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There are days when bar and grill food calls to you. The voice is firm, usually baritone and it’s clear that the only acceptable choices for lunch or dinner are a bacon burger (with melted cheese), a grilled chicken quesadilla or that Philly Steak sandwich that makes everything better with just one bite. On those days, there really is only one way to go –DeLuxe.

The DeLuxe Bar & Grill has been “A Capitol Hill Institution Since 1962.”Seriously, that’s almost 50 years dedicated to perfecting The DeLuxe experience. Famous for the quality and variety of its burgers, DeLuxe offers every delicious burger option and combination you can imagine. The menu also features appetizers, sandwiches, salads, entrees and daily specials. Ingredients are fresh, the staff is friendly and the bar has over 19 taps with both European and local brews rotating in seasonally. Cocktails and wine are on the menu too! Today’s Ideal doubles your money and for $10 you get $20 worth of burgers, sandwiches, and more. Call a friend, heed the voice and get thee to DeLuxe!

When you purchase Daily Deals from Ideal Network, 20%-25% of your purchase becomes a contribution to the local non profit of your choice to fund specific, measurable community projects!

While the Great Wall of China may win the accolades of history, the Great Backscratcher of Thailand, built to reach any itchy corner across the vast, narrow expanse of the nation, saved more lives than can be counted on a single hand. Feast upon equally ingenious Thai creations with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of Thai cuisine and drinks at Thaiku in Ballard.

Much like Thailand itself, Thaiku's menu comes loaded with traditional and authentic Thai delicacies; unlike Thailand, it contains few elephants. Kick-start your tummy's tuk-tuk with an appetizer such as giow tawt ($6.50)—crab and cream cheese wrapped in won ton and served with plum sauce—or the por sia sod ($6.50), a fresh salad and Chinese sausage roll wrapped in rice paper and topped with house hoisin sauce. Along with classic noodle dishes like pahd see iew ($8.50), adventurous diners can feel like they're eating from a genuine Bangkok street stall minus the backpack-shaped sweat stain on their back with an order of North Thailand's staple kao soy (fresh egg noodles in yellow curry and coconut broth, $8.95), guay tiow bed (a soup of rice noodles, sliced duck, rich anise, cinnamon, and sweet soy broth, $7.95), or the gai yaang ($12.95), a marinated chicken paired with sticky rice and a sweet green papaya salad.

Thaiku's cozy interior blends wooden beams and hanging lights with unexpected accents, like the rickshaw hanging from the ceiling. The restaurant's intimate back bar, Fu Kun Wu, lubricates awkward first-date conversations with specialty cocktails and herbal apothecary beverages, as well as late-night dining. Keep your mood chipper with the oolong tea-ni—black tea infused vodka, then shaken with lemon and sugar—or be bold and sample Thaiku's notorious patented cocktails made with the African herb yohimbe, which is considered to be both an aphrodisiac and mild hallucinogenic, similar to making out during a David Lynch movie. These hardcore herbals are literally not for the faint of heart, and Thaiku strictly limits them to one per customer. Live jazz adds an appropriately heady atmosphere for such cocktails on Wednesdays and Thursdays. And unlike your cousin's weekly Casio basement shows, there's no cover.

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Sometimes, a lady is just a lady and a man is just a man, and the whole thing is just a little boring. But on Friday nights at Julia's on Broadway, those typically boring distinctions melt away amidst the dazzling, spectacular performance of Le Faux. A raucous show featuring female impersonators, cabaret, and burlesque performers, Le Faux is a medley of all things marvelous. During the show Julia's serves appetizers and cocktails from the bar. After the show, they have an amazing Happy Hour in the bar and offer the opportunity to meet the cast and take pictures with them. Tippster T.J. can't wait to have his picture taken with Shannel, famed for her appearance on "Ru Paul's Drag Race," Season 1. And today, just $10 buys a $20 ticket to a Friday night Le Faux show at Julia's on Broadway. When 50 people purchase the deal, everyone receives a $5 T-shirt for free. It's the perfect commemorative item to remember the night by, or to wipe up the baby oil they allude to in their promotions. Wait, what's all the baby oil for? You'll just have to bring your bald friends to the show to find out.

Most states have made drinking alcohol at home illegal due to the proliferation of home facial-tattoo machines. Enjoy alcohol in public with today's deal: for $12, you get $25 worth of bar fare and drinks at The Chapel Bar in Capitol Hill.

