Astronaut cooks have made numerous attempts to wrangle hamburgers into space-ready meals, from dehydrated-pickle disks to vacuum-sealed burger bottles. Enjoy what our starry-eyed brethren never can with today’s Groupon: for $6, you get two quarter-pound hamburger steak jr. burgers with your choice of toppings and two orders of french fries at Char-Grill (up to a $12.86 value). Choose from the following locations: Hillsborough Street, Edwards Mill Road, Atlantic Avenue, or Strickland Road in Raleigh; Durham; Cary; or Garner.

With more than 50 years of hunger-abolishing business under its belt, Char-Grill fires up palates with its old-fashioned char-grilled flavors. The hearty quarter-pound hamburger steak jr. sandwich entrances mouths with its smoky tongue tap dance, topped with a choice of mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, cheese, bacon, and slaw. Forged in the charring flames of the grill top by a hardworking master burgersmith, the bold, juicy taste of the hamburger steak jr. is complemented by the jovial, salty humor of its crispy french-fried sidekick. Char-Grill's commitment to quality, retro art-deco décor, and a Spartan yet robust menu reflect the simpler times of the 1950s, when Eisenhower was president, rock 'n' roll was king, and hamburgers were used as currency.