Growling stomachs can hamper stealth operations, spoil belly dances, and, in extreme cases, induce dogs to attack. Quiet whimpering tummy tones with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of contemporary American fare and drinks at Addiction Restaurant, located inside the Rumor Boutique Hotel.

Addiction Restaurant's executive chef, Vic Vegas, a recent nominee to Esquire's 45 Under 45 list, serves breakfast-, lunch-, and dinner-goers traditional American fare with a dash of modern flair. Fill tough mornings, empty mouths, or unzipped fanny packs with the breakfast sliders—served with a fried egg and potato pancake on a mini toasted roll slathered in country gravy ($7), or lunch on the luxurious Waldorf salad, filled with chicken, grapes, gorgonzola cheese, candied walnuts, and green apple ($10). Guests can build their own meat-munching adventure with Siegel's Burger Bar ($9), which gives patrons a choice of cheeses, toppings, and sauces with which to festively decorate or reanimate a beef patty or grilled chicken breast. Diners can dig into the karmal pork, a center cut chop bathing in whiskey-butter glaze, roasted shallots, and garlic-potato purée ($19), or abstain from animal-sourced eats by choosing the chef's grilled veggie plate ($11).

Addiction lives up to its name by creating cuisine that's guaranteed to make your tummy want more of it. The restaurant offers free valet services to keep car-worry far from diners' minds as they ponder meals in the sleek interior, which features transparent chairs and crisp, white walls, floors, and tables offset by black curtains and light fixtures.

Reviews

Four Yelpers give Addiction Restaurant an average of 3.5 stars, three TripAdvisors give it an average of 4.5 owl eyes, and four OpenTable reviewers give it an overall average of 3.3 stars:

• Had a great time at Addiction. Read about it on the internet and had to try. Tapatizer's were great – oskar101, TripAdvisor
• It was casual, but I liked the ambiance. It's fairly open to the hotel lobby and bar, and it's decorated in a very fun modern way. They had a DJ playing in the lounge, which I liked. – Heidi M., Yelp, 1/29/11