Unlike cinematic love scenes, food can be enjoyed in the company of parents without embarrassment. Dodge future moments of uneasiness with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of American fare and beverages at PepperCorns Restaurant and Lounge, located at the Ramada Syracuse on Buckley Road.

Plucking the freshest produce from Central New York vendors, PepperCorns piles plates with steaming cuts of steak, seafood, salads, and tasty starters prepared in an all-American glaze of culinary glory. Commence your feast with domestic dichotomies of creamy baked-French-onion soup ($5.25) and spinach-flanked Maryland crab cakes ($8.95). Like back rubs, PepperCorns's signature meat rubs reward beef for a hard day's work with gentle love blends of seasoning, making even the most modest filet mignon blush with feverish flavor as it's smothered in garlic sautéed crab and béarnaise sauce ($20.95). Seafood dishes such as the signature Ramada haddock tantalize taste buds from pools of white wine, lemon juice, and butter-crumb bliss ($14.95). Early risers may also try PepperCorns's Sunday brunch buffet and daily breakfast menu before bolting to a morning meeting or a conference for Matchbox car enthusiasts.