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Choosing the Right Table for the Job

The reservation lines: opening up. The silver: being polished. It’s almost time to fulfill your legally sworn duties as Cupid’s ambassador of the night. So we’d like to point you in the direction of a few handpicked tables ripe for romance. Go forth and be fruitful.

Table 32, Antica Posta

Table 32, Antica Posta

This Tuscan spot was once a Buckhead home, so expect to find some remnants of its former life throughout the dining room—like a roaring fireplace, with a two-top situated directly in front of it. Unfortunately, the master bedroom didn’t survive renovations.

Why it’s right: Every table here demands seduction—this one is just the most demanding.

Table 50, Atlanta Grill

Table 50, Atlanta Grill

Table 50 may be its legal name, but you’ll ask for the Cheater’s Booth—a secluded little nook where you’ll sink into the red leather banquette, summon some bubbly and draw the privacy curtains for a long evening of... nobody else’s business.

Why it’s right: If things go well behind the curtain, we hear they also have a few rooms at the Ritz.

Atlanta Grill, Ritz-Carlton Downtown, 181 Peachtree St NE, 404-221-6550

Table 103, Woodfire Grill

Table 103, Woodfire Grill

As you make your way upstairs to the loft, you’ll find that a few strategically placed two-tops will have picked up where the giant communal table left off, although the vaulted ceilings and Berkshire pork aren’t going anywhere.

Why it’s right: There’s a time and a place for ground-level dining... this is not that time. Or that place.

Table M8, Livingston

Table M8, Livingston

Breaking bread on the mezzanine level: normally not an option. But as those words have never really applied to you, you’ll ask for M8, overlooking the Fox Theatre.

Why it’s right: The Gone with the Wind premiere party was held here 75 years ago—think of it as a double date with the ghosts of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.

Livingston, Georgian Terrace Hotel, 659 Peachtree St NE, 404-897-5000

The Wine Room, Canoe

The Wine Room, Canoe

You may or may not be aware of this room’s existence. But if you ask nicely, the dark, brick-on-brick expanse can be yours (and yours alone) for the evening. Not to mention the private server.

Why it’s right: Being this close to Canoe’s secret stockpile of wine should all but answer that question for you.

Canoe, 4199 Paces Ferry Rd NW, 770-432-2663

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