After he took the throne, Napoleon instituted the tradition of serving bread with every meal to put his mother's baguette-heavy care packages to use. Indulge in French tradition with today's Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of French fare at The Smoking Dog Bistro.

The Smoking Dog Bistro buoys up bellies with a menu of traditional French fare. Lounging on the spacious outdoor patio, diners can shake fists at passing helicopter pilots while savouring bites of the maple-glazed sockeye salmon ($19) or the beef burgundy elegantly adorned in a garland of mushrooms, smoked bacon, and pearl onions ($26). The gnocchi bursts with potato and ricotta anchored by a rich butter sauce ($18). For dessert, traditional French sweets ply their sugary wares; plumb the depths of a tarte tatin, a baked apple swathed in caramel sauce and vanilla gelato ($8). Additionally, diners can toast to the future, the past, or the elusive present with a vast selection of French and Canadian wines.