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Where to Eat on Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day. We checked, and yes, it’s still happening. Now, if you’re hoping to be unattached by the 15th, just sit back. Do nothing. Maybe send an e-card. But if you’ve got a keeper (or at least a decent prospect), well, here are the five best tables in town. Take your pick.

Table #33, FT33

Table #33, FT33

You Require: A front-and-center seat with a full view of the action.
You’ll Receive: This chef’s table that looks onto the open kitchen, so you and your date can supervise the cooking before partaking in some lamb duos and bourbon-glazed pork belly. Yup, that’s what the kids are calling it these days.

FT33, 1617 Hi Line Dr, Ste 250, 214-741-2629

Table #47, SER Steak + Spirits

Table #47, SER Steak + Spirits

You Require: Just a couple of steaks... and maybe a breathtaking panorama of the city.
You’ll Receive: Some 22-ounce prime-cut rib eyes. And if you sit at this window two-top (27 stories above street level): a clear look out over Downtown Dallas. Why, yes, traffic is backed up again on 35.

Table #13, Spoon Bar & Kitchen

Table #13, Spoon Bar & Kitchen

You Require: An excuse for physical contact.
You’ll Receive: A little bench tucked into the back of the restaurant. It’s great for side-by-side canoodling between courses... feeding each other oysters... sipping wine through linked arms. All that usual nonsense you can only get away with on Valentine’s Day.

Table #31, Boulevardier

Table #31, Boulevardier

You Require: Something fancy but not too fancy, definitely French and preferably with mussels.
You’ll Receive: A cozy bistro of exposed brick, gold-framed mirrors and walls of wine. Plus, a menu full of shellfish. And you know what they say about eating shellfish. Or you should, anyway.

Table #30, Oak

Table #30, Oak

You Require: An absolute stunner of a restaurant, and the most comfortable seat in town.
You’ll Receive: This spacious leather booth that’s really a couch, so go ahead... make yourself at home. Summon a plate of Moroccan octopus. A couple of pork chops. Maybe a throw pillow or two.

Oak, 1628 Oak Lawn Ave, 214-712-9700

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