Italian food's tantalizing taste is the stuff of legend, as evidenced by Sisyphus' eternally mouth-watering trial of pushing a giant meatball up a slope. Experience an edible epic with today's Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of Italian cuisine at Tony's Place in West Roxbury.

Tony's, a relaxed, family-friendly restaurant and sports bar, has a lengthy menu of hearty Italian comfort-food favorites and pizzas (The Boston Globe featured Tony’s Place in its 2009 pizza crawl.) Sup on fresh pasta specialties including the seafood cioppino, a full school roster of mussels, shrimp, and scallops tossed with wine and garlic over delicate linguini ($17.99). The veal and eggplant parmigiana, a rich-flavored classic, is a duo of veal fillet and fresh breaded eggplant, enrobed in a special house tomato sauce ($12.59). Finish with a sweet treat of homemade Italian spumoni ($3.29) as you relax in the homey dining room, which has framed pictures, dark wood paneling, and a barely perceptible absence of embarrassing baby photos.

Reviews

The Boston Globe featured Tony’s Place in its 2009 pizza crawl. Three Citysearchers give it an average of 4.5 stars, three Yahoo! Locals give it an average of 3.5 stars, and Yelpers give an average of 2.5 stars:

• the prices were moderate and the ortions [sic] were just right. I would recommend this place for a casual dinner in a casual environment. It is just right for this area and has been here a while! – Matt L., Yelp
• I had the Eggplant parm which was excellent (great sauce, ample cheese, and fresh bread, and dad had the steak sandwich…I highly recommend Tonys. – extralargeman, Citysearch