Situated inside an old mortuary, The Chapel Bar offers a delectable menu of tasty body fuel in a setting distinctively outfitted with 1920s-style architecture. Guests can start with six pieces of chef-selected bruschetta ($7) or a sextet of sake-glazed wing with Asian cucumber salad ($6). While gulping a glass of 12-year, single-malt Glenlivet ($8); a murder martini with RedRum, triple sec, and cranberry juice ($8); or a mint gimlet made with mint tree sap ($9), bar patrons can halt their hopping with a garden fresca’s matrimony of goat cheese, bell peppers, and eggplant on flatbread ($9). Main plates include four-cheese macaroni, consisting of asiago, cheddar, fontina, and parmesan ($8), and the chapel burger, which is crafted ex nihilo into a meatcake piled with charred red peppers, fontina, and basil aioli ($10).

The Chapel Bar, conveniently located near the Paramount Theater, is well known for its extensive list of nearly 40 house martinis, which feature nifty names such as Curious George, Color Purple, and The Milkman’s Daughter. A live DJ drums ears with all kinds of peppy music on Friday and Saturday nights (a cover charge applies); other evenings feature mellow lounge grooves and bonfire-side bongo slams. The bar’s inner sanctuary is dimly lit, like purgatory’s coat closet, and contrasts dark-wood paneling with the pure whiteness of barstools and booths. Stop in for a bite and beverage with today’s Groupon.

Not valid during happy hour or toward the cover charge.

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People eat three times a day to prevent mouthy mouths from brashly blurting out their distaste for the rest of the digestive system. Today's Groupon prevents inner-system quarreling by subduing chatty cheeks with Irish eats: for $10, you get $25 worth of pub fare at Mick Kelly’s Irish Pub, located in Burien.

Mick Kelly’s Irish Pub boasts a full menu of eclectic pub fare for lunch and dinner daily. Appetizers range from the elegance of steamed local clams ($8.99 for a half pound, $14.99 for a pound) in a white-wine, garlic, and butter sauce to the potato decadence of seasoned fries ($4.99) baked under a blanket of cheddar cheese and topped with sour cream and green onions. Empty-handed post-auction attendees can make a taste-bud bid on the hearty selection of handheld sandwiches, such as the french dip with a rosemary-shallot au jus ($9.99), whereas the eatery’s Irish specialties promise to make eyes, noses, and mouths smile. Summon a serving of the corned beef and cabbage ($9.99–$11.99) or the slow-cooked Guinness beef stew ($8.99–$10.99) to satisfy a Leopold Bloom–esque appetite, or indulge in the apple-brandy pork chops ($15.99) or spicy prawn penne ($14.99). For guests allergic to the moon, Mick Kelly’s Irish Pub serves up a bounty of brunch bites on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon.

The interior of Mick Kelly’s is sleek and inviting, with warm wood floors and furnishings accented by the white beams in the ceiling. In between careful analyses of limericks, split a serving of the strawberry La Bomba ($5.99), a rich pile of strawberry and amaretto cream spread between layers of almond cake, with a potential roommate and/or reality-show nemesis.

During happy hour, Groupon customers must order items off the pub’s regular menu.

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Commercial waterfronts usually go one of two ways: they are either littered with burned-out buildings and broken bottles, making them generally terrifying, or they're sustainable, refurbished, and totally awesome. Ballard Loft is like the second choice, but better. A renovated machine shop on Ballard's historic warf, the Ballard Loft is the perfect mix of gentrified and genuinely excellent. Right now, for just $15, you can get $30 worth of industrial-grade goodness from the Loft. And if 15 people buy in, everyone gets an additional $7. With twelve beers on tap, and an ocean of delicious food options available until midnight, the Ballard Loft is ready to meet your needs. And if your needs happen to involve two happy hours daily, a family-friendly atmosphere, non-sketchy outdoor seating and steel-tipped darts, they've got you covered there, too. After all, we think that you should be able to enjoy what's great about where you live, without having to eat, drink, and be wary.

Coffeehouses and artists have always gone together, like rock and roll, yin and yang, and bald eagle hatchlings and William Howard Taft's toupee. Introduce your mouth to a dazzling duet with today's deal: for $10, you get $20 worth of café fare and drinks at Faire Gallery Café Bar, located in Capitol Hill.

