While some may find promotions for national days, like National Potato Chip Day or National Teddy Bear Day, a little quirky, National Queso Day takes the cake for being super cheesy.

National Queso Day falls on September 20 and is a great reason to enjoy complimentary cheese on your burritos or whip up some queso at home. If cheese isn’t your thing, you could always join in the fun of National Pepperoni Pizza Day instead.

As reported by National Today, queso, or chili con queso, is a melted cheese dip that hails from Chihuahua, Mexico, and made its way to San Antonio, Texas, in 1900. Nowadays, you can find this delicious dip at many Tex-Mex eateries.

National Queso Day: QDOBA launches its ‘hottest queso ever’

In honor of National Queso Day, QDOBA Mexican Eats is rolling out a special limited-time item called Queso Apocalypto & Chips. This dip is the brand’s “hottest queso ever,” crafted with QDOBA’s Queso Diablo, and topped with spicy crunchies, salsa roja, habanero salsa, and pickled jalapeños.

Queso Apocalypto & Chips is priced starting at $5.95. Guests can order it in-store, online at QDOBA.com, or through the QDOBA app for pickup or delivery at selected locations across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico, while supplies last, as indicated in a press release.

National Queso Day Offers and Deals

Although some eateries usually charge extra for adding queso to dishes like burritos or tacos, many will have special offers to make your National Queso Day celebration budget-friendly.

Queso lovers can take advantage of these exciting offers this Friday:

• Moe’s Southwest Grill: Guests can receive a free cup or side of queso, along with complimentary queso on all Entrées, including burritos, bowls, quesadillas, tacos, and salads, according to the chain’s announcement. This offer excludes kids’ meals, nachos, and Stacks.
• Hooters: Members of HootClub Rewards can enjoy a free order of chips and queso with a minimum spend of $3 at participating locations.
• Dave and Buster’s: This popular restaurant and arcade is offering Queso Fries and a chips, salsa & queso combo, along with drafts of Miller Lite, Coors Light, Bud Light, and Michelob Ultra for only $5 all day long.
• Bodega Taqueria y Tequila: This Mexican restaurant chain with several spots in South Florida and two locations in Chicago is providing “FREE chips & queso on orders over $25 with code DRIP,” as mentioned on the restaurant’s site.

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