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VillageVines.com has an interesting concept that has a bigger advantage for alcohol drinkers.  Hybrid of a happy hour and a Groupon.  The restaurants however set the time range that the discounts apply to bring in people during slower parts of the day. $10 dollars to reserve a table, and 30% discount is discretely applied to your bill.  

I question how much one would really save due to the $10 fee.  For instance, $60 bill with a 30% discount would be $42. Adding back the reservation fee of $10 puts the cost back to $52 and the effective saving is really only about 13% (omitted tax/tip which one would have to pay anyhow except it’s higher of course on a bigger bill).

Currently available in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington DC, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Denver, Miami, Atlanta.