Valentine’s Day is one month away. Either you reserve your fountain-side seats on Santa Monica’s best patio, or... you watch some other couple do it, wondering what could have been. Also: watch out for the python dancers.
You require: Candlelight at a coveted, discreet table accompanied by the constant sound of
trickling water.
You’ll receive: Two seats on the Little Door Santa Monica’s rear Autumn Patio. The ones
right in front of the fountain. Can’t do Little Door right without some fountain.
You require: Lots of attention from the chef. And some slinky horn-playing.
You’ll receive: Your own private room where the chef personally introduces every course
of your tasting menu. With a large screen showing all the kitchen action and stage performances. Voyeurism.
Kinky.
You require: A great view of a monumentally beautiful restaurant, and everyone in it. But
it would be nice if no one could really see you. Somehow.
You’ll receive: The lone upstairs table between two sets of stairs perched over
République. Hey, somebody’s got to take that table and have an amazing night, so...
You require: A discreet corner of an incredible outdoor patio. At Redbird.
You’ll receive: An arched-window-bound banquette in the corner of the courtyard. Hard to
imagine things going awry from here.
You require: Something private. With customizable entertainment. Or massive snakes.
You’ll receive: A curtained-off table at Acabar, with your very own menu and burlesque
show. But any other table might be fine, honestly, assuming you don’t mind a barely clad dancer and a
python getting close to your oysters.
