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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After scientists revealed UFOs were actually full-grown tortillas, people everywhere filled swimming pools with guac and beans to catch and dissect the floury creatures. Nab a tender, baby disc with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $21 worth of tacos, Mexican eats, and drinks at Barracuda Taqueria.

Eschewing the lettuce, tomatoes, and frequent Seinfeld references favored by more Americanized tacos, all of the tacos on Barracuda's menu are crafted from homemade corn tortillas and served with cilantro and diced onions. Try the al pastor ($4), a streetwise Mexi-meat of slow-roasted pork marinated in peppers, achiote, pineapple, and spices, then topped with pineapple pico. The even más auténtico lengua ($4)—beef tongue topped with pickled red onions and queso fresco—is a street-stand classic from the streets of Mexico City and tastes best through a flamboyantly colored lucha libre mask. Vegetarians, meanwhile, can fill up on the veggie taco, packed with rice, black beans, and sautéed 'shrooms and squash ($4). And from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Barracuda serves breakfast burritos topped with locally sourced eggs, chorizo, barbacoa, jalapeños, potatoes, beans, ham, and more. Preface the tortilla parade by conjuring up a cauldron of chile con queso ($5) or the Barracuda street nachos ($7) caked with mounds of chile con queso and picadillo meat, but keep your vestigial second stomach open for a dessert of Mexican pot de crème (Mexican chocolate topped with cream, $4.50).

A casual décor complete with walls encrusted with beer caps and a visible cooler gives Barracuda a cool, chill ambience where everyone feels like they're hanging out on their best friend's deck, especially if they order a frothy beer or Barracuda's refreshing sangria. Discuss the latest concept album idea with your psychedelic mariachi band over a few tasty tacos and drinks at Barracuda Taqueria with today's Groupon.

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Hot potato, the earliest dish designed to be passed, is nearly extinct due to the constant ravages of grade school appetites. Today's Groupon revives the tradition of shifting sustenance: for $20, you get $40 worth of tapas and drinks at Pintxo.

The newly unveiled Belltown tapateria offers up a mélange of Spanish-inspired small plates and handcrafted cocktails in a chic, centrally located eatery that boasts a warm and inviting atmosphere complete with exposed brick walls, warm wood accents, and relatively few bull stampedes. Pintxo's menu is helpfully separated into hot (calientes), cold (frios), or sandwichesque (bocadillos) supper fare—all served in sharable, petite portions that allow for many accidental hand-touches and few interruptions in conversation. Warm your belly with a caliente dose of the steamed clams and mussels ($10) prepared in a vegetable broth, or opt for a sweetened serving of swine with an order of bacon-wrapped, goat-cheese-enhanced dates ($4). Bocadillo offerings include a trio of sliders (tuna, grilled veggie, and pork, $7.50). And if you and your just-met soulmate find yourself finishing each other's dirty limericks, frio fare such as a plate of Spanish cheese ($9) or sliced tomato atop garlic-rubbed crostini ($4) will chill heated passions before they lead to heaving bosoms and embarrassing public bodice rippings.

Pintxo's alcohol alchemists are quite adept at conjuring lofty spirits into cauldrons of hand-crafted cocktails for every occasion. So bring the book club to Belltown and share conflicting interpretations of His Dark Materials over the lime, gin, cucumber, and elderflower-enhanced Flor de Pintxo ($11), or bring a dashing date to the dimly lit locale for a romantic glass of freshly fruited sangria ($6.50). And if it's just you and your muchachos, do it like they do it on the streets of Barcelona with a glass of kalimotxo (red wine and Mexican Coke, $5). Nibble, savor, and talk until you're full of food, wine, and intoxicating discourse with today's Groupon to Pintxo.

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Though coveting thy neighbor's wife or underground sprinkler system is beyond the pale, longing for a mouthful of their cuisine is an understandable desire. Today's Groupon satisfies desires to eat from the table of our nation's neighbor: for $20, you get $45 worth of Mexican cuisine and drinks at Peso's Kitchen & Lounge, an ethnic Queen Anne eatery with a lively late-night scene.

Open until 2 a.m. seven days a week, Peso's day only truly begins with dinner, so kick off a night of raucous revelry with an order of green-chile-mole nachos ($10) loaded with black beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole or a chop chop salad with chicken, bacon, basil, tomatoes, cucumber, and cotija cheese ($7.50). Peso's vast menu covers everyone's favorite entrees, but it also surprises jaded tongues with new flavor combos such as the Yucatan-style spicy rockfish tacos ($10.50), stuffed with pico de gallo, cabbage, and avocado in crema and red taco sauce. Chorizo flautas ($7.50) likewise provide an elegant update on authentic flavors by packing themselves with chevre, scallions, crema, and green-chile coulis, and the spicy lamb taquitos ($8) do the same with jalapeño-mint coulis. Peso's well-edited wine list of varietals priced $30 and under pairs each plate with a leggy tango partner—keeping conversations well lubricated for a long night of flirtatious Star Trek nitpicks and sensual subpoenas.

