Growling stomachs can hamper stealth operations, spoil belly dances, and, in extreme cases, induce dogs to attack. Quiet whimpering tummy tones with today's Groupon: for $30, you get $60 worth of fine dining at Lucien, located in St. Lawrence.

Chef Scot Woods culls his creative menu from local ingredients to concoct traditional and experimental upscale cuisine. Greet a romantic evening by whispering ex-sweethearts' social insurance numbers over an appetizer of mushroom-and-sunchoke flan with baby spinach, winter truffles, roasted garlic, and hazelnuts ($14), or tongue-spear the bincho-grilled octopus alongside fingerling potato, house-made chorizo, pimento, arugula, and olive ($16). Lucien's main entrees feature succulent beef, fowl, and fish embellished by regional fruits and grains, as evidenced by the BC salmon, served with swiss chard, farro, pine-nut brown butter, raisins, capers, and lemon ($29), or naturally raised beef tenderloin with risotto, cauliflower, baby cabbage, roasted garlic, and cocoa ($33). Stay for dessert, when Ontario apple cobbler teams up with goat-cheese ice cream for an acoustic rooftop reunion concert ($11).