Though coveting thy neighbor's wife or underground sprinkler system is beyond the pale, longing for a mouthful of their cuisine is an understandable desire. Today's Groupon satisfies desires to eat from the table of our nation's neighbor: for $15, you get $35 worth of Mexican fare and drinks Monday through Wednesday at Dulce Vida Cocina & Cantina on Blanco Road. This Groupon is worth $30 on any other day. Buy up to three of today's deal and triple your comestible catch.

Dulce Vida serves a flavorful menu of authentic Mexican cuisine drawn from a variety of regions and crafted with the finest ingredients. In a soothing environment of palm fronds, decorative pillars, and an airy outdoor patio, guests can instigate a food fiesta with an appetizer of guacamole fresco ($7.99), mixed right at the table with your choice of cilantro, jalapeños, tomatoes, onions, and avocados. After a bowl of tortilla soup ($7.45) with white cheese and chicken or a mango-chicken salad ($10.95), patrons can chew on the pollo al cilantro’s ($15.45) grilled chicken breast coated with creamy cilantro sauce and then wash it down with a rich flan ($6.25) for dessert. On the weekends, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., guests can snag pancakes and eggs ($7.25) with a freshly squeezed goblet of orange juice ($2.75) from the breakfast menu.

Reviews

Dulce Vida Cocina & Cantina was reviewed by the San Antonio Express-News. Seven Google Mappers give it five stars, four Yelpers give it 4.5 stars, and 81% of Urbanspooners recommend the restaurant:

• What we needed, and needed a lot of, was the very good salsa and chips. We liked both the deep, rich flavor of the roasted salsa and the spiky zest of the fresh tomato salsa. – Karen Haram, San Antonio Express-News
• Probably the best Mexican cuisine restaurant in town. – M. Marius, Google Maps