Brunch restaurants pander to grownups' childlike desires, serving sweets as entrees, allowing champagne before evening, and proving that some made-up words have staying power. Awaken your appetite's inner child with today's Groupon: for $33, you get Saturday or Sunday brunch for two, including two entrees (up to a $28 value), one side (a $3 value), and unlimited bloody marys and mimosas (a $25 value) at The Ainsworth (a $56 total value).

Rustic pine walls and vintage chandeliers set the stage for elegant dining at The Ainsworth, whose brunch menu bursts with both classic and inventive recipes. Diners can get cozy atop a chocolate leather seat while sipping a bubbly mimosa or zesty bloody mary, perfect potions for ensuring daylong happiness or curing fatigue after a particularly frenzied evening of scrapbooking. Entrees such as eggs benedict (a $12 value) and buttermilk pancakes (a $13 value) demonstrate a mastery of morning classics, whereas concoctions such as the truffled goat-cheese omelet sandwich (a $14 value) give diners a sneak peak into the chef's imagination, which also happens to be garnished with wild mushrooms, mesculin greens, and a tap-dancing octopus. The maple fondue plate (a $28 value for up to three people) offers a sweeter start, surrounding a centerpiece of spice-infused maple syrup with waffles, sausage, and fresh fruit. Sides (a $3 value each) ranging from whole-wheat toast to turkey sausage attend to plates, and an array of high-definition TVs lend unimpeded glimpses of morning sports games and late-breaking sunrise coverage.