Like a wedding, fusion cuisine unites two separate entities that must learn to work together while being pelted with rice. Taste a cross-cultural celebration with today's Groupon to Garcia Brogan's in Lowell. Choose between the following options:

• For $20, you get $40 worth of casual Mexican and Irish fare.
• For $35, you get $80 worth of casual Mexican and Irish fare for four or more.
  
  

A marriage of cuisines nurtured on sunny Mexican shores and rain-dolloped Irish pastures, Garcia Brogan's yields the torrential taste downpour of their culinary offspring. Peruse the dinner menu after sidling up next to the stone fireplace reminiscent of a Connemara cottage or after wading through the dining room's warm tope archways suggestive of the arch over the Mississippi River that leads into Mexico. Sirloin tips, a house specialty, marinate medallions in a maple-Irish-whiskey glaze before pairing them with garlic mashed potatoes ($13.99). Paella à la Garcia stews chicken, chorizo, littleneck clams, shrimp, and mussels before tossing them over a bed of saffron and rice ($20.99). For fare more laidback than business casual cutoffs, abandon your fork and knife for the Paddy O'Melt ($9.99) or the burrito relleno ($8.99). For midday munching, the lunch menu prompts pairing with a half-soup-and-half-sandwich combo that entices with a chili con carne or Irish beef stew ($6.99).

Garcia Brogan's embodies the festive natures of its two national monikers, with entertainment seven nights a week that includes pub trivia, live Irish music, karaoke, and competitive crocheting.