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: for $12, you get $25 worth of food and drink at Café Europa in Crestwood. This Groupon is valid for dinner only and is not valid on bakery items.

Café Europa serves up elegant American cuisine in a friendly, easygoing atmosphere. In 2007, celebrated local chef Nathan Feldmiller expanded this once lunch-focused eatery into a lunch, dinner, and brunch mecca, which has garnered notice for its homey ambiance. The menu offers a meal to comfort any appetite—excepting those for destruction—and showcases a variety of options, from the crestwood burger to the spinach and feta quiche (both $10) and smoked salmon salad ($12). Dinner specialties include steak tartare ($10) and scallops and risotto ($18). Dinner descends dramatically onto tables from feeding firepoles between 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Reviews

The Pitch reviewed Café Europa numerous times. OpenTable reviewers awarded the restaurant Diners’ Choice awards for American food, Fit for Foodies, and Neighborhood Gem. More than 10 Yelpers give the restaurant an average of four stars and 86% of Urbanspooners recommend it:

• Contemporary food with a homestyle twist. Nothing so fancy you can't pronounce it yet sophisticated enough you'll feel special. I can't believe there is anything bad there. – foodsnob, Urbanspoon