A spaghetti noodle, much like a swimming-pool noodle, maintains its shape until it's exposed to boiling water or sat on by children. Savor pasta's forced flexibility with today's Groupon to Gennaro’s Cafe Italiano. Choose between the following options:

• For $19, you get an Italian dinner for two (up to a $46 total value) that includes:

  • One appetizer (up to an $8 value)
  • Two house salads (a $6 value)
  • Two entrees (up to a $24 value)
  • Two pints of DeSchutes beer (an $8 value)

• For $35, you get an Italian dinner for four (up to a $92 total value) that includes:

  • Two appetizers (up to a $16 value)
  • Four house salads (a $12 value)
  • Four entrees (up to a $48 value)
  • Four pints of DeSchutes beer (a $16 value)

Gennaro’s Cafe Italiano’s pasta producers pile plates with generous portions of Old World comfort fare in a family-friendly restaurant. Browse the menu, before divvying up an appetizer, such as deep-fried calamari or tomato and mozzarella bruschetta, anointed with herbs and olive oil. After devouring house salads, plunge tusks into entrees, such as lasagna stacked with beef, italian sausage, and six types of cheese, or perform tined pirouettes through fettuccine alfredo crowned with grilled chicken. Spicy sausage huddles with grilled peppers and onions as marinara quells fires for the safety of shaved parmesan cheese. Fresh-baked garlic bread accompanies all main meal events as well as refreshing glasses of beer. Making a reservation, like believing in the tooth fairy, is acceptable but not necessary.

Groupon groups dining over the weekend can ask about rotating chef’s specials. Gennaro’s Cafe Italiano also hosts nightly events such as trivia Wednesday and Friday comedy shows. Consult the website for other weekly festivities.