Restaurants in Oak Hills

Evolution could have built gaping jaws into human mouths, but instead it crafted a moderately sized hole perfect for tapas. Today’s Groupon rewards your bite-sized mouth with $30 worth of food and drink at Tapalaya for $15. It's one of few Cajun and Creole tapas restaurants in the nation. Centaurs: Most of our vice presidents have secretly been centaurs stemming from an agreement signed after indigenous centaur Paul Revere aided American war efforts during the Revolution. The centaur language is, coincidentally, exactly like English except that their proud race lacks a word meaning “forgiveness.”

For $12, today’s Groupon schmoozes your stomach with $25 worth of food and drink at Hobnob Grille. Hobnob's warm interior and soothing lighting give it an inviting vibe, where the staff will remember your name, order, and favorite episode of Designing Women.Follow @Groupon_Says on Twitter.

Salvador Molly's staff emulates legendary namesake Captain Salvador by pillaging culinary treasures from Ethiopia, Hawaii, Thailand, New Orleans, and Jamaica and gathering them together in an eatery that grew from humble beginnings as a hot-tamale cart. Frequent food challenges, the proceeds of which help low-income Oregon families foot heating bills, revolve around consumption of the menu's signature Great Balls of Fire fritters–spicy spheres featured on the Travel Channel's Man v. Food. Patrons who demolish all five habanero-cheese fritters with all the accompanying sauce get their picture added to the Hall of Flame and move onto the subsequent challenge of making out with a bonfire. Other far-flung entrees, such as the Hawaiian-inspired Tiki Mac with cheesy sweet potatoes, the Bayou Crunch catfish, and Molly's hot tamales, stuffed with yucatan chicken and cotija cheese, mirror the interior's exotic décor.

Photos of foreign locales crowd Salvador Molly's walls, surrounding colorful baubles that illuminate tables embellished with painted flames and vibrant cocktails. A wall dedicated to Africa flaunts a mural depicting desert terrain, stationed caddy-corner to African artifacts including a wooden mask. On Monday, diners feast upon culture by projecting two featured films directly into their mouths.

Today’s Groupon cuts out dinner indecision with $70 worth of prepared gourmet food from What’s For Dinner for $35. Take the cuisine of a ritzy restaurant and enjoy it on the table you know and love with the trustworthy silverware that’s never let you down.Follow @Groupon_Says on Twitter.

Our world has given rise to countless pairings, both inspired (buttered peanuts and jam) and unfortunate (construction sites and Optional Helmet Day). Today’s Groupon offers one of the better ones: $35 worth of local, organic bistro fare and beverages at Thirst Wine Bar and Bistro for $15. Thirst was Citysearch's Best of 2009 pick for wine bars.But it turns out there is actually a science to smelling wine, and a corresponding aroma wheel with a full spectrum of scents in categories both familiar (fruity, floral, spicy) and odd (microbiological, oxidized, pungent). A few smart people actually aren’t making it up when they talk smart about wine. They understand the aroma wheel. They’re tasting those amazing things they’re talking about. And that’s because a few smarter chefs know how to pair wines perfectly with food to make you taste undertones you’re embarrassed to admit vocally. Those mahogany cinnamon hues are real my friend. They taste exactly like the time you put cinnamon on your mahogany bannister and went to town. That great moment can be relived, and even topped, by the food and wine available at Thirst. Thirst understands the Aroma Wheel, Occam’s Razor, and the Pythagorean Theorem. That background has enabled it to create a simple, isosceles triangle of wine, food, and thirst-reduction.

Though the world has been completely explored, globed, and Google-mapped, the human tongue can still discover new continents. Today's deal takes yours to places the rest of your body can't visit with $35 worth of Northeast African fare and drinks at Horn of Africa for $15. Because exploring a new continent can be dangerous, bring along three friends and combine two Groupons for $70 worth of food and drink.