Chris McD's, Grand Cru, Les Bourgeois Bistro for less

Restaurant.com is a website that offers discounted gift certificates. You pay only $10 for a $25 gift certificate.  You pay online and print the certificate, then you're good to go.  There are limitations such as minimum purchase requirements and day/meal restrictions.

If you pay with a Visa credit card, you can avail of an extra 40% discount!  To avail of this discount, you will have to go through the Visa website.

There are only 3 restaurants in the area that participate in this program, but all three are pretty good:

1.  Chris McD's -- $10 for a $25 gift cert (min purchase $50, not valid on Sat)

2.  Grand Cru -- $4 for a $10 gift cert, $10 for $25 gift cert (min purchase $35, dinner only)

3.  Les Bourgeois Bistro -- $10 for a $25 gift cert (min purchase $50, Sun to Thu only)

The best deal is at Grand Cru.  (All 3 restaurants used to have a $35 min purchase.  Now the other 2 have increased theirs.  Sign of the times, I guess.)  As an example, if you take advantage of the Visa offer, you would get a $25 gift certificate to Grand Cru for only $6. If you stick to the $35 min purchase, you would be spending $16 for a $35 meal. That's more than 50% off!