A romantic dinner by a roaring fire is best enjoyed in a restaurant and not around the neighbor's emblazoned wicker man. Retain your amorous appetite with today's Groupon: for $12, you get $25 worth of upscale dinner and drinks at Jeffrey's Restaurant in Milford.

Jeffrey's cultivates a fine-dining atmosphere with a seasonal menu of seafood concoctions, roasted and pan-crisped meats, and pastas packed with savory vegetables. The chefs stuff house-made raviolis with mascarpone cheese and portobello mushrooms ($18), covering them in fresh pomodoro as an ode to the Mediterranean's famous sea of tomato sauce. Plates fill up with entree options such as spinach fettuccine stuffed with lobster meat and vodka cream sauce ($22) or the perfectly crisped maple-leaf duck breast, splashed with an orange-raisin Grand Marnier sauce ($28). Conclude your fine feast with a scoop of cappuccino gelato, cooling the warm lava cake ($8.50) and preventing cascades of molten chocolate from permanently preserving your face in an expression of culinary bliss.

During sunnier months, patrons can populate Jeffrey's patio, while mouths located between music-loving ears can gravitate inside for live tunes every Friday and Saturday evening. The recently remodeled edifice also boasts a lounge outfitted with a fireplace and piano where a glass of the house pinot grigio may challenge a dining partner's pinot noir (Jeffrey's label, $7.50 each) to a dance-off on discerning tongues. Reservations are required.