Food and Dining editor for Mpls/St. Paul Magazine Stephanie March joins us today with great dining ideas for your Valentine’s Day enjoyment.

Meritage in St. Paul:
Dinner on Feb 14 is gone but lunch is still available, so is Friday. Awesome seating in the oyster bar

Over the TOP romance at Nicollet Island Inn:
Gorgeous five course menu for $70/guest, overnight packages, horse-drawn carrage rides, the works. Later in the night rezzies still avail.

Icehouse for the Music Set:
Special 7 course dinner with wine pairings with music by Laurels String Quartet. $85

Saffron:
only has early and later, but the five course for $65 is e
xciting: poached sturgeon couscous, grilled lamb with butternut squash, white chocolate panna cotta with rose petal.

Terra Waconia:
for the farmy: Get outta town to Waconia for this five course wine dinner featuring French wines for $85.

Aji Sushi in Hopkins
:
has a special menu for two for $55 that includes: Two shared entrees (hibachi  salmon, grilled petite filet, panko pork, etc.) choice of two sushi rolls, and a dessert to share.

Café Ena: Aphrodisiac Wine Dinner Feb 12:
Dinner celebrating love and our adoration of food! This lavish and exquisite 9 course dinner with wine pairings is $75. Honey-lavender scallop served over avocado mousse, Confit asparagus bundle served over a truffle-almond sauce, almond- garlic crusted filet served over baby spinach, confit carrots, arugula drizzled with fig- 20yr Porto sauce and more!

Foodies on Foot: Foods of Love Progressive Dinner
Feb 13 $60 for four course dinner w/ wine pairings at different spots in
Stillwater, focusing on the aphrodisiac foods. Plus %25 discount at Water Street Inn if you book a room and mention the tour!

Angel Food Bakery:
Naughty and Nice fortune cookies, heart-shaped donuts, I love you donuts, rose cupcakes, and sassy valentines, truffles and more! Pre-order by Feb 9
th.

Take Home Dinners:
Broders:
$40 dinner for two
Salad plus either lasagne of fresh salmon, shrimp & crab with roasted red and yellow peppers or risotto with  house made lamb sausage, roasted artichokes, arugula, rosemary & lemon (vegetarian version available upon request). Loaf of rosemary focaccia bread, classic Tiramisu or Strawberry Tiramisu.

Surdyks:
Three course dinner for $42 (choose from beef short ribs, lobster spaghetti, duck breast au poivre) plus you get an in-store coupon for 10% off any wine.  48 hours notice!

Heart Shaped Pizzas:
Randy’s:
Heart-Shaped Pizzas are made Thin Crust, Pan, Chicago Style Deep Dish or Chicago Stuffed pizza style and are available with any combination of ingredients, in all sizes. Including are Popular 30” Super Heart Pizza. Plus they ship anywhere and offer a "Pizza Amore"
Valentine's package that includes two wonderful salads, a delicious heart-shaped Chocolate Chip Cookie for two and a Heart-Shaped Pizza.  Two Toppings For $29.99(Available for dine-in, carryout or delivery.)

Pinstripes:
bowling and bocce and wood-fired pizza, plus couples get free champagne toast and Frangelico chocolate cake.

Italian Pie Shoppe:
has them through the rest of the month in case you mess up. (Eagan, New Hope, Grand Ave.)