A spaghetti noodle, much like a swimming-pool noodle, maintains its shape until it's exposed to boiling water or sat on by children. Savor pasta's forced flexibility with today's Groupon: for $35, you get $70 worth of food and drink at Vincenzo's Italian Restaurant.

Vincenzo's Italian Restaurant's chef Agostino Gabriele sautés pasta and marinates meat to craft upscale Italian fare served in Louisville's downtown. Pasta, seafood, and vegetables populate the menu and converge for the spaghetti all'aragosta ($34.95), a mountain of spaghetti topped with shrimp and lobster, holding hands and discussing politics as they wander through asparagus fields coated in a light garlic-and-olive-oil dew. Delicate hands wrap the crepe Agostino ($21.95), a thin pancake blanket that embraces beef, veal, and chicken, then coats itself in marinara and enters the oven. Feast on the grilled North Atlantic salmon in the salmone allo champagne ($24.95), or witness the meeting of poultry and Grand Marnier with the duck-breast chutney ($29.95). Wines by the glass, including the Hogue Cellars riesling ($9) can complement meals, and wines by the bottle, such as the Michael Pozzan Annabella ($30), can compliment your outfit.