Like children’s hugs and playing folk songs on a burning guitar, good fare has been scientifically proven to warm the soul by 0.5 degrees Celsius. Keep your spirit toasty with today’s Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of hearty Italian cuisine during dinner at Alberto’s Restaurant in Carol Stream.

The adroit chefs at Alberto’s Restaurant craft flavorful Italian classics and American favorites. Served daily from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., dinner parades around a cavalcade of hearty entrees, from the roasted herb chicken ($14.95) to the cheesy chicken parmiggiana ($15.95). Pasta tangles around garlic and other aliments in dishes such as the pasta aglio e olio peperoncini ($12.95) and the meaty Italian sausage and peppers ($14.95). Delight in beef Tuscany, beef's Italian alter-ego, pan seared and served alongside seasonal vegetables with a choice of potato ($21.95). All dinners come matched with the guest's choice of soup or salad determined by a coin toss showing either heads or heads of lettuce.

Diners repose amid the elegant, calming confines adorned with cheery cream-colored walls and tables equipped with extensions to seat intimate dates for two, a family of four, or a football program's special teams roster.