By: Kat Bein By: Kat Bein | January 14, 2022 | Food & Drink,
Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and you don’t want to get caught without a plan.
Whether you’re looking to impress your partner with a meal at home, or wish to wine and dine that special someone with a fine meal out on the town, these seven local options will set a romantic tone and win them over.
See also: The 4 Most Romantic Spots in Boston
1 Broadway, Everett / Website
Treat your sweetheart to a Cantonese-style special with this prix-fixe menu created by Michelin-rated Chef Richard Chen. Fall in love with assorted dim sum fo two, Peking duck salad, black cod and wok-fried beef. Dessert includes an array of Asian-inspired sweets. Dine in-house or order a meal to go, but be sure to call ahead. All this for $68 per person.
1 Bennett St, Cambridge / Website
Let James Beard Award-Winning Chef Mark Ladner wow you and your special someone with a four-course prix-fixe menu full of amore. For $65 per person, you’ll enjoy 100-layer lasagna, truffled chicken and chocolate torta. Take things further with an option wine pairing for $35 per person. Be sure to make reservations in advance.
811 Washington Street, Newton / Website
Looking to impress your sweetie with a five-star meal at home? You’ll come off as an award-winning chef with one of New England Country Mart’s two Valentine’s Day meal kits. Choose from twin crab-stuffed lobster tail or a twin tenderloin dinner for two. Both kits include your choice of red, white or rose wine; green salad with candied pecans, local goat cheese, strawberries and balsamic dressing; fresh pasta heart-shaped ravioli and homemade marinara sauce; Frenched rainbow tri-color carrots with rosemary and thyme; chocolate-dipped strawberries, Cabot butter, lemon and a single rose. Orders must be placed by Tuesday, Feb. 8, for delivery Friday through Monday, Feb. 11 to 14.
215 Charles Street / Website
Soak up the romantic ambience at the Liberty Hotel’s restaurant and a delicious prix-fixe dinner for $100 per person. You’re welcomed by a raw bar presentation, followed by four courses of fine ingredients. Start with winter parsnip soup with rabbit and duck leg tortellini, then enjoy caramelized Georges Bank sea scallops with brown butter cauliflower and celery salad. Have your choice of cabernet-braised Wagyu beef short rib with sweet potato, shallots and foie gras; or pan-roasted wild king salmon with coldwater lobster and herb polenta. Finish the meal with Valrhona chocolate and winter berry tarts, a side of cherry sorbet and passion fruit chantilly to seal the deal.
314 Newbury Street / Website
What’s more romantic than a French bistro? Grand Tour provides ambience and amour alongside a three-course prix-fixe menu, priced at $75 per person. Wine and dine your loved one with gougère, endive salad, steak frites and more, or order anything you like from the regular menu curated by Chef Michael Serpa. Wine pairings are available, and this special is offered both on-site and as a take home meal.
50 Gloucester Street / Website
Get in the mood with the dining world’s favorite aphrodisiac. Select Oyster Bar celebrates the holiday with a prix-fixe menu designed for two. Make an impression over a seafood feast, created by Chef Michael Serpa, that features Faroe Islands salmon crud, Icelandic Arctic char and more.
??900 Boylston Street / Website
If you can’t travel to Paris for Valentine’s Day, you can still eat like you did. Rochambeau is set to serve such delectable dishes as foie gras with pomegranate strawberry gelee, preserved fruit conserve and toasted brioche; black tie scallops with truffle, roasted cauliflower and caviar citron butter; surf and turf with grilled filet of beef, butter-poached lobster, potato galette and sauce perigourdine; and poached cod with chorizo shellfish mousseline, potato ecrasse and vermouth emulsion.
Photography by: Courtesy of Red 8 at Encore Boston Harbor; Courtesy of Bar Enza