Full Moon Bar-B-Que does not publish a uniform, chain-wide military discount, and any page that tells you it is a flat ten percent everywhere is guessing. What it does have is a menu already priced below every other barbecue chain we cover, and a set of restaurants small enough that the person behind the counter can usually answer the question themselves.
Full Moon Bar-B-Que prices at a glance
The prices referenced on this page, collected up front. They vary by location and change without notice.
| Order | Menu price | At 10% off | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Pork Sandwich (regular) | $6.99 | $6.29 | $0.70 |
| Bar-B-Que Chicken (quarter dark) | $10.99 | $9.89 | $1.10 |
| Classic Rib Plate | $16.99 | $15.29 | $1.70 |
| Black Angus Beef Brisket plate | $21.99 | $19.79 | $2.20 |
The honest position
Full Moon runs about thirty restaurants, the great majority of them in Alabama, and it has operated that way since 1986. It is a regional chain, not a national one, and it does not market itself on a military program the way some competitors do. There is no advertised nationwide percentage, no published free-meal day, and no enrollment scheme.
What that means in practice is straightforward: a discount, if there is one, is set at the individual restaurant. Some locations offer one to service members, veterans and first responders on presentation of ID. Some do not. None of them advertise it heavily. The only reliable way to know is to ask at the counter of the restaurant you actually visit, before you order.
What a discount is worth here
This matters more than it sounds, because the base prices are so low that a percentage discount is small in absolute terms.
Compare that with the structural discount you get simply by walking in. A pork sandwich here is $6.99 against $9.29 at Sonny's, $11.07 at Jim 'N Nick's and $15.59 at Famous Dave's. The menu is doing more for you than any counter discount realistically will — the price gap to the next cheapest chain is larger than ten percent of the whole check.
What ID to carry
Where a location does offer something, the documentation expected is the same as anywhere else in the industry:
- Military ID card — active duty, reserve or National Guard
- Veteran ID card, VA card or DD-214
- Veteran designation printed on a state driver's license
- Police, fire or EMS department credentials
- Uniform, at many counter-service restaurants
Ask before the order is rung up. At a counter-service operation like this one, reversing a completed transaction is more trouble for everyone than asking thirty seconds earlier.
Veterans Day and other dates
National chains run announced free-meal days on 11 November and around Memorial Day. Full Moon, being a thirty-restaurant regional operator, tends to handle these locally when it does anything at all — a particular restaurant may run something for its own community without it appearing on any national list. Check the individual location's social feed in the week before, rather than relying on a roundup article that has assumed a policy exists.
Stacking, and the cheaper route
Assume a location discount does not stack with anything else, because that is the normal rule and there is no published policy here saying otherwise. If you want the check lower, the reliable levers are on the menu itself rather than at the register:
- Sandwich instead of plate — $6.99 against $14.99 for the same pork.
- Quarter dark chicken plate at $10.99 — the cheapest full plate at any chain we cover.
- Soup & Salad at $6.69 — the cheapest complete meal on the menu.
- The 4-vegetable plate at $9.99 — four sides for less than the price of three bought separately.
Those four are covered in more detail on the Full Moon specials page. And whatever you pay, the Half Moon Cookie is free with every meal — the one thing at Full Moon that requires no ID, no policy and no asking. Current pricing on everything above is on the Full Moon Bar-B-Que menu.