Valentine's Day 2021 is soon approaching, and it seems safe to say the holiday won't be characterized by the usual frenzy for intimate candlelit dinners inside fancy restaurants. Still, lots of local businesses and restaurants have come up with alternative ways to make the day special, from packages from Addo Like List and Frelard Tamales Like List to limited outdoor dining at places like Maximilien Like List and Meesha Like List . We've gathered this list of options so you can start mulling over your plans well in advance, and we'll update it as we hear of more offerings. For more ideas, check out our food and drink guide.
Addo
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You can always count on Eric Rivera's experimental pop-up Addo to have a menu for every occasion, and Valentine's Day is no exception: The eclectic Ballard restaurant will have a six-course home tasting menu for Valentine's Day featuring scallops with black truffle sauce, half a roasted cauliflower with curry spices, Delmonico steak with crab béarnaise sauce, miso butter-poached lobster tails, a "big-ass salad" with vinaigrette, and a "box 'o desserts." If you're flying solo this year, treat yourself to the "Living Single" menu, which features scallop mousse with adobo plantain chips, saffron bean salad, duck lasagna, dark chocolate ice cream with a side of smoked sea salt, and a trio of macarons—no sharing required.
Ballard
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Cafe Flora
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The vegetarian mainstay will prepare a four-course Valentine's Day takeout meal for two that includes taro chips with various dips, a colorful salad, artichoke croquettes with spiced lemongrass sauce, gingered kabocha squash, grilled chayote squash with beluga lentils and maitake mushrooms, and a "chocolate tower" (chocolate mousse on a graham cracker crust, enrobed in a dark chocolate ganache with raspberry coulis and coconut whip). Add on a beverage pairing for two (two Golden Negronis, two cans of Nomadica red blend, and a split bottle of Gruet Sparkling White) or a bottle of Osterreich 2019 Meinklang Gruner Veltliner wine. Pickup is available from 3-8 pm on February 13.
Madison Valley
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Can Can
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Add some saucy sparkle to your celebration with Can Can's "V-Day Lovers' Pack," which includes a chef-prepared meal for two, a bottle of Cristal champagne, confections for two, weekend access to an online Can Can performance, and the pièce de résistance, a handmade crystal-encrusted bra and pasties.
Pike Place Market
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Eden Hill
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Chef Maximillian Petty's fine-dining restaurant invites you to "celebrate your sweetheart" with their five-course home tasting menu, which consists of cider whole wheat bread and whipped butter, Dungeness crab salad, spaetzle with merlot cabbage, braised pork cheeks, and sticky toffee cake.
Queen Anne
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Fran's Chocolate
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. Afterwards, catch a virtual viewing of the PNB's production of Romeo et Juliette
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, included in the package.
Downtown, Bellevue, University Village, Georgetown
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Frelard Tamales
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The local tamale purveyor is offering a Valentine's Day box with curated goods from five minority- and women-owned businesses, including their own tamales, a bag of beans from Boon Boona Coffee
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, roses from Woodinville Family Farms, burnt Basque cheesecake from La Dulce, and bath and body products from Earthly Elixirs, available for pickup or free delivery from February 1-14.
Greenlake
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Lark
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John Sundstrom's acclaimed Capitol Hill restaurant will have a three-course meal available for pickup, with a hamachi tostada, beef tenderloin steak, Dungeness crab spaghettini, and Theo dark chocolate torte.
Capitol Hill
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Left Bank
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Can't jet off to Paris? No matter: The hip South Park wine shop will offer a package with two bottles of natural wine, classic bistro-inspired recipes, a curated playlist, and a film recommendation to evoke the City of Light.
South Park
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Mamnoon
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Capitol Hill's Anthony Bourdain-approved Middle Eastern restaurant will have a special Valentine's Day dinner with hummus, labneh with salmon caviar, pink chicory salad, braised lamb shank with parsnip puree, farro pilaf, and a labneh and rose tart with passionfruit gelée for dessert. They'll also have a selection of wine pairings.
