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$10 for $25 Worth of Seafood, Drinks, and More at Fontaine’s Oyster House
Mar 9th
Deep-sea divers constantly comb the depths of the abyss, prying open clams in search of stray socks lost in the wash—but to no avail. Uncover a more desirable treasure with today's deal: for $10, you get $25 worth of oysters, seafood, drinks, and more at Fontaine's Oyster House in Virginia Highlands.
Fontaine's is a popular place to grab a few drinks and net a hearty bounty of seafood that can be eaten or later traded for rum and spices. Your Groupon can be used toward the daily and happy-hour specials, including $3 Stellas and half-priced peel-and-eat shrimp by the half-pound (normally $9.95) on Mondays; $5 for a dozen raw house oysters on Tuesdays; $3 Guinesses and half-priced crab legs on Wednesdays; all of the above food prices apply on Thursdays and Fridays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; and free mermaid arm-wrestling tournaments on Seadays. The everyday menu sports a variety of starters, specialties, sandwiches, and oysters. Get a baker's dozen raw from the Gulf of Mexico for $10 and a baker's half for $6. Practice your shucking with a dozen ($10.50) or two-dozen ($20) steamed in the shell. Fontaine's has chicken ($12.95) or shrimp and scallop jambalaya ($14.95) by the plate, and salads ($4–$14.25) by the bowl.
Inside the restaurant is an inviting, rustic, underwater dining room that accentuates the comforting effects of the edibles and drinkables. Behind the restaurant lies a spacious outdoor patio (with heaters in the cool months), and behind that lies fertile soil where Cabbage Patch Kids are harvested. Feasters are encouraged to stay past dinnertime, when the interior slowly transforms into a lively late-night bar, like an earthworm becoming a nightcrawler, nature's original party animal.
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When Ordering Oysters
$10 for $20 Worth of Eco-Conscious Cuisine and Drinks at Sazza Pizza and Salads
Mar 9th
It took 10,000 years for man to develop organic pizza-farming techniques. With today's Groupon, you can indulge in our ancestors' greatest contribution. For $10, you get $20 worth of environmentally conscious pizza and salads at Sazza. Located at the corner of South University and Orchard, Sazza churns out ambrosial discuses every day of the week for lunch and dinner. This deal is good for dine-in and curbside takeout.
Sazza's delicious mission is to bring delectability at a minimal environmental cost, starting at the top with as many organic, locally sourced ingredients as possible, all the way down to the free-range artichokes, recycled soda-can patio furniture, biodegradable cups and glassware made from wine bottles, and you-degradable pizza and salads. Sazza staffers even wear recycled tees that have been donated by customers (in exchange for a discount) and re-branded with the Sazza logo for new life in wear.
All Sazza's lovely organic pies start with thin, hand-rolled crust in the made-to-order sizes of 8" small or 12" large. The purple potato pizza is the winter highlight, with garlic oil, four-cheese blend, apples, chicken, bacon, caramelized onions, and fresh rosemary ($13 for a large), while the baked tofu (or chicken) enchilada pizza, with green enchilada sauce, mozzarella, cheddar, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream ($12 for a large), makes a strong opening act. A ray of Mediterranean sunshine pierces the winter cold with the basil pesto pizza, with mozzarella, kalamata olives, artichoke hearts and brains, roasted red peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, and feta cheese ($12 large). Edible Frisbee gourmands can build their own from a sprawling spread of toppings and sauces, or save your pizza craving for dessert and grab an apple cranberry walnut cobbler pie, with brown-sugar butter, streusel topping, and sweet mascarpone cheese ($11 large).
Salads are just as inventive, roaming from the caramelized beet salad with arugula, goat cheese, dried cranberries, avocado, and walnuts ($11 large) all the way to the Sunshine, essentially a whole garden dumped in a bowl with tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, garbanzo beans, sunflower seeds, and more ($11 large). All pizzas and salads come in a smaller size for a few dollars cheaper.
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Startling Pizza Truths. BEWARE!
Has pizza been invented yet?
