McCormick & Kuleto’s Seafood Restaurant (in San Francisco in Ghirardelli Square/(415) 929-1730) and Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto (in Berkeley at 1919 Fourth Street/(510) 845-7771) have announced that they will be offering all U.S. military veterans a free lunch or dinner entrée on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in appreciation for their service to our country.

Due to the success of last year’s event, McCormick & Kuleto’s and Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto will again hold this year’s event on the Sunday prior to the national Veterans’ Day holiday to enable families to dine together with the veterans in their lives.

The restaurants will offer a free entree to those defined as a veteran by the Veterans Administration, Title 38 US Code 101, which is a person who served in the active military, Army, Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard, and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. Veterans will be asked to show proper identification.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as a number of state Veterans Departments, has lauded this Veterans Appreciation program.