Coffee has been a morning staple worldwide for centuries, dramatically increasing workplace productivity and providing a lifelong career opportunity for previously unidentified living-room furniture. Honor industrious coffee tables with today’s Groupon: for $7, you get $15 worth of coffee, pastries, sandwiches, and salads at Amour de Cafe in Kenner.

Located in the heart of River Town, Amour de Cafe momentarily whisks guests to the French countryside, amusing tastes buds with delectable baked goods washed down with hot and iced caffeinated concoctions. Before seizing the day, early risers can grasp the classic breakfast combination of egg and cheese with bacon or sausage sandwiched between a biscuit or English muffin ($2.75), or have the same on a bagel or croissant ($3.25). A hot cappuccino ($2.90/12 oz., $3.55/20 oz.) or iced café mocha ($3.75/16 oz., $4.60/24 oz.) pair well with morning foodstuffs, intriguing the senses with the perfect mixture of coffee, chocolate, and uncontrollable sighs of contentment. Cinnamon rolls ($1.99) and biscotti ($1.25) silence plaintive sweet teeth after a tuna- or chicken-salad wrap ($3.50/one, $6/two) or Caesar salad ($3.99/small, $5.99/large).