Eating is necessary for human survival, along with breathing, sleeping, and remaining still while a curious velociraptor rummages through your closet. Practice survival tactics with today’s Groupon to T.J. Stone's in Alexandria. Choose between the following options:

• For $21, you get dinner for two (up to a $43 total value), which includes:

  • Two entrees (up to an $18 value each)
  • One dessert (up to a $7 value)

• For $39, you get dinner for four (up to a $79 total value), which includes:

  • Four entrees (up to an $18 value each)
  • One dessert (up to a $7 value)

Surrounded by dark wooden accents and a single grand chandelier, T.J. Stone’s serves a menu of modern American cuisine peppered with saucy barbecue, fresh seafood, and innovative recipes. Chefs forge tender pasta and savory sausage from scratch for the sausage-and-mushroom pasta, baked in a rich sauce of shallots, garlic, and dry vermouth. Half-racks of pork ribs adorn faces with smoky and stylish sauce beards, served with a selection of two sides, such as coleslaw or baked beans. The pepper-crusted tuna rolls blissfully in cracked black peppercorns before pan-searing in its savory flavors and donning creole-mustard barbecue sauce, baby arugula, and leafy cilantro.

Culinary adventures culminate with a choice of rich desserts, such as the seasonal berry crisp, served sizzling as a creamy scoop of vanilla ice cream seeps across its edges. Though not included with today's Groupon, the restaurant's beer and wine lists balance gourmet meals with exquisite flavors.