Taste buds can easily turn into viciously passive-aggressive taste frenemies without proper attention. Keep your tongue from gossiping behind your back with today's Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of casual cuisine and cocktails at JoPa Northwest Grill.

JoPa uses local, seasonal, and sustainable ingredients to create robust dinner dishes of pizza, pasta, soup, salad, and sandwiches. Don the family gourd necklace and embrace the flavors of fall with the butternut squash ravioli ($13.95) or the soul-warming Rueben sandwich ($10.95), which comes stacked with a half-pound of porter-braised corned beef, house-made sauerkraut, thousand island dressing, and the famously neutral swiss cheese. Circular sustenance includes the sausage pizza ($8.25) and the vegetarian-friendly margherita ($7.25), with calzones ($10.25–$11.25) available for sleeping-bag enthusiasts. The eclectic menu also serves up fish and chips made with crispy battered halibut ($14.95), and adobo chicken tostadas with black beans, cabbage salad, guacamole, salsa, lime vinaigrette, and crema ($11.95).

The cozy décor at JoPa Northwest Grill adds a festive spirit to the restaurant experience with dark wood walls, paisley printed booths, and rustic artwork. Step outside for spacious patio seating, or fly Solo and mingle at the bar, stocked with a huge variety of wine and specialty cocktails, as you wait for someone to hire out your Kessel Run–conquering space freighter.

Reviews

Citysearchers give JoPa a 4.5-star average. Yelpers give it an average of 3.5 stars, and 84% of Urbanspooners like it.

• Jopa is amazing. My husband and I have been there several times and never had a negative experience with anything! Their steak is one of the best we've ever had. – jennalecomte, Citysearch
• Great food, good prices, great service, good sized portions all add up to a great experience I would go back for again and again… – Josh97209, Citysearch