With the code CELEBRATE you can get $25 gift certificates to area restaurants for $2 (usually they’re $10.) The catch is that you have to spend a certain minimum at the restaurant to use the certificate. I’m mentioning this here because Portland gluten-free-friendly restaurants Francis, Grolla, Oba!, and Wild Abandon are participating.

The details differ from restaurant to restaurant, so be sure to read the fine print, but here’s an example: The minimum tab you can use the $25 certificate for at Grolla is $35. So, you buy the gift certificate with the special code for $2, and let’s say you spend $40. Then you use your gift certificate and you get $40 worth of food for $17. (That’s $40-$25=$15 plus what you paid for the certificate: $2.)

Yes it gives me a headache too. But you can save a bunch of money! Get your pocket calculator out before you go to their site. The offer expires at the end of the year. Here, below is the email blurb:

“Save 80% at Restaurant.com with code CELEBRATE
Pay only $2 for a $25 certificate and get a FREE $25 certificate when you spend at least $11.
Expires 12/31″