Little Bites: 02/09/12
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Valentine's Day
• Elements Contemporary Cuisine will offer a full menu for Valentine's dining, along with a four-course prix fixe for $40 per person, which will be available Friday through Feb. 18. Also offered will be gift boxes of white, milk or dark chocolates with flavors including raspberry, Grand Marnier, hazelnut, chili lime, banana and coconut; boxes are available; six pieces ($9) or a dozen ($16), and can be ordered online, in person or by calling the restaurant; www.elementscuisine.com , 412-251-0168.
• Designing Love at 463 Biddle Ave., Wilkinsburg, is holding a Valentine's Day Sizzles dinner party from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Private chef Shaun Forsett of Sola Gratia and florist Paulette Khouri of Urban Gypsy are teaming up for the festive dinner, creating elaborate place settings and a romantic menu which will include shrimp tarts, zucchini spaghetti with eggplant and Moroccan chicken; $95 per person includes personalized gifts, reservations required; 724-553-8703.
• Arpino's Trattoria, Scott, is offering a special Valentine's prix fixe on Tuesday. The four-course menu includes an appetizer, salad, choice of two entrees and dessert, as well as a complimentary glass of prosecco; $75 per couple; www.arpinotrattoria.com , 412-207-2765.
• Tavern 245, Downtown, is offering a three-course prix fixe dinner for Valentine's Day on Tuesday. The menu includes a choice of soup or salad and three entree options; the price includes the couple's choice of wine or champagne by the bottle. The evening will include an acoustic performance from Ricardo Iamuuri. $50 per couple; www.tavern245.com , 412-281-4345.
• At the Fairmont Pittsburgh's Habitat, Downtown, which also is doing a special Valentine's Day menu, you also can purchase gifts by pastry chef James Wroblewski and his team, including Cherry & Black Pepper Compote ($5), Strawberry Jam ($5), Spiced Hot Chocolate ($8), Valentine's Truffles (three for $9 or six for $18), Vanilla Cherry Extract ($12), Don't Break My Heart Chocolate Bark ($4), Chocolate Cherry Chip Cookies ($4), Raspberry Marshmallows ($5), Raspberry Rose Macarons ($4), Rice Krispy Treats ($4) and Large Frosted Sugar Heart Cookies ($5).
• Pines Tavern, Pines is running a Valentine's menu through next Thursday, with special drinks including the Sweet & Tart and the Butter Fingers Martini. After that, it celebrates Mardi Gras with a "Gumbo Ya Ya Fat Tuesday Beer Tasting" at 6 p.m. Feb. 21. On the menu, in addition to New Orleans Jazz by Rick Gallagher and Lori Thee, are an assortment of gumbos -- chicken and andouille, shrimp, smoked duck and andouille and Gumbo Z'Herbes (meatless) -- with rice and Passed Oyster Sliders with Spicy Crawfish Aioli. The beers: Rogue Chocolate Stout, Woodchuck Spring Cider and three from Louisiana: Abita Purple Haze, Abita Mardi Gras Bock and Abita Andygatore. Cost is $20 per person not including tax and gratuity; walk-ins welcome, but reservations are recommended at 724-625-3252.
First Published February 9, 2012 12:00 am
