To tuxedoed people, velvet ropes are ordinary white picket fences and champagne fountains are lawn sprinklers. Kick down the fence and drink from the sprinkler with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of contemporary fare at Lounge ON20. The kitchen at Lounge ON20 crafts tempting small plates, which compliment the cool cocktails and lively conversations carried throughout the indoor lounge and breezy outdoor patio. During dinner, the chefs mix up light salads with refined ingredients such as juicy heirloom tomatoes, oranges, and grapefruit in a pesto vinaigrette ($12), while fully formed appetites find solace in larger entrees such as the wild salmon with seasonal vegetables and tomato-cappuccino sauce ($17). For an ambrosial epilogue, tablemates can always fork into Lounge ON20’s delicate desserts, including chilled strawberry pinot noir soup and hazelnut chocolate with Italian gianduja mousse ($2.50 each).

Reviews

Sacramento Magazine reviewed Lounge ON20 and more than 130 Yelpers give the restaurant an average of three stars. OpenTable reviewers give it a four-star average and 80% of Urbanspooners recommend it:

• Even items as basic as french fries are executed with pride and precision: The crusty pile we ordered arrived so hot we could barely touch them, and a side of grilled asparagus was beautifully cooked. – Kira O'Donnell, Sacramento Magazine
• This is really a very pretty place, stylish but not pretentious. I love that most of the seating is lounge chairs and sofa's [sic], it makes it very relaxing and social, much more so than sitting at a dining table. – Mick, Urbanspoon