Here’s a look at Valentine’s Day Columbus 2023 featuring special offerings by restaurants.
Valentine’s Day is Tuesday, February 14, 2023.
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This list is not exhaustive and is updated as information becomes available. I try to feature as much as I can but certainly this is not all that is out there. If your favorite restaurant is not on the list, contact them to see what they are offering.
Valentine’s Day Columbus 2023: Restaurant Special Menus
Nativo614
Nativo614 is offering a Valentine’s Day prix-fixe menu priced at $69.88 per person. With the three-course dinner receive a free glass of champagne or wine with complimentary chocolate strawberries.
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The Woodbury
The Woodbury is offering a Valentine’s Day 3-course menu. Priced at $45 per person. 1st Course – Crab Dip, Kung-pao brussels, Tomato Bisque, OR Caesar salad. 2nd course – Cajun chicken penne pasta, Chicken Piccata w/ angel hair pasta & broccolini, Lemon Butter Barramundi w/wild rice & broccolini, Beef Short Rib Marsala with mashed potatoes and glazed parsnips & carrots. 3rd Course – Layered lemon cake, Molten Lava cake (GF), or The Bearded Baker Cheesecake.
New India Restaurant
New India Restaurant is offering a huge buffet with 32 choices including non vegetarian, vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, appetizers, main course, bread, desserts for $28 plus tax each with complimentary house wine included. Available from 12 pm – 9 pm on February 14.
Eddie Merlot’s Prime Aged Beef & Seafood – Columbus
Eddie Merlot’s Prime Aged Beef & Seafood – Columbus is offering a Valentine’s Day dinner on February 14. Menu full of signature classics, including our prime-aged steaks, fresh seafood and signature cocktails, perfect for the occasion.
Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce Speakeasy
Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce Speakeasy is offering a Valentine’s Day Drink Package and Burlesque Show on February 14 from 7 pm – 9 pm. Priced at $60/person (plus tax and gratuity). COMP entry into 3rd Annual “50 Shades of Pink” Burlesque Nightclub from 9:30 pm – 2 am. Special Valentines Day Bottle of Wine or Champagne, free shot as you enter the Speakeasy, VIP Table and Ivan Kane’s World-Famous Burlesque Show.
They also offer a Valentine’s Day Dinner and Burlesque Show on February 14 from 7 pm – 9 pm. Priced at $100 per person (plus tax and gratuity). COMP entry into 3rd Annual “50 Shades of Pink” Burlesque Nightclub from 9:30 pm – 2 am. Special Valentines Day 3 Course Prix Fixe Steak Dinner, Bottle of Wine or Champagne, free shot as you enter the Speakeasy, VIP Table and Ivan Kane’s World-Famous Burlesque Show.
They also offer a Galentine’s Day Magic Mike Movie and Live Show on February 14. Priced at $50 per person VIP (plus tax and gratuity). Event starts at 6pm, with first ever Movie Night at Forty Deuce. Followed by a live, hot and steamy, “Magic Mike” performance! Package includes: Gauranted VIP Seating, a Bottle of Wine or Champagne for every two guests or flask service for every four guest (pint size bottle of Tito’s or Jack Daniels, servers 10-12 drinks, includes mixers.
They also offer a Galentine’s Day Magic Mike Movie and Live Show on February 14. Priced at $31.37 per person (plus tax and gratuity). Event starts at 6pm, with first ever Movie Night at Forty Deuce. Followed by a live, hot and steamy, “Magic Mike” performance! Package includes: Bar Seating, Movie Night Menu.
They also offer a Galentine’s Day Magic Mike Movie and Live Show on February 14. Priced at $25 per person (plus tax and gratuity). Event starts at 6pm, with first ever Movie Night at Forty Deuce. Followed by a live, hot and steamy, “Magic Mike” performance! Package includes: Bar Seating.
Cumberland Trail Bar and Grill
Cumberland Trail Bar and Grill is offering a Valentine’s Day Columbus 2023 dinner for two on February 14. Priced at $75 per couple. Tomato Basil Bisque or Shrimp Bisque; Caesar Salad or Spring Green Salad; Pan seared Salmon Pomodoro or Romano Crusted Chicken or House Cut New York Strip Steak or Seafood Risotto. You also are offered a Bottle of Wine Special and Drink Specials.
Veritas
Veritas is offering a Valentine’s Day 5-course tasting menu on February 14. Priced at $115 per person, available at dining room or bar.
Home Chef
If you’re looking for a relaxed, romantic date-night-in, Home Chef has you covered with an indulgent menu that will surely impress your special someone (partner, pal, pet, you name it). These V-Day specials are available to order now to be sent straight to your door in time 2/14, fresh ingredients and approachable recipe cards included — so saying “I love you” through a home-cooked meal can be both delicious and stress-free, no hard-to-nab restaurant reservation needed.
The decadent, easy-to-make recipes include:
- Filets Mignon Steak Frites with Truffle Aioli and Parmesan bacon green beans
- Spinach and Artichoke Baked Gnocchi with bread crumbs (recipe by Rachael Ray!)
