Restaurants in Marietta

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You've had grits, but you haven't had grits the way Dogwood does them. Today's Groupon gets you $35 worth of food and drink for only $15 at the sophisticated southern food Midtown restaurant at 565 Peachtree St. Redefine grits with toppings like butter-poached lobster, fried oysters, pimento cheese, and ham. Grits are just one way Dogwood turns traditional southern specialties into modern marvels: its menu boasts twists like a baby arugula salad with pickled watermelon, fresh mozzarella, extra virgin olive oil, and balsamic reduction.

Every week you come home from karate class looking for a place to hangout with karate classmates. Look no further because today's Groupon gets you a great time and great food at the great Midtown Tavern.

Drinking wine out of a lousy wine glass inhibits graceful wine-swirling, blocks aroma diffusion, and is grounds for divorce in 48 states. That's why the fermented-grape experts at Vinocity serve their more than 70 reds, rosés, whites, and sparkling wines in Riedel stemware. The lavish Kirkwood restaurant and wine bar boasts more than great wine: its got 12 beers on draft, 50 by the bottle, and eight types of hypnosis. Follow @Groupon_Says on Twitter.

Chandeliers illuminate red, tufted booths and draped walls replete with golden Buddhas, Middle Eastern art, and woven-wood panels. Such touches earned Tantra an "Extraordinary-to-Perfection" decor rating from Zagat and OpenTable’s Diners’ Choice Award for romantic restaurant. The eatery also received high praise for its service and food, propelled in part by executive chef Terry Dwyer’s blend of Mediterranean, Indian, and Persian flavors. Drawing from his training at the Culinary Institute of America, chef Dwyer caramelizes scallops in a basil rub, grills ostrich filets, and stuffs pork tenderloins with quince and fennel, using these distinctive combinations to bring out unexpected flavors and baffle blindfolded taste testers. On the first Tuesday of every month, these dishes couple with tango dancing to add an extra layer of romance and spontaneity to dinner dates.

Authentic Chinese, Thai, and Malaysian dishes dusted in spices and doused in curries make noses curious and mouths water as diners peruse a menu of more than 100 Asian fusion items. Inside the restaurant, walls the color of green tea adorned with bamboo-shoot silhouettes surround customers devouring dishes such as Malaysian curry chicken served in a clay pot with potatoes, onions, and string beans alongside general tso’s chicken glazed with spicy sauce. Bright-red box letters spelling Malaya light up nightly to draw in diners, and speedy staff members zoom delivery orders to offices, kitchen tables, and opera balconies.