The Mediterranean Sea shaped some of the world's most ancient civilizations, which gathered by its shores to dive for the delicious hummus, pita, and tzatziki growing beneath its crystal waves. Transport to this legendary culinary coast with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of Greek cuisine from The Greek Islands Restaurant.

The Greek Islands Restaurant captures the essence of its namesake with traditional Greek dishes. A bevy of appetizers populates the menu, with fare such as saganaki, a delectable chunk of graviera cheese pan-seared to golden-brown perfection and served on fire ($6.95) and florinis, fire-roasted red peppers stuffed with a feta cheese blend ($8.95). After pre-dinner, nosh on a gyro, the traditional lamb- or chicken-stuffed pita topped with a garden's worth of onions, tomatoes, and tzaziki sauce ($12.95) or the kreatopita, a meat pie with ground beef, Greek spices, and feta cheese blanketed inside phyllo dough ($14.95). Myriad flavors from the isles meld into a wondrous mixture with Around the Islands, a dish full of foods such as moussaka, pasticcio, and gyros ($16.95). Each entree comes with a greek salad, bread, rice pilaf, and olympian beans, which sprang forth from the union of a beanstalk and a Greek god.