The Italian peninsula has bestowed us with many noteworthy inventions, such as the caesar salad, the jacuzzi, and the lesser-known caesar salad–emitting jacuzzi. Luxuriate in this country’s inventive spirit with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of Italian cuisine and drinks at Bella Sera Italian Grill, located in Sunset Hills.

Bella Sera owners, John Helbig and his wife Shari, transformed the restaurant where they first met into Bella Sera, a relaxing Italian eatery, dishing up salivary-gland-deluging dishes. The kitchen whips up daily specials, but holds a special place in the menu for house-favorites such as the toasted ravioli standing guard around a family-recipe red sauce ($7.50). The Cajun fettuccine, featuring chicken awash in a spicy-but-not-too-spicy cream sauce ($12.95), and the garlic-butter-topped New York–strip steak ($21.95) show off Bella Sera's national range, and the classic quattro formaggio pizza ($12.95 for a 12") keeps things decidedly boot-shaped. Wash down satiating meals with one of Bella Sera’s many beverage choices, before serenading hardworking stomachs with tiramisu ($5.50) or a tuxedo chocolate-mousse cake ($5.50) on loan from a shivering waiter.