Faire Gallery hosts a calendar full of events while serving up a small menu of light café fare irrigated with coffees and cocktails. Fill your mouth hangar with starters such as the hummus, pita, and tomato plate ($6) and parmesan black-pepper popcorn ($6), or verdant edibles like The Yummy Salad, a symphony of spring greens accompanied by tomatoes, avocados, parmesan cheese, and chicken ($7). Sandwiches ($7) include the grilled brie with tomatoes and whisper of Dijon mustard on French bread and the Jessixawich, a pile of turkey, avocado, and provolone on a buttery croissant, the bread of hemophilic European royalty. Brunch offerings include The Pesto, a mix of egg, provolone, pesto, and tomato on an English muffin, which can be combined with coffee or a mimosa for maximum mouth clapping ($3.30/$5/$7). Mollify chattering sweet teeth with Nutella on a croissant ($3), or try the Nutella mocha. Lattes, hot chocolate, and espressos are also available in addition to beer, wine, and cocktails.

Located in a second-story loft with views of Lake Union, Faire's airy interior boats tall windows, exposed brick walls, and pieces from local artists. From live jazz to poetry readings, Faire offers a variety of entertainment throughout the week, including art exhibits, live music, improv, open mics, and wine tasting, as well as board games and free WiFi for those who prefer engaging mighty foes in a virtual skirmish of Battle Yahtzee. Faire is open until midnight Sunday through Thursday, and until 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

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Talking about sports, like winning the lotto and undergoing surgery, goes better with a cold beer. Make every hour happy hour with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of brews and pub food at Harmon Tap Room, located in downtown Tacoma. This Groupon is not valid during happy hour.

The third location for Harmon Brewing Company, Harmon Tap Room serves beers freshly made in the site's 15 barrels, contenting barley-hungry palates with year-round ales and seasonal brews. Both beer enthusiasts and infrequent drinkers will approve of Harmon's frosty selection of pints ($4.50), featuring the Great American Beer Festival–winning Brown's Point ESB. Hops habitués with something to prove can dive into the Point Defiance IPA, while those who drink beers as light as a cloud of Peeps can stick to the easy-drinking Mt. Takhoma Blonde Ale. Stay to sample hearty pub grub from the Tap House's menu. Pizza cravers may find satisfaction in the veggie-friendly Locally Green pizza ($14), topped with an ambrosial amalgamation of basil pesto, herb potato, caramelized onion, and feta cheese.

With long wooden dining apparatuses, couches for flat-screen TV watching, and slick pool tables, Harmon Tap House is a prime hangout well suited to weary office workers, contented construction men, and door-to-door poltergeist salesmen alike. This deal can also be used toward taking home a Harmon brew in the form of a 64-ounce growler ($10).

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To commemorate one year of customer savings, early discount bakeries decorated birthday cakes with candied shekels and lit candles with burning papyrus tax returns. Celebrating the one-year anniversary of Groupon's inaugural feature in Seattle, today's deal déjà vus Seatown residents again: for $10, you get $25 worth of gastropub grub and drinks at Del Rey, located in Belltown. Today's Groupon is not valid for happy hour.

Del Rey's chef, Derek Knudsen, infuses classic bar dishes with a gourmand's flair, offering a menu of wash-downable delights, fried yum, and Southwestern staples. After tasting the blackened ahi tuna ($13.95), truffle mac 'n’ cheese ($7.95), and churros with chocolate-Kahlua sauce ($5.95), tone-deaf taste buds find themselves serenading incisors with John Fogerty lyrics. Early feasters can enjoy Saturday- and Sunday-brunch favorites such as the vegetarian breakfast burrito ($7.95) or Kahlua French toast ($6.95), washed down with one of Del Rey's specialty Bloody Marys ($7.50–$8). Bathed in glowing red light, diners settle into intimate booths with selections from Del Rey's stocked bar. More than 100 tequilas spicy up margaritas, including the jalapeño-cucumber ($8) and the triple berry ($7.50), while the Dark N Stormy quenches the thirsts of sadistic weathermen with house-made ginger beer and dark rum ($7.50).

Set in a re-fashioned Paramount Pictures film-storage facility, Del Rey's atmosphere melds its old-school pizzazz with modern panache. Weekday evenings attract more-quiet diners, who set up shop along the outdoor seating area to enjoy gorgeous views of the bay and the friendly service, while late nights bring ambient beats that bounce off the domed ceiling and into the ears and harmonious hips of lively Belltown crowds.

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Like a tree house, a gym never lets non-members inside and always deflects frogs fired from the neighborhood bully’s slingshot. Hurry up the rope ladder with today's Groupon: for $30, you get a 10-class pass (a $79 value) to Highline Athletic Club in Burien, good for a period of three months after attending your first class.

