Pumpkin spice season begins earlier every year, but not at Jack in the Box, which is holding out until October to offer its Basic Witch Shake, which not only has pumpkin and autumn spices, but Oreo cookies.
There are also new pumpkin items at Cinnaholic, Fazoli’s, Just Salad, Rush Bowls, and Tous Les Jours.
Tim Hortons is marking October with a Halloween special: A bucket filled with Timbits doughnut holes that’s also suitable for trick-or-treating.
October is also apparently National Pizza Month, which California Pizza Kitchen is observing by offering its first-ever hamburger.
Subway is continuing with its Eat Fresh Refresh menu upgrades, this time with improved soup.
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill is adding new options to its bar menu, Gregory’s Coffee and Veggie Grill are adding sandwiches with pork-free bacon, and Which Wich Superior sandwiches is offering flourless bread.
Bartaco has a brisket taco, Cafe Rio has a coconut shrimp taco and Velvet Taco’s Weekly Taco Feature, the result of a WTF contest, is inspired by the Vietnamese noodle soup pho, and maybe a little by birria.
Tacodeli, on the other hand, has a new aqua fresca that you can spike with vodka if you want to.
TGI Fridays is using Jamie Foxx’s brown sugar-flavored bourbon, BSB, to offer a cocktail and a new barbecue sauce.
Norms and Frutta Bowls have a bunch of new items, Honeygrow has a kids menu now, Auntie Anne’s has a frozen chocolate drink, and Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream is celebrating Oktoberfest.
Everytable, Piada, and Slim Chickens all put mac & cheese on their menus.
Pizza Ranch has a new dessert pizza and Pita Mediterranean Street food has a new flatbread.
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