Lovers of love, rejoice! Valentine’s Day has arrived. The best day to enjoy chocolate, Champagne, and candy hearts, Valentine’s Day is also the best day to share a meal with your special someone. If you still haven’t made your reservation, fret not. You can still score a terrific table for two today — either online [...]
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OpenTable Reveals the Top 25 Most Romantic Cities in the U.S.
With Valentine’s Day almost a week away, we are pleased to release our rankings of the 25 Most Romantic Cities in the United States. While we may typically think of our largest cities as magnets for romance seekers, our analysis revealed that romance thrives in cities and communities of all sizes. In order to provide [...]
OpenTable Survey Reveals Valentine’s Day Dining Trends: When Valentine’s Day Bookends a Weekend, It’s Typically Good for Restaurants — and Diners!
According to a new survey of OpenTable diners, restaurants are poised to be busy with diners celebrating love not only on Thursday, February 14, but on the weekend following Valentine’s Day. OpenTable diners also indicated that they plan to celebrate love in a big way with a projected check average of $139, which is 63 [...]
Tweet of the Week: Valentine’s Day Is on Its Way; Don’t Delay!
Some of you may be thinking that Valentine’s Day is far off. It’s not. At all. In fact, it’s just around the corner, in terms of booking restaurant reservations. Prime Valentine’s Day dining slots are filling up fast. If you don’t believe me, take it from Chris Creel. He just snagged a terrific table at [...]
Heartland Restaurant Chef Lenny Russo Recommends the Chef’s Table for Romance
Minnesota chef Lenny Russo of Heartland Restaurant + Farm Direct Market in St. Paul has been cooking professionally for more than 30 years, during which time he’s amassed numerous accolades, both locally and nationally, including being named a 2010 and 2011 James Beard Foundation Best Chef Midwest Nominee. Serving contemporary Midwestern cuisine, Chef Russo’s ingredients [...]
CHAYA Brasserie Chef Harutaka Kishi Talks PDA, Tripe + White Day in Japan
Harutaka Kishi is truly a worldly chef. Born to Japanese parents and raised in France, Haru grew up enjoying the bounty of Paris’s finest farmers markets and his mother’s inspired home cooking. His talents have taken him to some of the finest kitchens, from Joël Robuchon’s Le Chateau in Tokyo to Gordon Ramsay at the [...]
Chef Duskie Estes of Zazu on Pink Bubbles, Passionfruit + Root Beer Floats
Husband and wife restaurateurs Duskie Estes and John Stewart are the creative force behind Santa Rosa’s Zazu restaurant. Sustainable and extremely self-sufficient, Estes and Stewart’s Zazu is like ‘Little House on the Prateria’ in California’s Sonoma County. They grow much of the restaurant’s produce, keep chickens, and make their own salumi, among other things. Their [...]
OpenTable Chefs Share Foods to Woo Your Boo This Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is almost here! Not sure what to order to make sure love is in the air? Watch New York chefs and wine experts Laurent Manrique of Millesime, Jason Tilmann of Triomphe, Becca Richards of Flex Mussels-13th Street, and Patrick Service of Union Square Cafe, talk about dishes to impress your date.
Cafe del Rey Chef Daniel Roberts on Chiles as Aphrodisiacs, Haggis + Shared Dishes
You might expect Chef Daniel Roberts of L.A.’s Café del Rey to have more offerings on his menu that reflect his roots as a native New Yorker who hails from an Italian-American family of foodies. Yet, while he can cook veal saltimbocca that would make anyone’s mama proud, a range of cultures and cuisines, including Asian, [...]
And, the Final OpenTable ‘My Foodie Valentine’ Dinner for Two Giveaway Goes to…
On behalf of everyone at OpenTable, congratulations to Shannon Falzon of San Francisco, California, on being the last lucky winner of the OpenTable ‘My Foodie Valentine’ Dinner for Two Giveaway. Shannon, pictured here with boyfriend Scott Kircher, will receive a $200 AMEX or Capital One gift card to help him celebrate Valentine’s Day! Shannon says, “The [...]