Like a cantaloupe or a glance from the milkman, fillets of steak are best when tender. Try a little tenderness with today’s Groupon: for $25, you get $50 worth of steakhouse fare at Rumors Steakhouse in Lee’s Summit.

Rumors Steakhouse’s hosts guide patrons past rustic brick walls and dimmed lights to a table set for a dinner of hand-cut Angus beef, seafood selections, and myriad wines. The restaurant's menu tells stories of a 6-ounce center-cut fillet called steak diane ($28.95), making snow angels in aromatic herbs while bundled in a coat of brandy, dijon, cream, and demi-glace. After a slow roast, the 8-ounce salt-encrusted prime rib ($19.95) rendezvouses with au jus under a creamy horseradish sauce. A plank-smoked salmon fillet ($24.95) and the pan-seared pork chop ($22.95) drizzled in a Vermont maple sauce compete for the privilege of a molar massage. Entrees arrive at tables with sides such as loaded baked potatoes and three-cheese macaroni.

Diners can sip a glass of the house Canyon Road Series ($8) or Bollini pinot grigio ($8) fetched from a climate-controlled wine cellar as they sit at the bar or one of two outdoor patios, arguing with the wind about the best wine pairings.