Fast food has its roots in 1950s Americana, when carhops had to fill customers' orders before the end of a Buddy Holly song or have a milkshake callously dumped on their roller skates. Try a happier take on speedy dining with today's Groupon: for $3, you get two spicy chicken sandwiches at Chick-fil-A (a $6.38 value including tax). Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays. This Groupon expires March 29, 2011, and may only be redeemed at the Eastland Mall location.

Chick-fil-A's chicken sandwiches became an instant classic one fateful day in 1967, when an anonymous Georgia chicken wandered into a hot, buttered bun and made history. Forty-some-odd years later, or 267 million chicken years, Chick-fil-A sandwiches are still made the same way, with boneless cuts of breast meat hand-breaded by mystic chicken ascetics, dill-pickle chips pickled from the freshest of cucumbers, and an optional golden wheat bun that is both golden and made of wheat. Like gambling on horse racing, the spicy chicken sandwich is so dangerously delicious that you'll devour two of the peppery seasoned masterpieces without thinking twice, but unlike gambling, Chick-fil-A's sandwiches never contain dice, poker chips, or knee-breaking goons in track suits.

Although briefly embroiled in a scandal involving alleged ties to the underground bovine resistance (the Bovine Liberation Front, or BLF), the tender, juicy perfection of each seasoned, pressure-cooked chicken chop swayed a grand jury. Once released, Chick-fil-A immediately spread to encompass the entire nation, currently boasting nearly 1,500 restaurants, several best-drive-thru awards, and the ability to bench press three times its own body weight.