A restaurant meal is incomplete without its after-dinner mint, which cleanses the palate before patrons gnaw a subterranean tunnel home. Chew the scenery with today’s Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of Italian cuisine and fine wine at Brunello Ristorante Italiano in Snoqualmie.

At Brunello Ristorante Italiano, friendly sommeliers fetch an array of fine wines to pair with a menu of seasonal Italian cuisine made with market fresh ingredients. Those looking to jumpstart sputtering palates can eschew tableside jumper cables for one of seven starters, including the sote di vongole’s panoply of steamed clams peppered in zesty chili flakes ($12). Sauce-smothered noodle knots taunt tongues in the spaghetti con salsa di pomodoro ($11), as chefs embellish the penne al pesto con funghi with wild mushrooms and house-made pesto ($14). The cioppiono’s burbling fountain of white-wine, lemon, and tomato sauce buoys a medley of succulent seafood ($22). Vivid red-and-cream-colored walls surround diners as they recline in comfy leather chairs, sniffing and swirling robust Italian and American vintages from the eatery's wine list ($6–$12/glass), which is longer than the tooth of a Trojan horse.