Though meals tend to bring friends together, meals peppered with magnets can push them apart. Enjoy an attractive repast with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of authentic New Mexican cuisine at Cecilia's Cafe.

The talented foodsmiths at Cecilia’s Café—whose palate-popular dishes earned the restaurant a feature on the Food Network’s Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives—combine heirloom recipes from the owner’s grandmother with kitchen wizardry to forge a menu of homemade New Mexican favorites. Diners can fire gustatory start pistols with appetizers of chili-cheese fries ($3.99) topped with a choice of red or green chili sauce made fresh twice a day. Patrons can awaken taste buds more effectively than by licking car batteries with the bold flavors of the carne adovada—succulent cuts of pork sizzling in a red-chili marinade and accompanied by rice and beans ($8.25). A pair of green chilies rellenos ($7.95) beckons for bites of gooey cheese, and perfectly seasoned ground beef and homemade salsa fill a duo of taco shells ($5.75).

Nestled in a small, slender building in the heart of downtown Albuquerque, the funky eatery's interior provides a laid-back atmosphere, with exposed-brick walls, assorted vintage trinkets, and a bountiful collection of Coca-Cola signs from days long gone. Diners can lasso their most iron-tongued acupuncturists and bring them to Cecilia's for authentic local cuisine.