A good café isn't just the perfect place to practice close-up magic on unsuspecting patrons; it's also a great spot to meet friends and share Burton Gilliam gossip. Socialize while you appetize with today's Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of café and bakery fare at Seventeenth Street Cafe & Bakery in Santa Monica. Seventeenth Street Cafe & Bakery welcomes diners to a quaint and charming atmosphere to explore a varied menu of Californian and international cuisine. Bitty bites—including bruschetta ($8.95) and chilled gazpacho ($7)—prepare palates for taking big bites out of entrees such as the roasted lamb loin ($25.95) or out of mountains to make a new Grand Canyon. Pizza varieties such as seafood, tomato basil, and many others ($11.95+) share space alongside sandwiches, pastas, and a selection of salads. The diverse population of dinner entrees stirs a melting pot of global influences: the balsamic grilled Atlantic salmon arrives on a bed of mashed potatoes with sautéed corn, spinach, shiitake mushrooms, and tomatoes ($23.50), and the orange-curry chicken enacts a treaty between citrus and spicy tastes on a marinated chicken breast accompanied by mango chutney ($16.95) and handsome bodyguards in chef hats. Seventeenth Street Cafe & Bakery also accommodates saccharine tongues with luscious baked goods such as the infamous Skinny Cupcake—a fat-free cupcake that flaunts red velvet, chocolate, vanilla, lemon and carrot cake flavors ($4). Dig into chocolate and cinnamon rugalah ($2 for three), jumbo cookies ($2.25), and bread puddings ($6.25), or enlist whole pies ($18–$30) and cakes ($35–$45) to share with others or build towering frosting forts.