Cajun cuisine's distinct spices stem from its attitude-laden ingredients, such as brazen pork cheek, incredulous crawfish, and sassy-fras. Give your taste buds some lip with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of Cajun lunch fare at Bourbon Street in Bayside.

Bourbon Street’s expert chef Joseph Cannella whips up an artful lunch menu blending New Orleans Cajun spices with New York’s metropolitan sensibilities. Surrounded by wall-size murals, colorful napkins, and a full-size marching band, afternoon appetites ebb with a spicy serving of blackened shrimp paired with house-made salsa ($11.95). Sink chompers into a holdable hamburger ($7.95) or a blackened burger ($8.95) donning an amalgam of secret spices and layers of Mardi Gras beads. The open-faced sliced-steak sandwich bares its soul to empathetic taste buds, revealing 10 sliced ounces of grilled shell steak topped with sautéed onions and cheese ($12.95). A bevy of homemade desserts, such as the torched Bourbon’s bananas foster ($6.95), reward mouths for not drooling premeal.