Cleveland, Ohio offers visitors a number of attractions for creative dates. Lake Erie offers boating and scuba diving, and the Cleveland Metroparks Reservation has untouched wildlife to observe, for instance. Cleveland also has a variety of intimate restaurants for couples to enjoy.
Chef Michael Symon's flagship restaurant, Lola, prepares modern American cuisine in an elegant atmosphere. Symon borrows from a wide variety of cuisines to make classic-fusion dishes such as a crispy bone marrow appetizer, pappardelle pasta, sturgeon, duck and beef hangar and rib-eye steaks. At Lola there are also 400 wine options and live entertainment including music, theater and comedy. Indulge in desserts such as the caramelized pineapple tart, bacon ice cream or sweet corn pudding.
Lola
2058 E. Fourth St.?
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-621-5652
lolabistro.com
Luxe, an eclectic, urban, dining experience, offers up a mixture of vintage and modern decor as well as tapas-style dining for a romantic affair. Share plates such as goat cheese fondue, shrimp and crab cakes, harissa-dusted chicken wings with a honey-yogurt dipping sauce and rosemary cheesy grits. Adventurous eaters should try the three-course tasting menu. Luxe's desserts include classics like bananas foster, vanilla bean cheesecake and a lemon mousse tart. Luxe serves dinner Monday through Saturday. Late nights, the restaurant turns into a lounge with a live DJ, and Luxe also has brunch on Sundays. The brunch menu includes omelets and egg scrambles as well as more ambitious dishes such as the Torta rustica (chicken sausage with roasted red peppers, spinach and fontina cheese).
Luxe Kitchen & Lounge
6605 Detroit Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44102
216-920-0600
luxecleveland.com
Gusto is an Italian ristorante located in Cleveland's Litte Italy neighborhood. There is a main dining room, a private dining room for up to 50 guests and outdoor patio dining when the weather is nice. Gusto serves traditional Italian dishes such as shrimp scampi, lasagna di mare (a seafood lasgana), pork tenderloin stuffed with spinach, rack of lamb rolled in herbed breadcrumbs and grilled salmon marinated in a strawberry-champagne sauce. Gusto is open for dinner Tuesday through Sunday nights.
Gusto
12202 Mayfield Road
Cleveland, OH 44106
216-791-9900
gustolittleitaly.com
