These New Orleans restaurants are offering Valentine’s Day specials

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Love is in the air in New Orleans!

Valentine’s Day is on the way, and you might still be looking for a spot to treat your date.

As you get ready to make those last-minute plans or reservations, restaurants in the area are offering special Valentine’s Day menus, drinks and desserts.

Osteria Lupo

Osteria Lupo is serving up a family-style tasting menu with some of the offerings including burrata con panna, marinated mushrooms, wood-fired oysters, spaghetti alla chittara, Gulf fish and grilled hanger steak. For more information, visit the Osteria Lupo website.

• 4609 Magazine St., New Orleans

Compère Lapin

Compère Lapin is offering a selection of a la carte specials for Valentine’s Day, including a seafood plateaux with chilled oysters, chili vinaigrette, marinated crab fingers, and hamachi tartare; a lobster raviolo with coconut chili broth and soft herbs; and Soursop Semifreddo with strawberry and Champagne jus. A news release states that the restaurant will also have a variety of specialty cocktails. For more information, visit the Compère Lapin website.

• 535 Tchoupitoulas St., New Orleans

The Bower

Valentine’s Day specials at The Bower are set to include a flourless chocolate cake with candied rose petals and a Rum & Roses cocktail mad with Diplomatico Rum, on Q Cristal rum, rhubarb, grapefruit, rose water and dried roses. For more information, visit The Bower website.

• 1320 Magazine St., New Orleans

BABs

BABs is offering a few a la carte Valentine’s Day specials including broiled oysters with Calibrian chili and garlic crumbs; crawfish fra diavolo with ricotta gnocchi; and torta caprese with Nutella ice cream. For more information, visit the BABs website.

• 2900 Chartres St., New Orleans

Costera

This Prytania Street spot is offering a four-course tasting menu for Valentine’s Day. According to a news release, some items on the menu will include Boquerones with griddled sourdough and green olive tapenade; charred romaine with vegetables, toasted almonds and buttermilk dressing; and a 24-ounce boneless ribeye a la plancha with charred onion and salsa verde. For more information, visit the Costera website.

• 438 Prytania St., New Orleans

Ralph’s on the Park

Ralph’s on the Park is offering a three-course Valentine’s Day dinner menu from Feb. 13 through Feb. 16. A news release states that some items featured on the menu will include wild Louisiana oysters made with a pomegranate mignonette and Cajun caviar; grilled beef tenderloin made with crawfish-cognac cream, served with a horseradish potato puree and haricots verts. Three dessert options will include a red velvet doberge, a passionfruit creme brulee and a flourless chocolate cake with cardamom cream. For more information, visit the Ralph’s on the Park website.

• 900 City Park Ave., New Orleans

Superior Seafood

At Superior Seafood, the restaurant is embracing the overlap between Valentine’s Day and the Mardi Gras season with a “Muse’s Kiss” cocktail that features muddled strawberries, vodka, lychee liqueur and red shoe ice cubes, in addition to a festive cocktail, a His & Hers dish including a 14-ounce strip steak and butter-kissed diver scallops. For more information, visit the Superior Seafood website.

• 4338 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans

Couvant

Couvant at the Eliza Jane is offering a three-course prix-fixe dinner that will include a choice of beet salad, Huîtres Frites, Tuna Tartare, Hûitres Frites, or Truffled Butternut Squash Velouté as a starter; Saumon Roti, Gulf Fish Chaudrée, Prime Rib or Canard à l’orange as an entree; and a choice of Crème brûlée or Mousse au Chocolat. For more information, visit the Couvant website.

• 317 Magazine St., New Orleans

Chemin à la Mer

At Chemin à la Mer, Chef Donald Link will be serving up an a la carte menu featuring boutique oysters with caviar and uni, broiled redfish with pommes dauphin and an angel food cake with fresh strawberries. For more information, visit the Chemin à la Mer website.

• 2 Canal St., New Orleans

Miss River

At Miss River, Chef Alon Shaya will be dishing out a Valentine’s Day tasting menu that is set to include a creamy mushroom soup with braised chestnuts, crab dumplings with crab butter and a lemon fish or roasted prime filet. A news release states that the dessert will be banana pudding and ginger snaps for two. For more information, visit the Miss River website.

• 2 Canal St., New Orleans

King Brasserie

At King Brasserie, a four-course Valentine’s Day tasting menu created by chef Samuel Peery will be served. A news release states that offerings will include, cauliflower panna cotta with chicory greens and black caviar vinaigrette; hamachi crudo with marinated radishes, apple, yuzu and basil; beef carpaccio with sea urchin aioli and pickled mustard seed; Louisiana blue crab bisque; wild king salmon; duck break; petite gateaux and more. For more information, visit the King Brasserie website.

• 521 Tchoupitoulas St., New Orleans

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