Like most modern conflicts, the rivalry between soft and hard tacos will not end until one side gets eaten by a bear. Broker a culinary truce with today's Groupon: for $40, you get a Mexican dinner for two at Montezuma’s Mexican Restaurant (up to a $94.85 total value). The dinner includes the following:

• Two combo specialties (up to a $39.95 value each)
A shared appetizer (up to a $14.95 value)

The flavor-forging chefs at Montezuma’s Mexican Restaurant sculpt heaping platters of authentic Mexican fare. To start, diners can delve into an appetizer such as the Mexican shrimp cocktail, which douses its crustaceans in marinara sauce, cilantro, and enough jalapeños to melt through a coin collection. Then, pairs of forks can mine two combo specialties for protein-laden sustenance. Chefs stuff the broiled lobster rellena with either crabmeat or shrimp before enrobing the crustacean in a melted-cheese mantle and green-plantain medallions. Alternatively, the surf & turf combo pits broiled lobster tail and shell steak against each other in a tenderizing fisticuffs match while an audience of green plantains cheers them on.

Although today's Groupon is not valid toward alcohol, patrons can wash down their meal’s arsenal of Tex-Mex spices with Montezuma’s specialty frozen margaritas. In addition, live-music performances occasionally grace the dining room as tapping toes translate the lyrics into Morse code.