Restaurants in Peoria

Make your lunch hour in downtown Phoenix an hour of power with an hour-long visit to Focaccia Fiorentina for a lunch-hour power-hour of lunch. Today's Groupon gets you $25 worth of food and drink at Focaccia Fiorentina for only $10—satisfy your hourly carb-cravings with pasta and crisp, airy focaccia, and use the you energy saved by not packing a lunch to tackle an enormous calzone.

Today's deal gently caresses your tongue with flavors of Italy. Fifteen dollars gets you $30 worth of pasta, zuppa, insalata, wine, and more at Rosario Ristorante in Glendale. Rosario is a casually elegant Italian eatery with classic fare, including fettuccine alfredo, spaghetti Bolognese, and baked ziti (all $12.95). Welling was determined to capture the minds and tongues of the niche—but expanding—market of disco fans. After extensive research, he determined that disco’s sparkling clothing and bouncy rhythms were the culinary equivalent of pasta covered in rich tomato sauce. Welling’s findings were so delicious that disco changed its name to Italy, enraging Italy, which was forced to change its name to Lapland, Home of Full-Blooded Italians. Pick up today’s Groupon for some delicious Italian food from America, prepared by full-blooded Italians from Lapland, Home of Full-Blooded Italians.

Today's Groupon gets you $10 worth of authentic quick-service Japanese cuisine at Blue Fin, a family-operated restaurant near downtown Phoenix, for $5.“Can’t say I recognize the blonde,” Finn mumbled coolly, “although I wouldn’t mind an introduction.”

Nestled within a charming 1930s farmhouse on a former artichoke plantation, Coup Des Tartes entrances guests with meals of American-tinged French and Mediterranean fare culled from organic meats and locally raised vegetables and fruits. Like Charles de Gaulle's album of sensitive acoustic singer-songwriter ballads, the restaurant combines stately Gallic character with disarming intimacy, framing meals of herbed chicken and grass-fed filet mignon with warm, flickering candlelight. Amid the 14-table space's cozy coved ceilings and hardwood floors, guests happily sup upon Moroccan lamb sandwiches or rich, creamy cheese, pairing dinners with beer or wine brought from home. Across the courtyard from Coup Des Tartes, the private Rendez-Vous dining room welcomes guests into a luxurious, yet rustic cocoon of slate tile floor and glowing chandeliers, provisioning feasts and fetes with freshly baked breakfast pastries, catered luncheons, and multicourse dinners.

Padre's Modern Mexican Cuisine finds a delicious equilibrium between contemporary culinary approaches and traditional Latin and Mexican recipes. Come to Padre’s between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday for the best of lunch, and try the lazy enchiladas with queso fresco, diced onions, and green tomatilla sauce alongside rice and beans ($9.95) or the Cuban-style pulled-pork sandwich ($8.50). Hungry diners can put together the least likely political ticket in history by chasing the Obama burrito with chile-braised pork ($11.95) with the Alaskan salmon–laced Sarah Palin salad with a fresh lime-mint vinaigrette ($14.95). Should you find yourself at Padre’s in the hours between lunch and sleep time, consider ordering an item or two from the dinner menu, such as the bowtie pasta with cilantro pesto cream and grilled chicken ($11.95), the signature pollo relleno, a chicken breast stuffed with goat cheese, poblano chilis, carmelized onions, and corn, and then finished with poblano cream sauce and guajillo mashed potatoes ($16.95), or the duck-breast tacos ($14.95).

Executive chef Sunil Kumar's healthy twists on Indian dishes earned Bombay Spice Grill & Wine the Best Food award at the 2009 Scottsdale Culinary Festival. Across the restaurant's Phoenix and Chicago locations, olive oil, instead of traditional ghee or butter, creates a heart-healthy base for vegan versions of curry, korma, vindaloo, and other classic Indian sauces. Kitchen maestros top build-your-own entrees with these sauces, mingling rice or quinoa with vegetables, vegan or genuine chicken, or lamb and seafood. To compliment these dishes, bartenders mix up specialty cocktails such as mango martinis and serve wine from around the world by the bottle, glass, or bathtub.