Hunger, unlike ambulance sirens, meningitis, and restraining orders, is not something you can safely ignore. Answer the mighty call of a bellowing belly with today's Groupon to Beagle Bagel Cafe in Madison. Choose between the following options:

• For $7, you get $15 worth of café fare and drinks.
• For $16, you get a made-from-scratch cake (a $32 value).

Beagle Bagel Cafe turns farm-fresh ingredients into a bevy of confectionary treats and scrumptious café fare. Refreshingly cool smears of cream cheese in flavors such as garlic and herb, lotta lox, and cinnamon swirl alight upon more than 20 types of bagels, including blueberry blitz and sun-dried tomato. Early risers can catapult themselves mouth-first into a new day with gourmet coffee ($1.25–$1.65) partnered with breakfast-menu scarfables such as bagel sandwiches ($1.99–$3.95) and wraps stuffed with eggs, cheese, and a choice of meat ($6.80). Hot paninis ($7.50) and deli-meat bagel sandwiches ($5.65+) from the lunch and dinner menu pacify postbreakfast hunger pangs. A rotating assortment of cupcakes silences the griping of whiny sweet teeth, providing nearby molars with the silence they need to study for the GRE.

Full-sized made-from-scratch cake creations tempt taste buds with traditional options such as chocolate fudge and red velvet, as well as one-of-a-kind sweetsperiences such as pumpkin praline, helping customers receive a hero’s welcome at virtually any birthday party, housewarming, or mismanaged cake-juggling exhibition. Although not part of today’s Groupon, signing up for Beagle Bagel Cafe text messages earns every customer a free cookie.