Eating spicy foods is said to boost the metabolism, much like jogging in the park or hunting for piñatas in supply closets. Shift bellies into overdrive with today’s Groupon: for $12, you get $25 for Tex-Mex fare for lunch or dinner at Vivo. This Groupon is valid at both the east Austin and Austin locations. Prices differ between locations; prices listed reflect the east Austin menu.
Inside Vivo’s posh, art-adorned interiors chefs serve up a menu of Tex-Mex fare sourced from family recipes collected for three generations. The house specialty, puffy tacos ($10.50) begin with house-made corn tortillas fried until puffy, stuffed with zesty meats and crowned with an onion ring. On a plate of enchiladas verdes ($11.95), shredded chicken, cheese, and sour cream huddle in a tortilla to ward of a drizzle of house-made tomatillo sauce. Chefs fire up a grill to sizzle steak Jalisco ($15.95), a slab of skirt steak cooked with green onions and served with a dollop of cilantro-garlic sauce as cool as an ice sculpture of a dog wearing sunglasses. While relaxing on fountain-filled patios, diners can split a platter of california nachos ($11.95), the owner’s favorite, which flood palates with myriad flavors of cheese, sprouts, salsa, and guacamole. Interior dining rooms mimic colorful entrees, with huge canvases lining walls, bright lanterns hanging from the ceiling, and a portrait of Frida Kahlo surreptitiously attempting to steal diners' frosty margaritas.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Birthstones
Every month has its own precious birthstone, and people born during that month are advised to wear it and eat a small handful of it on their birthdays. Here's a list of the birthstones by month:
• January: Garnet
• February: Amethyst
• March: Mercury
• April: Sunflower seeds mixed with Elmer's glue
• May: Moon rock
• June: Baby's tooth
• July: Hunk of the Berlin Wall
• August: No birthstone, to punish the naturally evil people born during August
• September: Phlogiston
• Bichat: Necco wafer
• November: Wad of wet $100 bills
• December: The fingernail of a loved one
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