- Cranberry Goat Cheese-Stuffed Chicken with roasted Brussels sprouts
Home Chef also has the final course covered with a limited-time dessert duo just for Valentine’s Day, which combines a Chocolate Lava Cake and a Red Velvet Cookie Skillet for a sweet and scrumptious end to the special meal.
This Valentine’s Day menu is available to order from the menu here, now until noon CT on Friday, February 10. Thanks for the consideration.
Romantic Things to Do
The Ups and Downs of Love: Bill Cohen & Friends in Concert
Serious and funny love songs highlight this 14th annual Valentines concert on February 4 by Bill Cohen and friends as they perform favorites from the 1940’s thru the 80’s, made famous by John Denver, the Everly, Sam Cooke, Bette Midler, James Taylor, Bing Crosby, the Shirelles, Eagles, Johnny Mathis, and others.
While the songs will reflect the ecstasy and pain love brings, there will be a lighter side too, as Bill poses fun trivia questions about famous couples and love songs throughout the decades. Find out more here.
FFN Improv
FFN is an improv comedy troupe who acts out the stories of couples in love on the spot. They invite a couple to the stage. They ask them all the appropriate questions (usually getting the inappropriate answer) about their relationship, from past to present. From that we reenact a 20-30 min story of how they came to be. Come down this Valentine’s Day and celebrate love at BrewDog in Canal Winchester at the world famous BrewDog Beer Museum. $10 per person. Held on 2/9/2023, 2/10/2023, 2/11/2023, 2/14/2023. Find out more here.
Columbus Museum of Art
The Columbus Museum of Art has a number of Valentine’s events.
Cocktail Celebration
February 10, 6:00–10:00 PM
This Valentines Day, celebrate your love at the Columbus Museum of Art. All are welcome to join us for live jazz music by Sabrina Tutstone, light bites, and a cash bar before exploring the open galleries at night. This event includes one drink ticket. Cocktail Celebration tickets are $45 for members and $50 for nonmembers.
Intimate Dining Experience + Cocktail Celebration
February 10, 6:00–10:00 PM
First Seating 6:00 PM & Second Seating 8:00 PM
This Valentines Day, celebrate your love at the Columbus Museum of Art. For those seeking a unique fine dining experience, an intimate 4-course meal will be served under the stars in Derby Court. This event will include a plated dinner (menu below), two complimentary drinks or bottle of wine, and access to the Cocktail Celebration with live jazz music by Sabrina Tutstone, light bites, and cash bar with time to explore the open galleries before or after your dinner.
Tickets for the Intimate Dining Experience + Cocktail Celebration are $225 for member couples, $250 for nonmember couples.
The Crystal Ballroom Dance Center
Are you looking for the perfect way to spark romance and spend time together this Valentine’s Day? Enjoy a beginner-friendly dance class together, Tuesday, February 14th. Receive chocolates and flowers, as well as learn to dance. $40 per couple (Member Discount Available). Click here for full details: https://fb.me/e/3T76mDoIa
Craft Your Night-Columbus
Join Craft Your Night-Columbus for a hands-on interactive crafting party, guests will learn how to create their own beautiful succulent arrangement/terrarium while having fun with family and friends. Everyone will leave the party with their own living creation and the knowledge to care for it.
The class includes instruction on techniques for selecting succulents, planting and arranging them, as well as best practices for keeping the arrangement vibrant and healthy. Food and beverages are available for purchase.
Taft’s Brewpourium Columbus
Taft’s Brewpourium Columbus is hosting a Valentine’s Drag brunch on February 11. Priced at $35 per person. Scarlett Moon is hosting alongside her queens. There will be dancing, lip syncing, games and more during this interactive event. Doors and buffet open at 11am, show starts at 12pm. Your ticket includes a brunch buffet (think breakfast pizza, tots, pastries and more!) plus 1 free welcome beer. There is no reserved seating and you might have to share a table with another group if your party is small. The buffet will be self-serve and drinks have to be ordered at the bar.
Wanderlust Tours
Celebrate love and food in Wanderlust Tours‘ Valentine’s Champagne class, that begins with a Champagne mignonette for oysters on the half-shell, smoked salmon carpaccio on brioche toast with roe. Learn to properly sear scallops in a buttery champagne pan sauce and whip up a side of Prosecco Parmesan risotto. Class ends with an elegant dessert of wine-poached pears drizzled with créme Anglaise. We’ll toast to each other with a glass of bubbly while enjoying this decadent meal. Registration is for 2.
Gift Ideas
Markets at Pearl
There will be a Valentine Market on February 8. Whether you want to grab a gift for your valentine, treat yourself to some homemade sweets or get a massage (yes, that’s a thing!)
Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Create personalized cards to send to loved ones on Valentine’s Day Columbus 2023 or use as decoration! In this class, we will learn the process of lino stamping, from creating a design with a pencil to carving the stamp and bringing your vision to life. Design and carve a linoleum stamp block yourself, and then use paint to transfer your design onto a piece of cardstock to create a card or piece of art. Participants get to keep their stamps & cards to use again on paper or fabric! February 9. $40 – $48. Find out more here.