Astronaut cooks have made numerous attempts to wrangle hamburgers into space-ready meals, from dehydrated-pickle discs to vacuum-sealed burger bottles. Enjoy what our starry-eyed brethren never can with today’s Groupon: for $7, you get $15 worth of burgers, sandwiches, shakes, and more at Jake's Wayback Burgers in Rocky Hill or East Windsor(http://waybackburgers.com/restaurantlocations/detail/East-Windsor-CT/60/).

Serving 100% fresh ground beef and hand-spun milkshakes, Jake's Wayback Burgers keeps the spirit of classic American diner fare on a culinary iron lung. The menu reads like Moby Dick had Moby Dick been written about all-beef patties, marinated chicken sandwiches, veggie burgers, and caesar salad. Golden fries, onion rings and house-made chips wing-man main attractions while hand-dipped ice cream or milkshakes, such as chocolate banana, coffee, and mint, are tasty post-meal temptations. Jake's Wayback Burgers stirs the menu pot with the Burger of the Month and Shake of the Month. Past monthly specials include the Turkey Dinner, a turkey burger topped with secret recipe stuffing, tangy cranberry sauce and a healthy dose of Norman Rockwell nostalgia, and the Thanksgiving-inspired pumpkin-pie shake.

Reviews

Five Yelpers give Jake's Wayback Burgers Rocky Hill location an average of three stars. Eighty-five percent of Urbanspooners recommend the East Windsor location.

• I love the patio, they offer numerous flavors of milkshakes, & huge onion rings. This is a great place for families. – Michele T., Yelp
• Great food. Great service. – Steve Pouliot, Urbanspoon