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Aba Mediterranean: Valentine's Day
Feel like enjoying your Valentine's coupleness at home? Get Aba's Valentine’s Day Dinner for Two and you'll be feasting on lobster bisque, smoky garlic hummus with bread, Ahi tuna with apple & fennel, brussels sprouts, beef tenderloin with potato gratin, and Isot double chocolate cake – and a bottle of Giuliana Prosecco to top the meal off with a toast. (Or you could dine in – under the sparkling lights on Aba's outdoor patio – and enjoy similar gustatory pleasures.) Note: Order by Feb. 9, for delivery or pickup Feb. 11-14.$124.95 (for two). -
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Bakery Lorraine: Valentine's
This excellent bakery has exclusive Valentine's Day pastries at their Domain NORTHSIDE location, including red tarts, red velvet cake, heart moonpies, cherry tarts, and a mouthwatering variety of other sweet treats.Pre-orders available through Feb. 8 -
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Desert Door: Wild Card Valentine's
Desert Door Texas Sotol continues its monthly WILD event series with a limited menu curated by Sarah Abernathy of Justine’s Secret House. [Note: You do remember the raves Desert Door recently received from our foodie correspondents, right?] Celebrate this Valentine’s Day out in the Hill Country, with Abernathy’s delectable pastries (including Blue Masa doughnuts filled with strawberry-and-sotol jam, and chorizo-rillette kolaches) and a holiday-inspired cocktail.Mon., Feb. 14, 5-8pm -
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Honey Moon Spirit Lounge: Valentine's Specials
This one, we daresay, is a sure winner. Honey Moon Spirit Lounge turns up the romance on Valentine’s weekend with a special menu alongside their regular offerings. Wow your sweetie with caviar service ($90) with crème fraîche, chives, boiled eggs, shallots, capers, and blinis; grilled king prawns ($25) with chili butter, bacon, corn, crispy potatoes, and scallions; smoked lamb spare ribs ($46) with goat cheese polenta, sauce Bordelaise, brassicas, and cabernet tomato; and: a dessert of chocolate bourbon mocha, strawberries and cream, and pistachio cardamom macarons. Note: This listing is online; so text space isn't an issue; so let's just say those three lovely words again: pistachio cardamom macarons.Fri.-Sat., Feb. 11-12 -
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Intero: Chocolate + Amari Pairing Box
First let's note that Intero, which is usually closed (like many sane restaurants) on a Monday, will be open with their regular (read: awesome) menu on Valentine's Day. Otherwise, they're offering a special chocolates-and-Amari pairing box, meant for two to enjoy, for pickup Feb 9-14. (For Valentine’s weekend, diners can pre-order a box of chocolates to be ready at the table.) Bonus: Chocolatier Krystal Craig is also preparing a trove of barks and truffles of exotic ingredients for that weekend. Reserve these extraordinary treats while you can! -
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Jo's Coffee: Valentine Gift Package
Only some people say coffee is love, but we reckon anybody will feel like you love them so much if you gift them this lover's bundle – a bag of Jo's house blend coffee, a classic mug, and their newest T-shirt – on Valentine's day. Pro tip: Save any decaf gifts for your enemies.$65. -
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Kura Revolving Sushi Bar: Valentine's
Our favorite center of conveyor-belt-borne comestibles is offering a Valentine’s seafood chirashi, available for purchase for indoor dining (as well as takeout and delivery at order). Bonus: A heart-shaped sauce tray is included with every order.Feb. 11-14. $22. -
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Lutie's: Valentine's Weekend Prix-Fixe
This excellent eatery on the picturesque grounds of Commodore Perry Estate usually isn't even open on a Monday. That's always been Monday's loss, because what chefs Bradley Nicholson and Susana Querejazu dish up at this place is nonpareil. But, stop! In the name of love! Because Lutie's will be open on Valentine's Day itself (and the days before), featuring a five-course meal, complete with the rich flavors of dry-aged Texas Wagyu, handmade pasta, and indulgent dessert – along with a welcome cocktail to begin the evening.Feb. 11-14. $165. -
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Mumtaz Market: Valentine's Package
Mumtaz, from the flavor-forward folks who brought us G’Raj Mahal, offers a special Valentine’s Day meal for two to-go, with everything needed for a romantic experience at home: a choice of filet mignon or lamb loin, pomme purée with fig demiglacé and honey-chili rainbow carrots, and black & white chocolate pot de crème – accompanied by a bottle of Cava rosé, candles, and a morning-after batch of mocha pancakes with maple butter & spiced sugar. Note: Pre-order by phone from Feb. 3-11, for pickup on Feb. 12-14.Feb. 12-14. $200 (for two). -
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Museum of Ice Cream: Valentine's Two-for-One
