Romance in the city heats up for Valentine’s Day at five downtown LA spots (Photos)

For lovebirds who are true foodies at heart, the Downtown Center Business Improvement District (organization behind DowntownLA.com) has created a delicious Romance in the City dinners designed to whet your appetite for food and love:

  1. Border Grill is offering a fun and flirty Mexican fiesta with a special Valentine’s Dinner package for $65 a person excluding tax and gratuity. Mention DowntownLA with purchase of a prix-fixe dinner.
  2. At the Omni Hotel on Bunker Hill couples can snuggle up Noé Restaurant & Bar for a special Valentine’s Day meal created by Executive Chef Glen Ishii. The four-course menu costs $150 a couple (excluding tax and gratuity) and includes entrée choices of Maple Leaf Duck Breast, Petite Filet or Butternut Squash Risotto. Receive a free glass of champagne by mentioning DowntownLA.com.
  3. The winner for downtown’s most romantic dinner is Café Pinot, which offers a contemporary California menu all in a setting situated in Maguire Gardens with landscaped lawns shaded by olive and jacaranda trees and underneath the grand Central Library.
  4. But the Edison’s Valentine’s Celebration is also pretty nifty with its retro romance and entertainment theme. This Valentine’s Day repast comes with French Champagne and costs $115 a couple excluding tax and gratuity.
  5. And then there’s the charming and delicious Chaya Downtown which offering a three-course selection of Chef Kenjo’s favorite romance-inspired menu for two topped off with a Valentine’s dessert medley that includes peanut butter soufflé glace with chocolate sauce; chocolate-dipped strawberries and a heart- shaped strawberry shortcake for $65 a person excluding tax and gratuity.

For the full list of Valentine’s Day dining, hotel packages and activities in the heart of the city, visit DowntownLA.com/valentines.

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