To find something positive to celebrate on that dreaded of dreaded days: Tax Day, April 15th, a number of restaurants are planning good news promotions.

We’ll no doubt need coffee. Seattle’s Best Coffee has a 39th birthday celebration which continues until the end of the month for any 39-year old coffee drinker. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro is matching the calendar date with a 15% off discount of the entire bill. Most McCormick & Schmick restaurants are turning the dreaded 1040 tax form into a $10.40 menu of specials with accompanying reduced priced tax-themed drink specials including a Deduction Draft , a pint of Samuel Adams Boston Lager. Diners will also receive a “Tax Relief Dining Certificate” for $10.40 off future dining at the restaurant.

Zola, a Washington, DC restaurant, is inviting diners to visits its bar that day for the IRS Raspberry, a specialty cocktail or any number of wines by the glass. Zola pays the taxes on the 15th. It plans to offer a fixed priced $10.15 lunch and a $35.15 dinner menu of appetizer, entree, and the all-important dessert. As a special act of kindness, the restaurant will have calculators and envelopes nearby to help last-minute filers. Guests who complete their forms at the bar by 11 PM can forego postage anxiety as the restaurant will mail the tax forms and pay the postage.

The Daily Grill plans to cover the sales tax for all guest checks on that fateful Wednesday. To calm nerves even further, the restaurant plans an all-day Happy Hour Menu with special appetizers and drinks.

Sweets cannot be ignored: Mall-based Cinnabon stores plan an evening (5-8 PM) giveaway: The Classic Bites.  Maggie Moo’s entices with a free scoop of ice cream as part of its e-cone-omic ice cream stimulus package.

Check out your local restaurants as the day draws near, and the reality of a good promotion adds up.

So many offers, so little time, the IRS is waiting.