For diners who get surprised by the sunrise after an epic staring contest over a bartender's margarita (Grand Marnier, cranberry, fresh lemon, a squeeze of lime juice, and Luna Azul Reposado, $8.50) from Peso's specialty cocktails menu, the restaurant also serves a popular breakfast of south-of-the-border scrambles, benedicts, and a ranchera big breakfast burrito ($7.95). Wash it all down with a carafe of Spanish pomegranate sangria ($16.25) as you watch people flutter back to earth after last night's tequila flights ($11–$50). Finally, grab a quick handheld lunch of tacos, burritos, nachos, and more before heading to the office cubicle for some much-needed shuteye.

This deal is not valid for happy hour.

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A tortilla makes a handy mouse pad, an acceptable patch for stiff denim jeans, and, if you draw a face on it, an ideal companion on fishing trips. But there are many other uses for it, as today's Groupon proves: for $20, you get $40 worth of creative cocktails and contemporary Mexican cuisine at Barrio’s elegant Capitol Hill and Bellevue eateries.

Barrio boasts an extensive menu of contemporary Mexican-inspired fare for brunch, lunch, and dinner, as well as a kids' menu. A midday meal at the stylish eatery offers pared-down versions of the dinner menu's fresh south-borderly flavors. An al pastor torta, loaded with marinated pork loin, sweet carmelized pineapple, fresh veggies, and habanero aioli ($11) complements a jug of Barrio's fresh, seasonal agua fresca ($5). When evening descends over the city and hunger rumbles in your belly, mute the rumbling with a ceviche and crudo sampler ($14) before silencing it completely with the braised short ribs, served with roasted asparagus, poblano chiles, and caramelized onions ($17). Herbivores take heart in the trio of asparagus and drunken-bean tacos loaded with corn, crema, and red-pepper rajas ($13).

Both of the sultry eateries smolder with massive candle walls and gleam with mosaic-tiled bars in their dimly lit, modern dining rooms. Barrio's Latin-inspired cocktails are expertly mixed with housemade syrups and bitters; down a vintagey pisco sour (a foamy mix of brandy, clover honey, fresh citrus, bitters, and egg whites, $10) or embark on a three-drink tequila flight ($17+) served with red and green sangrita.

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Famous for its variety of flavors, spices, and colorful decorations, authentic Mexican food can be hard to find in the U.S., since it is traditionally eaten inside a giant piñata. Fill your papier-mâché stomach with today’s Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of Mexican fare and drinks at Moctezuma’s Mexican Restaurant on 56th Street. The award-winning eatery won this year's Weekly Volcano Tournament of Tacos.

Moctezuma’s first came to life in 1978, when Arturo Garcia decided to share his culture, love of cooking, and knowledge of the correct spelling of “Montezuma” with Northwest diners. To this day, diners can expect excellent service and a tasty menu of authentic, home-style Mexican cuisine prepared from the finest ingredients. Focus the palate with some fiesta queso dip ($5.99) or some chorizo bean dip ($5.99), then use your mouth mowers to shred a carne-asada salad ($11.99) with homemade chipotle-ranch dressing. Discriminating diners can find out what it takes to win Weekly Volcano's brutal, no-holds-barred Tournament of Tacos by trying a serving of Mexico City tacos ($12.99) stuffed with carne asada, marinated chicken, or pork carnitas. Final Fantasy fans, meanwhile, will get a kick out of watching the waiter cast Firaga on a plate of steak, chicken, or shrimp fajitas ($16.49) using a little gold tequila and a flamethrower. And if a cheddar-, guacamole-, and sour-cream-topped chimichanga ($11.99) doesn't make one sufficiently nostalgic for one's former life as a mermaid, enjoy a plate of camarones a la diabla ($14.99) with rice and sautéed vegetables, or happily consume a Cabo shrimp cocktail ($12.99) and then wash away the evidence with a refreshing Jalapeño Margarita, with house-made jalapeño-infused tequila, triple sec and fresh-squeezed citrus juices, hand-shaken and served in a 20 oz. shaker ($7.95).

Though coveting thy neighbor's wife or underground sprinkler system is beyond the pale, longing for a mouthful of their cuisine is an understandable desire. Satisfy the desire to eat from the table of our nation's neighbor with today's Groupon to Moctezuma’s Mexican Restaurant.

