Unlike cinematic love scenes, food can be enjoyed in the company of parents without embarrassment. Dodge future moments of uneasiness with today's Groupon: for $24, you get $50 worth of upscale comfort fare and drinks at Bash Wine Cafe and Catering in Sunrise.

Armed to the eyeteeth with an array of cozy comestibles, Bash Wine Cafe's creative culinarians whip up gourmet fare in an easy-going neighborhood atmosphere. Appetizers such as the black truffle beggar's purse fire-up food engines with toothsome mouthfuls of truffle- and cheese-stuffed pastry ($10), while the hummus offers a trough of tahini-packed taste, perfect for mortaring together a leaning tower of pita ($8). Bash Wine Cafe's dinner menu is packed with hearty helpings such as the tuscan pork loin crusted with japanese breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, and regionally dependent pesto ($14), or the doubly sauced bourbon-and-mustard-slathered pecan chicken ($14.50)—both of which come love matched with a choice of side such as mashed potatoes, seasoned rice, or mac 'n' cheese (add $1). Guests can also quell a red-meat craving with the beef short ribs, which soak in sweetness with an hours-long Coca-Cola braise before bowing to the savory secrecy of the house-made barbecue sauce—derived from grill geneticists' patient cross-breeding of various barbeque flower strains ($20).

Surround yourself in classic comfort cuisine, which is surrounded by a familial staff, which is surrounded by a cozy atmosphere, which is surrounded by walls. While palate-pleasurers revel in culinary comforts, vino-seekers can saddle up to Bash Wine Cafe's bar, cataloguing the visible vintages that line the shelves or trying to earn a free wish by guessing the bartender’s middle name.

Reviews

The Broward-Palm Beach New Times named Bash Wine Cafe and Catering Best Comfort Food in 2010 and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel featured the establishment. Yelpers give Bash Wine Cafe and Catering an average of four stars and 92% of Urbanspooners recommend it.

• A menu sparkling with originality and flair. – South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• Bash is a gem . . . if you don't try it, shame on you. Very good food presented very nicely. – Tom Roland, Urbanspoon