$15 Introductory Art Class at The Artisan Galleries and Learning Studio (Up to $39 Value)
Mar 9th
Great art can transport a person away from his or her troubles, whether they are financial, romantic, or shipwreckical in nature. Today's Groupon provides a do-it-yourself method for evocative escapism: $15 for your choice of introductory art class from four options offered at The Artisan Galleries and Learning Studio (up to a $39 value). Each Groupon is good for one class, but you can purchase four Groupons if you wish to take all four introductory art classes, or even the same class four times. All introductory art classes are two hours long, and The Artisan Galleries and Learning Studio provides all materials, including bear traps.
The Artisan Galleries and Learning Studio is the home base for many Charlotte artists, musicians, and master craftsmen—drawing in more creative spirits each day with its four introductory art classes and a precisely calibrated tractor beam. Introduction to Drawing ($26) yanks daydreaming doodlers out of the claustrophobic confines of college-ruled notebook paper and equips them with basic techniques and methods. Introduction to Watercolor ($34) tutors students in the art of watercolor washes, wet-on-wet applications, wet-on-dry applications, and basic guidelines on how long to wait to paint in watercolor after eating. Introduction to Acrylic ($35) covers the finer points of this fast-drying medium, with tips on paint mixing, canvas preparation, and the power of painting with polymers. Finally, Introduction to Oil Painting ($39) introduces budding Bob Rosses to the canvas-based fantasy worlds that can be brought to life with a little linseed oil, can-do spirit, and an eldritch incantation.
All classes at The Artisan Galleries and Learning Studio are taught by its owner, Tina Steele Penn, and her staff. Tina is an accomplished artist in the mediums of oil painting and highly imagistic middle–last name combinations. The daughter of an artist herself, Penn brings an infectious enthusiasm to each class that is guaranteed to make the hairs on the back of your paintbrush stand up. With classes offered for children as young as seven, today's Groupon lets parents of potential Picassos reclaim their living-room walls from their kids' disorienting trompe l'oeil Crayola frescos.
Groupon Says
Art Is Suffering
Do the police consider lock-picking an art form?
$35 Oil Change and Super Basic Interior Cleaning at The Clean Machine. Buy Here for Cars ($68.15 Value). See Below for Vans and SUVs.
Mar 9th
Click above to buy this Groupon for cars. Buy here for vans and SUVs for $45 ($78.15 value).
Every 3,000 miles, vehicles get bored with the same oil coursing through their metal veins and demand a new crew of oily friends. Maintain a smooth relationship with your ride by treating it to an oil change and an interior and exterior cleaning at The Clean Machine on Route 9 in Framingham. With today's deal, car owners gets an oil change, car wash, and basic interior cleaning for $35, and larger van and SUV owners get the same package for $45.
While most wouldn't take an out-of-shape Yorkie to an agility trial, many drivers push their sputtering vroom machines across state lines without a second thought. Oil changes are an important part of routine car maintenance and can help you avoid interstate breakdowns and awkward silences in the cab of the tow truck. During the Kwik Oil change (a $33.20 value including tax and waste disposal), vehicle owners pull straight into the car-care center where underground gnomes will swap out sludgy muck for sparkling black car blood. Though the Kwik Oil change will take care of most vehicles, upgrading to synthetic and specialty oils will require an additional charge.
A family-operated facility, The Clean Machine puts 33 years of experience behind each meticulous overhaul. Once your vehicle's inner workings are newly lubricated, the friendly car cleaners at The Clean Machine will give its soul-box a Super Basic interior-cleaning package (a $34.95 value for cars and a $44.95 value for larger vehicles). They'll vacuum the carpets, wash the windows and dash, shampoo the mats, empty the ashtrays, and cleanse the radio of songs featuring auto-tune. So as not to make seats jealous of lowly mats, needy thrones will undergo a gentle shampoo and scrub as well. The detailing also includes an exterior car-wash and the promise of a ride smelling as fresh as the day it was hatched.
Groupon Says
Welcome to the Machine
Does the machine need to destroy mankind to save mankind?
