Applebee's: Your Neighborhood Restaurant

Applebee's in Manalapan is your neigborhood grill... if you happen to live around Route 9 South in Manalapan. If not, then it's still a fun place to visit and enjoy 1/2 price appetizers and drinks with friends.

Open till 1 a.m. during the week, 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday, and midnight on Sunday, Applebee's always have deals and specials so you don't walk out of there wondering what happened to your paycheck. (Unless, of course, you happened to leave your paycheck on the bar, but that's a completely different story...)

Check out their two for $20 deal. You get one appetizer plus two entrees for $20. Appetizers include boneless buffalo wings, mozzarella sticks, spinach and artichoke dip and more. Some of the entrees are Cajun shrimp pasta, Oriental chicken salad and the mouth-watering provolone-stuffed meatballs with fettuccine.

For lunch they have a pick and pair combination platter. You have a choice of soups, salads, sandwiches and pasta. You just pick any two and you're off and eating.

Beyond the above two options, they have a huge menu with things like Weight Watchers, under 550 calories, sizzling entrees, ultimate trios, salads, seafood, pasta, realburgers, sliders and much more.

And don't let yourself get scared away by its chain status. The Manalapan Applebee's to fundraisers for worthy area organizations.

Applebee's is located at 55 US Highway 9 South in Manalapan, NJ. For more information check out the restaurant's Web site.