The Mediterranean Sea shaped some of the world's most ancient civilizations, who gathered by its shores to dive for the delicious falafel, pita, and gyros growing beneath its crystal waves. Transport to this legendary culinary coast with today's Groupon to Spiro's South in South City. Choose between the following dining options:

• $15 for $30 worth of dinner fare and drinks
• $10 for $20 worth of lunch fare and drinks (available 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Monday–Friday)

Family owned and operated for 34 years, Spiro's South serves up a flavorful fusion of Mediterranean and American cuisines in a casually elegant environment. As patrons settle in at their crisply dressed tables in the eatery's airy dining room, fresh-baked bread with butter serves as a prelude to the dinner menu. A culinary circus accompanies each order of the saganaki, or flaming cheese ($6.95), wherein a daring server joins diners tableside to douse a pyre of blazing goat cheese with brandy, adding fiery pizzazz while eliminating airborne moustaches. Fortifications of fresh veggies and potatoes sidekick entree platters, which range from broiled cuisine such as beef kebobs ($19), to oceanic tastes such as salmon dijon ($18.50) and pan-seared sea scallops ($19.25). View the lunch menu, featuring sandwiches, pasta and more, here.

Reviews

Nine Yelpers give Spiro's a four star average. TripAdvisors give it 4.5 owl eyes:

• Fantastic and delicious and friendly and affordable. We love this place for every reason to love a restaurant. – michael h., Yelp, 12/11/10
• From the moment we walked in without first making any reservations, we knew it would be another memorable dining experience. – MIGATER, TripAdvisor