Simple laziness has spurred many culinary inventions, including the sandwich, the blender, and the pizza, which was invented as a way to wheel heavy ingredients from place to place. Transport your palate with today’s Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of Italian fare and drinks at Bellissimo Ristorante Italiano in Amityville.

Bellissimo Ristorante Italiano’s chefs curate a traditional Tuscan and Sicilian menu and craft specialty takes on classic recipes. House-made sausage and broccoli rabe burst from hat-shaped pasta in orecchiette alla barse ($15.95), disappointing a failed magician’s audience. Veal scaloppine wades boldly into a port-wine reduction, carrying shallots and portobello mushrooms ($20.95), and grilled-vegetable pizza bears peppers, artichokes, and eggplant ($10.95). A half chicken breast simmers in sage butter sauce ($16.95) to ease the stress of the recent breakup with its other half. Accompany bites with piquant pours of Italian and American wines by the glass ($7+).

Diners sit surrounded by walls painted to resemble an Italian villa, and wrought-iron chandeliers and wall sconces illuminate tables. Tromp l’oeil arched pillars frame murals of pastoral Tuscan landscapes including images of mountains, vineyards, and tourists asking for directions.