Dining out for Valentine’s Day on Martha’s Vineyard

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— Photo by Ralph Stewart

Celebrating your Valentine

If you want to get out of the house for Valentine’s Day, many restaurants are offering a night out on the town. Here is a selection:

Get your staycation on at Edgartown’s Harbor View Hotel, with a complimentary overnight stay after dinner on the 14th. Reserve your spot for Water Street’s Valentine’s Day prix fixe dinner and relax in a room up above. Dinner costs $75 per person and includes a choice of appetizer, entrée, and dessert (price does not include tax and gratuity). Begin your meal with an amuse-bouch (a single-bite appetizer) and glass of sparkling wine followed by your choice of Maine lobster bisque, local oysters rock, or a salad of frisee, blue cheese, coddled egg, and blood orange vinaigrette. Treat yourself to cast iron-seared sous vide filet, sautéed local bay scallops, or farrotto with roasted root vegetables. If you have room, indulge in the dark chocolate molten cake or profiteroles for dessert. For more information or to make a reservation, call 508-627-7000.

Eat, stay, and love in Vineyard Haven at The Mansion House this Valentine’s Day. Enjoy a four-course chef’s tasting menu as well as a la carte offerings at Zephrus. The $45 prix fixe menu starts off with a choice of crispy pork rillettes or a trio of seafood. Next, enjoy butternut squash soup or a salad of frisee and endive with roasted pear and chèvre. Choose from filet mignon and lobster tail carpaccio, pan-seared scallops, or roasted chicken roulade for your entrée. Finish the meal with a flourless chocolate stout cake or cinnamon-raisin sticky buns with vanilla ice cream and maple anglaise (price does not include tax and gratuity). Stay the night on February 12, 13, or 14 and enjoy two dinners for the price of one. If you already have plans for the 14th, the special tasting menu will be served on February 8 and 9 as well as 12-16. For more information or to make a reservation, call 508-693-2200.

Lambert’s Cove Inn & Restaurant in West Tisbury offers a $65 prix fixe dinner on Valentine’s Day. The three course meal includes dishes such as cauliflower soup and burratta salad for appetizers; beef coulat, braised Kurobata pork, and grilled swordfish for entrees; and lava cake, creme brulee, and Champagne sorbet with berries for dessert.

If you are working on the 14th or are still in the mood to celebrate during the weekend, join Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish at a Valentine’s Day dance on Saturday, Feb. 16. For information or to make a reservation, call 508-693-2298.

Café Moxie will close its doors for light renovations from February 17 to March 10 (breakfast will be served on February 17). But not to worry, they will be open for Valentine’s Day with a special menu including offerings such as oysters, rack of lamb, and passion fruit panna cotta. Baker Leslie Hewson is also taking special Valentine’s Day cake orders. For information or to make a reservation, call 508-687-9140.

If you can’t find a babysitter, bring the kids along. M.V. Chowder Company in Oak Bluffs is offering a dinner with a sitter this Valentine’s Day. From 5 to 8 pm, certified teachers and EMT’s will watch your children upstairs at Dreamland while you dine downstairs. Kids will be entertained with crafts and movies and dinner will be provided for them. The cost is $20 ($10 for any additional siblings) for 1.5 hours. For more information or to make a reservation, call 508-696-3000.

If you choose to have a quiet Valentine’s Day at home and want to surprise your loved one with a special meal, pick up some tips at LeRoux at Home’s free cooking demo with State Road Restaurant’s Austin Racine on February 13 from 11 am to 1 pm. For information, call 508-693-0030. Or check out ACE MV’s Valentine’s Day cooking class with Chef Christian Thornton at Atria Restaurant on February 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. (Bring a container for leftovers). For more information or to sign-up, call 774-310-1131 or visit acemv.org.