The sudden onset of hunger pains is the leading cause of unfinished novels, canceled duels, and tied soccer matches. Today's Groupon employs delicious Italian cuisine to cut down on unfinished business: for $12, you get $24 worth of Southern Italian fare at Antonio's Italian Ristorante, in Elkhart.

Antonio's Italian Ristorante stuffs hungry stomachs with pastas, pizzas, strombolis, a variety of wines, and other authentic Italian dishes. Guests can commence a journey through the expansive menu with an appetizer of pepperoni-and-mozzarella-stuffed bread sticks ($4.50). After properly preparing the palate, culinary matchmakers can try an entree of chicken stromboli, a mélange of grilled-chicken-breast strips, tomatoes, mushrooms, and mozzarella cheese snugly enveloped by fresh pizza dough ($6.95). A disk jam-packed with mozzarella, parmesan, feta, prosciutto, fresh basil, olive oil, and thinly sliced tomatoes takes shape as the prosciutto and pomodoro pizza ($14.99), like a popular rock band forming from a throng of bored investment bankers.

With a proud devotion to creating an authentic regional-dining experience, the owners of Antonio's pay homage to their origins in Calabria, Italy, in a series of murals adorning the walls. When the weather permits, thirsty diners can settle onto the patio, which channels open-air European eating environs and encourages lively rounds of spaghetti-noodle limbo between courses.

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