Highline Athletic Club offers more than 50 group classes every week in a safe, clean, and cobra-free gym environment, and Groupon customers will get to take any 10 of the club’s hour-long classes on its Group-X aerobics schedule. During Group Ride, cyclists mount stationary bikes in the cycling studio and burn their calories to ashes while pretending to climb impossible inclines and treat Lance to a mouthful of their back wheel's gravel in the Tour de France. Group Centergy combines yoga, Pilates, and uplifting music to help participants reduce stress and organize their bodies’ unalphabetized energy, whereas Group Power uses simple yet challenging squats, lunges, presses, curls, and triple back flips for a complete workout that addresses all the major muscle groups. Finally, let your sweaty hair down with a dance-happy hour of shaking, shimmying, popping, locking, and Charlestoning in Group Groove.

Being a full-service fitness club, Highline Athletic Club also lets flabby-gilled mer-people enjoy aquatic classes held in its 4.5-foot-deep pool. Power Plunge aerobics and the low-impact Aqua Lite class work the body while eliminating the painful belly flops and "motivation sharks" popular in so many water aerobics regimens. Your first class must be scheduled in advance, so call to reserve your spot and prepare for 10 sessions of body-sculpting and fat-frying fun at the club.

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The perfect food and wine pairing is like the fateful meeting of destined lovers, best celebrated with a tiny mock wedding presided over by a curmudgeonly pepper mill with a heart of gold. Combine cuisine and wine the way nature intended with today's deal: $15 for $30 worth of small plates and wine at Cork! A Wine Bar. This Groupon is not valid during Cork's happy hour.

The welcoming vinoteque serves a carefully curated selection of pours by the glass or bottle. From a cheery, floral-scented Riesling to a rich and spicy Shiraz, Cork's wine selections span the globe. For commitment-phobic consumers, flights provide a trifecta of tastes. Modest beer and soda collections are also available.

Supplement sips with dishes from the restaurant's small-plates menu. The cheese plate, garnished with toasted artisan bread, fig spread, almonds, and dried fruit, includes your choice of three ($10) or five ($14) cheeses. The balsamic reduction–drizzled caprese salad ($6) services cravings for freshness. Flatbreads ($8 each), a meat and cheese plate ($12), antipasti ($11), bruschetta ($7), and desserts ($5 each) round the menu into a well-rounded sphere that would be easy to push up a mountain to build an oenophile snowman.

Live music on Saturday nights, Thursday wine tastings, and a cozy ambience make Cork's social-libation station stand out from the pack. The New Tribune praises its spaciousness and candlelit tables. Reservations are recommended on the weekends.

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In the late 1800s, thousands of Texans struck it rich when they tapped into veins of thick, dark, tangy barbecue sauce (as chronicled in the Oscar-winning film There Will Be Sauce). Today's Groupon gives you the chance to taste this natural bounty while it's still hot from the earth: for $10, you get $25 worth of barbecue and drinks at Brickyard BarBQ, located in the heart of the Admiral District. Brickyard BarBQ is open from noon to 2 a.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Your Groupon is good toward happy hour but can't be combined with weekly specials.

Specializing in Texas-style barbecue, Brickyard offers outdoor seating and a full bar in addition to a hearty menu of slow-cooked, hickory-smoked meats. Kick-start taste buds with chicken or pork tacos ($8) and creamy mac 'n' cheese ($5 for a cup, $8 for a bowl) before moving on to the beef brisket ($14.50) and baby-back rib plates ($18), both accompanied by an entourage of corn bread and two sides such as baked beans or Yukon gold potato salad. Pulled pork and chicken sandwiches ($9) are served with slaw on top and can include a side dish like the green pea salad, which unites bacon, grape tomatoes, and Monterey Jack cheese with a creamy buttermilk vinaigrette. A built-in ice chest behind the bar also contains several icy beers and the frozen head of Walt Disney, allowing diners to quickly air-condition overheated mouths with a Tecate ($3.50), Corona ($4.25), or a bottle of Mexican Coke ($2.75).

About 10 minutes by car and three days by riding tortoise from SafeCo and Qwest fields, Brickyard BarBQ is a great nosh stop before and after the game. And with free WiFi and a horseshoe pit in the back, avant-garde time-killers can simultaneously record and upload an experimental musique concrète album featuring four hours of horseshoe clanging. Invite along a few friends and mess with Texas from a safe distance with today's Groupon to Brickyard BarBQ.