OK, does it get much sweeter than an entire museum of ice cream? The answer is YES, when that museum offers two-for-one tickets to explore their 12 multisensory installations, including a 1960s retro diner, the very first Museum of Modern Ice Cream (MOMI), and that world-famous Sprinkle Pool. "The Valentine’s Day experience will be filled with interactive moments, from writing messages of love on postcards to tasting as many Valentine’s Day treats as you’d like." Tasty, sure, but is it … Instagrammable? Hell, we reckon the adjective might've been coined for this vibrant venue in the Domain.Feb. 11-14. $49 (for two).11506 Century Oaks Terrace #128 -
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Old Thousand: Valentine's Packs
There's nothing like a fine array of Dope Chinese noms to fuel your Netflix & chill plans, n'est-ce pas? Old Thousand's Valentine’s Packs come with Hainanese quail with ginger scallion sauce, pork and kimchi dumplings, chicken fat rice, dry-fried asparagus, and chocolate mooncake. Note: These will sell out quickly, best to order early.Fri.-Sun., Feb. 11-13 -
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Salt & Time: Valentine's Weekend Dine-In
In addition to their regular menu, this acclaimed East Austin restaurant & butcher shop will offer a few special items for couples to order: dry-aged porterhouses, cowboy ribeyes, whole red snapper, braised lamb shanks with mushroom risotto, and whole roasted rabbit with roasted root vegetables and a bordelaise sauce. Dessert bonus: chocolate ravioli with raspberries.Sat.-Sun., Feb. 12-13. Prices vary. -
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Sonesta Hotel: Hill Country Valentine
How about a whole Valentine's staycation for you and your best beloved? Overnight it at the new Sonesta Bee Cave hotel – it's near Lake Travis and the Hill Country Galleria, for extra relaxing and shopping pleasure – with a dinner at Plate by Dzintra, and you may well be hailed as the hero (or heroine) of love. We, ah, we did rave at you about the superlative dining at Plate, didn't we – in this Sonesta-centric review?See website for pricing. -
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Southside Flying Pizza: Heart-Shaped Pizzas
Now that, as our uncle Dino might've said, is amore. Yes, SFP's one-topping heart pizzas are available for dine in, takeout, or delivery during the entire weekend of love. Order online – from your closest Southside location – and make sure your Valentine's day is extra cheesy.Feb. 11-14. $14. -
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The Carillon: Valentine's Dinner To-Go
Celebrate Valentine's day from home this year, with the Carillon's dinner for two – featuring prosciutto-wrapped figs, Easy Tiger ciabatta, Texas greens salad, tomato bisque, pan-roasted salmon with lentils, pancetta, and roasted cauliflower (or roasted Angus beef tenderloin with Gruyere potato gratin and mushroom asparagus fricassee), and a dessert array of chocolate-dipped strawberries, Chambord chocolate truffles, and citrus sable cookies. Note: Reserve by Feb. 7 for pickup Feb. 11-14.Feb. 3-7 and Mon., Feb. 14. $140 (for two). -
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Tiny Pies for Valentines
Sweet? Savory? Tiny Pies has it all – and you'll feel like you have it all and love, if you treat your sweetest one to a Date Night Box during this weekend of romance: Two five-inch Surf-and-Turf pot pies filled with braised beef and sautéed shrimp, and two Strawberry Chocolate Cream tiny pies (that's chocolate-dipped crust filled with strawberry mousse and topped with whipped cream and a fresh strawberry) for $40. Or go all-out for dessert with the Tiny Pie gift box: a 12-pack of fan-favorite Tiny Pies, with three strawberry cream pies, three banana Nutella pies, three chocolate cream pies, and three mocha toffee pies. Bonus: Pastry cut-outs on top of the pies spell out LOVE YOU XOXO. ($68.40) Mind you, there's even more pies and hearts on their website right now. Note: Pre-order by Feb. 9, for pickup Feb. 11-14. -
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Trace: Valentine's
This elegant dining spot in the W Hotel provides a four-course meal for the annual Day of Romance, bringing you such delights as smoked duck breast, chicken and wild mushroom roulade, blue crab salad, beef filet, poached lobster, and, ooooh, you won't believe the deliciousness of the dessert they're whipping up for the occasion.Mon., Feb. 14, 5:30 & 8:30pm seatings. $92 (per person). -
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Truluck's Dine-In Special
This posh seafood house's special Valentine's Menu includes Maine lobster ravioli made with a butter poached tail, handmade lobster ravioli, artichokes, mushrooms, and spinach with smoked pecorino cream and tomato confit. If you really wanna splurge, citizen, add on a thick slice of strawberry chococlate cake for dessert.Feb. 11-14. $89. -
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Walton's Fancy & Staple: Valentine's Central
This acclaimed bastion of culinary goodness is well-stocked with festive sweet treats, fresh floral arrangements, and fruity mimosa carafes for Valentine’s Day weekend. Wanna "say it with flowers" this year? Pick up a pre-made bouquet or call 512/542-3380 to customize your own botanical array. Your sweetheart's a pastry fiend? Walton's has chocolate strawberries, pink and white macarons, Cupid-approved cupcakes, and more – right there for your grab-and-go convenience.Feb. 11-13
