Like attaching a fake mustache to a Halloween mask or cleverly changing your name from Obi-Wan Kenobi to Ben Kenobi, adding a new ingredient to something familiar can render it delightfully unrecognizable. Enjoy inventive eats with today's Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of upscale eclectic fare and drinks at Pinnacle Restaurant in Niagara Falls.

Perched 525 feet above the Niagara Gorge, Pinnacle Restaurant lavishes diners with gourmet cuisine and majestic views of the cascading natural wonder from the penthouse level of The Tower Hotel. Culinary virtuoso Phillip Thompson helms the gourmet lab, crafting artful entrees such as the filet mignon, a hand-cut, finishing-school-educated beef steak crowned with melted brie and pecans ($36), or the thyme-roasted chicken breast, dressed in a cider-cranberry jus ($27). In addition to carving juicy slabs of meat, Pinnacle gratifies fine diners with contemporary renditions of underwater classics, such as peach-compote-kissed black cod ($28) and the seafood bouillabaisse, a luscious protein pyramid of scallops, shrimp, and calamari relishing a luxurious slumber on a soft linguine hammock ($29). While edifying their pupils with panoramic vistas of Niagara Falls from the newly renovated epicurean quarters, guests can toast to their ravishing surroundings and spotless monogrammed bibs with a handcrafted cocktail.