Unlike watching cinematic love scenes, food can be enjoyed in the company of parents without embarrassment. Dodge future moments of uneasiness with today's Groupon: for $7, you get $15 worth of classic comfort fare and nonalcoholic drinks at Uncle Jay's Twisted Fork in Cherry Valley.

Culinary man-about-town Jay Powell sates the masticating masses with Uncle Jay’s Twisted Fork’s menus of breakfast, lunch, and dinner staples and ever-evolving specials. Rouse a pack of slumbering incisors with the french toast stuffed with cream cheese and strawberries ($6.99) or the steak-and-cheese omelet ($6.99). Adventurous tongues can traverse the capery peaks of chicken piccata ($7.99 lunch, $12.99 dinner) or the potato-laden depths of the shepherd's pie ($5.99 lunch, $9.99 dinner). Homemade desserts refill bodily sugar tanks, enabling energetic diners to execute a series of cartwheels around the building. A friendly, casual atmosphere pervades Twisted Fork, eliminating the usual denim-cummerbund rental necessary for stuffy lunchtime dining.