Outdoor dining is a risky affair, often attracting hungry bears, meat-eating plants, and snooty, undomesticated food critics. Enjoy a much safer version of nature-inflected eating with today’s Groupon. For $20, you get $40 worth of steaks, seafood, and wine at Ken Stewart’s Lodge in Bath. Lunch will be served through the month of December, and this Groupon is valid toward lunch or dinner.

Winner of Wine Spectator ’s Award of Excellence, Ken Stewart’s Lodge harnesses the tranquil power of cabin living and converts it to a homey dining atmosphere and a menu full of savory sustenance. Casually ravenous eaters can begin with shareable starters like the warm goat cheese and marinara ($9.95), served alongside toasted crostini, or a fancily tentacled order of calamari ($13.95). Each entree comes with a house salad, so meatavores feasting on the center cut petite filet mignon ($36.95) or the Delmonico 16 oz. steak ($42.95) can still get their tricep-expanding daily dose of vegetables. If you’ve come to the lodge for the immediate flotation power that’s often ascribed to sea-anchored dishes, the Thai peanut sauce-dressed salmon ($29.95) or the one-pound lobster tail (market price) act as a delicious, hearty excuse to burn your water wings and donate your life jacket collection.

Ken Stewart’s lodge features a large outdoor dining patio with an impressive stone fireplace that helps put diners into the comfortable trance state that’s necessary for unearthing repressed memories of their childhood Mickey Mouse Club roles. An oft-changing wine list offers unpredictable dinner complements. Home to a dedicated, courteous staff that’s honed in on customers’ gustatory satisfaction, Ken Stewart’s Lodge offers friendly fine dining without stuffy dress codes that require a minimum of two monocles.

Reviews

Seven Yelpers give Ken Stewart's Lodge a four star average, and while TripAdvisors are mixed about their experience, they still give it a three star average:

• This restaurant compares with the best restaurants I've been to in Europe. Quiet -- and the waiters/waitresses are always "there" when you need them. Why can't food always taste this good? – Brooks N., Yelp
• The service has always been great , drinks are nice and strong, the food was always to die for and you couldn't ask for a nicer atmosphere. – lilone373, TripAdvisor