Dine-in only. Not valid with any other offers or happy-hour specials.

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Tippr is proud to feature today's deal at one of our favorite restaurants. <b>$15 gets you $30</b> to spend on after-work or late-night food and drinks at Peso's Kitchen in Lower Queen Anne. Once the deal tips, everyone's voucher will bump up to <b>$35</b> when the deal closes!

Peso's is a Seattle institution. They've got an extensive menu of mouth-watering Mexican fare with Northwest ingredients, one of the best margaritas in the city, a late-night happy hour to end all late-night happy hours, and a line of beautiful people out the door most times of day. These are just a few of Peso's many claims to fame.

Phone: (206) 283-9353 / For menu and more info: http://www.pesoskitchen.com

In the mid-20th century, a young, gigantic Julia Child strapped a pair of butter boats to her feet and floated down the Seine to master the art of French cooking and save Paris from Godzilla. Enjoy the tutelage of equally worthy gourmands closer to home with today's deal: for $30, you get one cooking class at Cook's World, located on Northeast Blakeley Street, near University Village. This Groupon is valid for any $55, $60, or $65 monthly or featured class listed on the site. You can also apply the value of the Groupon toward a $70 class, although you will have to pay the difference.

For more than 18 years, Cook's World has brought culinary know-how to Seattleites sick of subsisting on a meager diet of steak tartare and lobster thermidor. A wide variety of one-night classes showcases the kitchen wizardry of professionally trained chefs (many from local restaurants), giving students the opportunity to learn the basics from the masters. Brush up on your outdoor-cooking skills in time for meat-saturated summer celebrations with "BBQ, Grilling & Smoking" ($55), led by local barbecue competitor, Chef "Smokin'" Joanne Card. Or let Chef Mathew Lasof demystify the chile with the "Tamales & More!" ($60) tutorial, giving you the skills to fill your stomach with delicious Mexican fare without wasting a Saturday night searching every bar for the mysterious man who sells tamales out of a cooler. Other classes include a foray into Turkish cuisine with "Mediterranean Cooking" ($60), an introduction to artisan baked goods with "Rustic Breadbaking" ($65), and the delectable "Summer Pie & Tart Workshop" ($60), with Cook's World owner/director, Chef Nancie Brecher, who will teach you the subtle differences between an eating pie and a throwing pie. Cook’s World offers different classes each month, so check the website to see what's available.

Many of the three-hour workshops offered at Cook's World's cheery teaching kitchen are considered "hands-on," and all feature a small class size, which means that star-crossed sauciers can meet each other in an intimate setting while still enjoying ample opportunities for participation and one-on-one guidance. Get today's Groupon to Cook’s World and begin a lifelong quest for gastronomical enlightenment. Or buy an additional Groupon as a gift and win back the food critic who gave your kissing such a scathing review in The Seattle Times.

This Groupon is not valid for series classes.

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Don’t get us wrong, there’s a definite time and place for cheap, fast Mexican food (time: Taco Tuesdays, place: our bellies!). But we also believe it’s about time Mexican fare was associated with gourmet grub, too. Cue Galerias Restaurant, an upmarket taqueria run by mother-and-son team Ramiro and Doña Elba, bosses of sauce from Jalisco, Mexico. And with today’s deal, fill up on their mouth-watering, authentic dishes (think: skirt steak with sautéed mushrooms and avocado sauce or crab and surimi-filled crepes) for half the price: Pay just $15 for $30 to use toward their long and tempting menu rife with traditional sauces, from the mole poblano-smothered chicken to enchiladas rojas, crispy coconut prawns, and queso fundido (cheese fondue). Did someone say fiesta?

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$20 to Spend on Authentic Mexican Cuisine and Drinks

Step up to the second level of the Pike Street Hill Climb -- located a half block east of the Seattle Aquarium -- to El Puerco Lloron ("The Crying Pig"), a no-nonsense taqueria serving up "the best Mexican food in Seattle," as one Yelper raves. Today's deal lets you connect with a compañero for lunch or dinner before hitting the town by serving up $20 worth of food and drink for just $10. Order a glass of house-made horchata and your favorite dish (we recommended the carnitas) served with freshly prepared corn tortillas and whole beans. Since 1982, this south-of-the-border joint has provided a respiro from workday doldrums and Pike Place Market masses. Just be sure to bring tissues, cause you may be the one crying when it's time to go.

The Little Details

Limit 1 per table per visit
• Not valid during happy hour
• Limit 1 per person, additional as gifts
• Gratuity and tax not included (Be nice and tip on the pre-discounted total!)
• Dine-in only (not valid for takeout or delivery)

Must be redeemed by December 22nd, 2010

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