If humankind never learned to play with its food, it would never have learned to play with its ingredients, and the world would be one bereft bowl of gruel. Taste the fruits of culinary creativity with today's Groupon to Zinsvalley Restaurant on First Street. Choose between the following options:

• For $15, you get $30 worth of innovative American fare and drinks during dinner.
• For $10, you get $20 worth of innovative American fare and drinks during lunch.

Chef Greg Johnson transfigures time-tested favorites into creative dishes at the award-winning Zinsvalley Restaurant. Diners can steal away for an exotic midday lunch of coconut yellow curry, which bathes baby bok choy, yams, shitake mushrooms, snow peas, and jasmine rice together in a bath of yellow coconut milk curry ($14), or field imaginary fly balls while noshing on the Wagyu beef hot dog with a piquant kick of jalapeño jam and pico de gallo ($11). At dinner, gourmands can sip local small-production vintages while elegantly slurping shrimp linguini ($16) or the chef's signature steak frittes, which pairs grilled Kobe Bavette with chili-rubbed fries and watercress ($24).

Located near the Napa Valley Opera House, Zinsvalley Restaurant's floor-to-ceiling windows offer panoramic views of downtown Napa as well as advance warning of encroaching offensive linemen. Guests can cozy up next to the lounge's fireplace in the winter or bask in the outdoor courtyard during warmer months.

Reviews

Zinsvalley Restaurant was featured by Gayot. More than 50 Yelpers give it a 3.5-star average, and TripAdvisors give it an average of 3.5 owl eyes.

• The atmosphere is wonderful here, I love how the owner comes around and talks with customers, that never happens anymore! The food was enjoyable, and they have a great wine list. – Nichole E., Yelp, 10/18/10
• we ended up having some great conversation with the staff who went out of their way to serve us and even discuss with us at length some of the more interesting things to do and see while we were in town. We were extremely grateful for their help and ended up visiting several sites that weren't overrun with tourists. The food was excellent as well I might add! – nomadgtr, TripAdvisor