If you're planning to celebrate Valentine's Day with your sweetheart(s) this possibly snowy weekend but are fresh out of quarantine date-night ideas, turn to local businesses to pack all the fixings of a romantic evening into a box for you. We've rounded up some notable options below, whether you're into dinner and show or DIY crafting. For even more options—including for those celebrating V-Day solo—check out our complete Valentine's Day calendar and our guide to Valentine's Day takeout Like List .
PUZZLES
Bottlehouse
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For your dearest roommates and lovers whose ideal evening includes a jigsaw puzzle and fine vino, the Madrona wine shop's curated wine kits are a cute way to show your devotion (and do something together at home). Choose from Rosy Cheeks (with Johan Vineyards' Petillant Naturel Pinot Noir), Be Bold (with Cacique Maravilla's "Chacoli" Pet Nat Rosé), or Disco Queen (with Domaine du Vieil Orme's Gabriel Brut). You can add greeting cards, candles, chocolates, and even a pair of "Gatsby" glasses to any order.
Pickup, delivery, and in-store shopping ($50-$60)
Cafe Nordo
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With clues and puzzles inspired by Eloise VanAndal's crime novel Til Death do us Part?, a story that begins with a wedding and ends with a murder, Do Not Disturb: A Nordo Room Service Experience invites you to "unlock the spectral curse of Hotel Nordo" with delicious incentives of chocolate pâte à bombe, amaretto cheesecake, and an Aviation cocktail kit. Together with your dearly beloved (or a party of four, if you wish), you'll uncover ghostly secrets through gifts, letters, and news clippings. Inventive add-ons (short rib and potato layer cake, beet and chèvre salad "wedding cake") and wine pairings are also available.
Pickup & delivery ($112-$172)
The Works
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The Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Valentine's Day Bundle has options for valentines of all stripes, from jigsaw puzzle fanatics (the "Cozy Night Brain TEAs" option comes with a 500-piece ramen puzzle from women-owned company Seltzer Goods) to lovers of luxurious baths (the "Spa Night Delight" comes with a DIY bath bomb kit), to foodies (the "For the Foodie Cutie" kit comes with a signed copy of Lauren Ko's Pieometry cookbook).
Pickup on Sat Feb 13, 10 am-3 pm; place orders by Fri Feb 12 at 12 pm ($50-$60)
DINNER AND A SHOW
Can Can
For all the glitz and glamour of a night on the town with none of the shoe-wearing or traffic-weaving, opt for the V-Day Lovers' Pack from the Pike Place culinary cabaret. It comes complete with Cristal champagne, confections for two, a crystal-encrusted bra and pastie set (in case you want to put on your own show at home), and weekend access to a burlesque show currently available on-demand (Wonderland, This Is Halloween
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, Zombie Cheerleaders from Hell, or Peacock). You can add on entrees, additional confections, and an extra bottle of champagne to your order.
Delivery ($599)
Fran's Chocolates
The famed family-owned confectioner is teaming up with the luxury tea brand TeaLeaves and the Pacific Northwest Ballet to offer a tea and chocolate tasting
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for two featuring truffles and caramels paired with loose-leaf teas. Afterward, catch a virtual viewing of the PNB's production of the PNB classic Roméo et Juliette
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, a pre-recorded performance, included in the package.
Delivery ($145)
Paragon
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The Queen Anne restaurant's popular Supper Club
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, a Saturday-night to-go feast packed in a sheet-cake-size box that comes with a link to a virtual performance, is getting the Valentine's Day treatment on February 13. With wellness-minded ingredients meant to reduce stress and increase blood flow (wink wink), the three-course menu for two features delicata squash with Greek yogurt, walnuts, and honey; rack of lamb with mint chutney and pomegranate (there's a veggie option available, too); and a dark chocolate brownie with rose water whipped cream, as well as your choice of a rose-hued wine or kombucha pairing. Once you're plated up, queue up the accompanying burlesque show starring Isobella Bloom and Lily Verlaine.
Pickup on Sat Feb 13, 5-6 pm ($65)
DIY CRAFTING
AR Workshop
If you and your partner share a passion for scrolling Zillow for idyllic homes you'll never live in, this Valentine's Day Collection DIY Kit, which comes with all the materials you need to build your own Valentine Village (a set of three little houses made of wood) might be up your alley. The kit also comes with wood-slice garland to paint and hang on your wall, as well as labels and cutouts to use for your own themed party for two. Build the scene together, or send your valentine out on a long isolation walk and surprise them with your newly decorated abode.
Pickup ($60)
Uncorked Canvas
For some wholesome bonding time, snag this Date Night Winter Kiss kit that comes with a couple of 11x14 canvases, paintbrushes, stencils, aprons, and an online instructional video to help you create two halves of a romantic winter wonderland scene. The "sip" part of this "paint and sip" is up to you, so stock up on your favorite tipples.
Pickup (Tacoma) & delivery ($65)
