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Pollo Tropical giving away free kid lunches to help during coronavirus pandemic. How to get one for your child

Pollo Tropical is giving away free kids’ TropiChop lunch bowls to help South Florida families struggling to put food on the table during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Miami-based restaurant says it will be giving away a Kids Classic TropiChop Bowl and small bottle of water every Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to noon at all of its locations in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

“We have been part of the South Florida community for over 30 years, and our hometown has been among the hardest hit areas during these unprecedented times,” said Patricia Lopez-Calleja, senior vice president of guest engagement for Fiesta Restaurant Group, parent company of Pollo Tropical. “We are happy to offer kids in our community a free nutritious meal they love, and hope that it provides some needed relief to the many families that have been impacted by the current health crisis.”

The Classic kids bowl, which costs about $4.99 online, has a base of white rice and black beans and is topped with grilled chicken.

To get the freebie, you need to order through the restaurant’s drive-thru and have a child who is 12 or younger in the car with you. Only one free meal will be given to each child every day and does not apply to online orders.

The offer does not require you to purchase an adult entree or show a coupon or promo code. To find a Pollo Tropical location near you, visit https://www.pollotropical.com/locations.

This story was originally published May 11, 2020 at 11:07 AM.

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Michelle Marchante
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Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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