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Though mad scientists recommend sticking chopsticks into electric sockets, rational scientists know the utensils are better used for electrifying sushi consumption. Today's Groupon gives you the right tools for authentic eats: for $24, you get $50 worth of modern Japanese cuisine at Rain Sushi, located in the Wallingford neighborhood. This Groupon is not valid for happy hour, which runs from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and all day Sunday and Monday.

Modern Japanese cuisine lovers will find a plethora of artfully served sushi, noodles, and seafood at Rain Sushi. Impatient tummies can start with Jimmy's rain drops ($8.50), a salmon-wrapped crab complemented with jalapeños and tobiko. From there, annihilate the craving for rice and shrimp with the Sasquatch roll ($10), served with avocado, tuna, and teriyaki sauce. Sushi traditionalists can stick to the California roll ($8), or choose "dare" and order the ultimate dragon roll ($15), a California roll topped with half an eel. Tempura maki options include the rock 'n' roll ($8), with crab, cream cheese, and avocado, so tasty it compels some diners to play long acid-jazz drum solos with their chopsticks. Once it's in down the hatch, bathe sushi in one of Rain's seven sakés, such as the chilled Asian-pear Momokawa ($6 for a glass).

Surrounded by modernist Japanese wall art, diners will nosh in style, knowing Rain's easygoing, savvy staff is on call to ease the process for any seaweed novice who can't tell sashimi from a Saskatchewan sausage.

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Anyone who’s tried nailing an oven-fresh pizza pie to a wall knows that pizza looks better briefly propped on a five-finger pedestal. Today’s Groupon puts $25 worth of pizza back where it performs best. For $10, you get $25 worth of pizza, pasta, burgers, beer, and more at Bison Creek Pizza, located inside the historic Burien Theater.

All of the savory pies on Bison Creek's menu are crafted from homemade whole wheat or regular dough and sprinkled with 100% real cheese with your choice of sauce (trailblazer barbecue, zesty red, garlic cream, or primo pesto). Try Rod's Wrangler Roundup ($13–$25), which corrals pepperoni, pineapple, green peps, sausage, and fresh garlic on a barbecue-covered base. Vegetarians, meanwhile, will giddy up over the veggie supreme ($12–$24) smacked with a garden-fresh medley of mushrooms, olives, onions, green peps, tomatoes, and pineapple. Wheat and gluten-free pizzas will appease the allergic, and the lil bandit's menu caters to teenier tastes. While waiting for your pizza to pupate from its oven cocoon, ward off vampires and coworkers who keep "accidentally" almost kissing you with an order of garlic bread ($4), or branch out into chicken strippers ($7.95) dunked in barbecue sauce or homemade ranch. Diners who already had pizza for breakfast can bury their hunger-sorrows in a Bison Creek quarter-pounder ($6.95) or a baked plate of smoked gouda mac 'n' cheese with bacon ($9.95) before closing with a giant chocolate chip cookie ($5.25) that feeds two.

Bison Creek occasionally plays host to a roving selection of live music, with no cover for those 21 and older. So whether the night's house band is the AC/DC-esque Chrome Molly (July 17) or a suspiciously accurate Def Leppard "tribute band," get in the party spirit with beverages from the bar, including Skittles-infused vodka, spiked fruity punches, and house wines. Stampede to the historic Burien Theater and enjoy a rowdy late-night slice, to grab a carbtastic lunch, or just to treat allergic ears to a night of gluten-free local tunes with today's Groupon.

Not valid for happy hour.

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For Seattle residents on a budget, a night out often features a combo of pho and happy hour. For them, The Signature in Lower Queen Anne will be their Shangri-La. Combining incredible Vietnamese food with a killer happy hour, The Signature calls out to all of Seattle, "Give me your tired, your thirsty, your hungry masses, yearning to eat and drink their fill."

Just $10 buys Tippsters $20 in food AND drinks at The Signature. And if 50 people purchase the deal, everyone receives a $5 gift certificate towards their next visit for free!

The Signature features the usual suspects you expect at a Vietnamese restaurant: Shredded mango salad, pho, spring rolls, and Vietnamese sandwiches. In addition, they serve up grilled quail, a delicious lemongrass tofu, seared clams with Thai basil, and much more. Tippr writer Ryan is currently proving the human body can subsist on garlic chicken wings and Tsingtao beer alone. Those with more well-rounded eating habits could mix it up with fried noodles, sauteed green beans, shrimp cakes, and the fabulous grilled stuffed squid. If you suffer from hunger and thirst, Tippr highly recommends answering the call of The Signature, and experience your own personal Shangri-La.