Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern is a great place to grab a bite to eat for dinner or lunch.  Rusty Bucket began in Columbus, OhioRusty Bucket Outside and now there are more than 15 locations, with two locations in Cincinnati (Rookwood and Mason).  Rusty Bucket offers great appetizers, salads, burgers, sandwiches, pizza, desserts and more.  Check out their fabulous online menu…there’s a picture on there of every dish they serve (warning, once you look at the menu you are going to HAVE to go eat there because you will be drooling for the food).  They also have a “beverage” menu online that is pretty mouthwatering as well.  And they also offer Gluten Free Menu Items.  Recently I was given the chance to go check the restaurant out AND host a giveaway for a Rusty Bucket Gift Card!  So not only did I get get to try out some of their yummy menu items, but one lucky reader will get to go check them out as well.  Read about my experience at Rusty Bucket, and then at the bottom of this post you can enter to win a $25 Gift Card!

Rusty Bucket KidsMenuI love the food at Rusty Bucket, and I love their bar selection as well.  I was so happy to see that they serve some local brews, such as my favorite Rivertown Brewery’s Roebling Porter.  They have “Blue Plate” Menu Specials each day and they also have drink specials each day.  Visit the Rusty Bucket website for all the details on the daily specials.  I visited Rusty Bucket on Friday last week, which meant no meat for me since it’s Lent.   I was dining with my aunt, my cousin and our boys (Will & Henry).  We all split an order of Fried Pickles (if you go you MUST try the fried pickles!), and then my aunt and I had Fish and Chips and Veronica had the Blackened Salmon Salad.  All of our food was delicious.  And the portions are HUGE!  I had enough fish left over for Michael to eat for dinner that night.  It was one of the best fried fish dinners I’ve ever had, and my aunt agreed.  Veronica loved her salad as well.  I meant to ask her for a bite, but was so full after my fish and chips that I couldn’t imagine another bite.  So as I said, the portions are huge, and the prices are reasonable considering the amount of food you are getting!   There’s a kids menu as well, that comes with tattoos and crayons…the boys loved the tats!  The Rookwood Rusty Bucket also has a reading programs for kids!  I love that they are encouraging the young ones to read!  Each Rusty Bucket has different sorts of promotions and such going on, so be sure to visit www.MyRustyBucket.com to find a Rusty Bucket near you, peruse their menus, and see what sorts of promotions and specials they have going on!

Here’s some pictures from our trip to Rusty Bucket:

Blackened Salmon Salad:

Rusty Bucket Salmon Salad

Tattoos:

Rusty Bucket Tattoos

Fried Pickles:

Rusty Bucket Pickles

Pineapples for Cocktails:

Rusty Bucket Pineapples

Beer:

Rusty Bucket Beer

Fish N Chips:

Rusty Bucket Fish N Chips

The Boys LOVED Rusty Bucket!

Rusty Bucket Boys

And now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for….

~~ THE RUSTY BUCKET $25 GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY ~~

This giveaway is now CLOSED!  Congrats to Carla…your gift card will be coming to you soon 🙂

The Fine Print:  I will be giving away a $25 Rusty Bucket Gift Card to one lucky winner.   The winner will be randomly drawn on Friday, March 21st at 2pm.  Winners must be 18 years of age and live in the US.  I will email the winner and announce their name on  the little things Facebook page.  Winners have 24 hours to respond or another name will be drawn.  There are FIVE ways to enter this giveaway!

How to Enter (comment below & answer this question):Rusty Bucket Specials

1.  Why do you want to win this giveaway?

The following entries are optional BONUS entries!  Please leave a SEPARATE COMMENT FOR EACH ENTRY!

2.Check out  The Little Things Blog  & Rusty Bucket on Facebook, and then leave a comment below telling me that you did so.

3.  Share this giveaway with your friends on Facebook, and be sure to tag “the little things blog” and “Rusty Bucket” in your post!  Leave a comment telling me you shared.

4.  Tweet about the giveaway!  Make sure you add @LittleThingsMom and @MyRustyBucket in your tweet!  And then comment below telling me you did so.

5.  Check The Little Things Blog out on Pinterest!  You might just find some pins you like!  And then leave a comment below telling me you did so.

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After you try your luck at this giveaway, be sure to read my post about the Rusty Bucket “Rally Round Your Bucket” promotion going on until March 16th…you could win big prizes there too!

Disclaimer: I was provided with a gift card to Rusty Bucket for review purposes, and a gift card to give away.  All opinions are 100% my own.

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