Though barbecue sauce can be used to power tractors or grease slip 'n' slides, it’s best for making beans sing and chickens dance. Start a party on the tongue's floor with today’s Groupon to LT's Grill in Niskayuna. Choose between the following options:

• For $25, you get $50 worth of grilled goodness for dinner.
• For $12, you get $25 worth of grilled goodness for lunch.

Founded and run by childhood BFFs LJ Goldstock and Tom Coppola, LT's Grill sates Albany-area appetites by dishing out a hearty menu of family favorites. Sink incisors into a savory dinner entree such as a full rack of dry-rubbed or Kansas City–style wet, slow-cooked ribs ($19.95), or the grilled 12-ounce pork sirloin slathered in homemade Jack Daniels barbecue sauce ($16.95)., A fresh 12-ounce potato-encrusted haddock fillet topped with sour cream and dill, then finished with a crisp potato crust ($15.95), cures spud shortages like a self-cloning Mr. Potato Head.

Lunching stomachs can be comforted by New York deli-style sandwiches such as the rueben with corned beef and swiss cheese on rye with russian dressing ($9.95), and the Godfather with ham, salami, swiss cheese, and red onion, drizzled with homemade balsamic dressing, and fully capable of making people "disappear" ($10.95).

LT's Grill boasts a full bar, spacious seating, and rustic dining furniture, creating a comforting environment for consumption. An outdoor patio sweetens the more sizzling seasons, and live entertainment every Thursday night allows diners to accompany musicians on xylophones made out of beef ribs.

Reviews

Three Yelpers give LT's Grill a 3.5-star average rating, and seven TripAdvisors give it an average rating of four owl eyes:

• Service was prompt and pleasant. – soup65, TripAdvisor
• I'm a big fan of dry rub, and LT's dry rubbed wings are, in my opinion, the best you can get in the Capital Region. – Chris C., Yelp, 9/12/08