Capitol Hill
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Maximilien
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The romantic French restaurant's private, weatherproof rooftop "Igloos" are available for reservation for an elegant four-course Valentine's Day tasting menu that includes amuse-bouches, smoked salmon brioche, venison chops with wild berry demi-glace, house salad with Camembert cheese, and crème brûlée.
Pike Place Market
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Meesha
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Chef Preeti Agarwal's Indian restaurant will offer a four-course Valentine's Day tasting menu, featuring amuse bouche, dahi kebabs, mussel or squash thisri, Banarasi-style scallops or gobhi (cauliflower), guava mojito popsicles, braised goat stew or kadai paneer, and lychee phirni (pudding), available by reservation for limited outdoor seating on a heated, covered patio.
Fremont
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Paragon
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The Queen Anne bar and grill will have a special Valentine's Day version of their "supper club" kits with dinner and live-streamed entertainment available for pickup on Saturday, February 13. The menu has not yet been announced.
Queen Anne
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Savor Seattle
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The Pike Place Market tour company, which pivoted to sell boxes of food products from local vendors and was recently purchased by the sustainable sandwich shop chain Homegrown, has put together a selection of Valentine's Day-themed offerings, including "Sweet Treats" boxes (with cookies from local chef Kyle Smothers, who won the Food Network's Holiday Wars 2), "iconic market" and "market favorites" boxes with a selection of goods from Pike Place Market purveyors, Pike Place Market bouquets, and a family breakfast box with pancake mix from chef Edouardo Jordan of JuneBaby
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Pike Place Market
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Seattle Pops
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The local frozen pop shop has unveiled their specials for Valentine's Day, available for pickup or delivery from February 11-12: "very strawberry" pops dipped in dark chocolate and drizzled in white chocolate, chocolate strawberry pops dipped in milk chocolate and drizzled in white chocolate, and raspberry vanilla cream pops with a "tuxedo" white and dark chocolate dip—the latter two are both brand-new flavors. An all-vegan option (very strawberry dipped and drizzled in dark chocolate) is also available.
Wallingford
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Sweet Nothings and More
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This local bakery pop-up is selling raspberry rose mousse treats, Valentine's Day care packages with an assortment of baked goods, "extra chocolate-y cake" (chocolate mousse, chocolate crunchy layer, and chocolate ganache, bedecked in chocolate hearts), fancy assemble-at-home dessert kits (caramel sauce, chocolate cake, chocolate mousse, a hazelnut-studded chocolate disk, hazelnut cremeux, and chocolate decorations), croissants with raspberry jam, and oolong chocolate mousse with caramel and almond cake.
Rainier Valley
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Trophy Cupcakes
Go all out this Valentine's Day with a "Valentine magic cake" with five layers of Valrhona chocolate cake, red buttercream frosting, a dark chocolate drip, colorful macarons, striped meringues and marshmallows, white chocolate sprinkle bark, glitter dipped wafer cookies, sprinkle-coated pretzels, a pink striped lolly, conversation hearts, and custom confetti sprinkles.
Various locations
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TROVE
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The Seattle-based "travel-from-home" subscription and gift box service TROVE will whisk you away on an Italian getaway with their "You Had Me At Truffle" box, which includes an exclusive hour-long recorded cooking class with Florence chef Patrizia Steccato, Sabatino White Truffle Oil, Italian wheat flour from Umbria, a heart-shaped cookie cutter, the book Spritz: Italy's Most Iconic Aperitivo Cocktail, crystal cocktail glasses, "Love is Chocolate" truffles, pearl brightening sheet masks, and Cup of Love rose and tulsi herbal tea.
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Westman's Bagel
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Treat the bagel lover in your life (or yourself) to a festive "bagelgram" with a red and pink bagel twisted into the shape of a heart.
Capitol Hill
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Wild Mountain Cafe
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This longtime Ballard comfort food spot is gearing up for the holiday with various specials, including two-packs of their famous scratch-made cinnamon rolls (with pink frosting for Valentine's Day), mimosa kits, flower bouquets, and combo packs with all three. Orders must be placed by Friday, February 12 for pickup from 7:30 am-3 pm on Valentine's Day.
Ballard
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