A Groupon deal sold so well it promised to drive a herd of diners to Creation Cafe.
Trouble is that the popular eatery along Canal Walk said it didn’t agree to Groupon’s offer of a 62-percent discounted dinner to 2,600 diners—who are now coming in to redeem the deals.
“What do you mean you can’t use them?” Creation co-principal Lynn Shepherd said of the reaction by many diners after restaurant staff break the bad news.
Shepherd said the Groupon deal that ran Sept. 30 to Oct. 3 wasn’t the deal Creation had been negotiating with Chicago-based Groupon, a claim the company disputes.