Austin

Austin Symphony Orchestra

Lifestyle

In summer, there are only two times of day most Texans will step outside (unless tubing or a swimming hole is involved)—before dawn and after dusk.

The Best Places to Watch Fireworks in Austin

Dallas

Frisco Freedom Fest


The time of year is upon us when the lyrics to America’s most patriotic songs come to vivid life.

The 14 Best Places to Watch Fireworks in Dallas-Fort Worth This Weekend

Nation

beeboys/Shutterstock

Travel

Explore adventure guides and design a custom itinerary for the destination of your choice in and around the city.

Best Travel Guides, Cool Hotels and Interesting Events - Thrillist

The fantastic news first: After being under strict lockdown since 2020—including a stint hosting the 2021 summer Olympics—Japan is once again open to visitors hailing from 99 foreign countries, including the US.

Finally Planning that Dream Trip to Japan? Here are Four Tour Groups To Get You Started

Pride

Join us in our celebration of the queer community and learn how to support those near you this month.

Thrillist Pride Month: How to Celebrate Pride Month This Year in Your City

Oliver Byunggyu Woo/EyeEm/Getty Images

RuPaul ends each episode asking, “If you don’t love yourself, how in the hell are you going to love somebody else?”

Here’s What It’s Like at a Nudist Resort

Miami

Carsten Reisinger/Shutterstock

Events

Miamians love any excuse to party, especially if there are fireworks involved.

How to Celebrate Fourth of July Weekend in Miami

Chicago

Eat Seeker

Eat Seeker helps you find the best restaurants in your city. Check out our articles to help you find the best places to eat near you, now.

Eat Seeker: The Best Restaurants in Your City Right Now

Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

Best Restaurants & Bars - Places to Eat & Drink - Thrillist

Fellow Chicagoans, we have arrived—our Second City summer, at long last.

Where to Eat in Chicago Right Now

Los Angeles

Disneyland

Fireworks are majestic, hypnotic, beautiful, and also a bit of a touchy subject around town.

Where to Watch Fireworks in LA for the Fourth of July

New York

When it comes to celebrating America’s birthday in NYC, nothing compares to the annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks display.

Where and How to Watch the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Show in NYC

Weekend Project

We share a recipe from an expert and allow them to share the best tips and tricks for a home cook or bartender to get it done.

Weekend Project: Home Cooking and Cocktails Made Easy

Summer Sips

Cool down with everything from refreshing cocktails and Jell-O shots to poolside punches and frozen drinks. We're providing&nbsp;the ultimate guide to summer drinking from some of the best bartenders and drink experts around the country.

Summer Sips: Refreshing Drink Recipes for Summer

Photo by Cole Saladino for Thrillist

Drink

Tiffanie Barriere, otherwise known as The Drinking Coach, is a bartender turned beverage influencer-educator.

Skip the Dirty Martini and Opt for This Cajun-Spiced Version Instead

Hidden Gems

With Hidden Gems, we’ll seek out the kitschy, bizarre, creative, oddly beautiful gems around the world.

Hidden Gems: Uncovering Under-the-Radar Local Spots Near You

Galina Savina/Shutterstock

apartmentsdotcom_Apr22

Since the dawn of the American suburb, the idea of suburban living has been decidedly unsexy.

The Best Suburban Neighborhoods You Should Totally Move To

Sylvain Sonnet/The Image Bank/Getty Images

Like New York City or Disney World, London is a destination so major, so epic, and so iconic that it can be downright daunting to distill it down to a few paragraphs, especially when the London bucket list is a mile long.

Think Outside the Buckingham Box with This London Itinerary

Photo courtesy of Keeping It Relle

Come noon, plate lunch specials land on tables throughout Hawaii where many sit down to eat kalua pig, lomi lomi salmon, lau lau—ti leaf-wrapped pork or fish—alongside a scoop of rice.

All You Need Is This Simple Hawaiian Mac Salad This Summer

Woods Hill Pier 4

United States

We’ve rounded up some of the most romantic restaurants in Boston so planning your next date night with your significant other is simple. 

Boston

Krasi

Love is alive and well—a little overdue, even! So whether you’re celebrating an anniversary with your longtime boo or yearning to impress your latest app match, Boston’s got a romantic restaurant to serve your needs. 
 
Some of the <a href="https://www.thrillist.com/eat/boston/best-restaurants-boston" target="_blank">best restaurants in the city</a> are home to swoon-worthy dining rooms and fireplaces that are perfect for a cozy date night, and laid-back neighborhood spots also make a great place to seal the deal. So with so many options, here are the most romantic restaurants in the city.

Love is alive and well—a little overdue, even! So whether you’re celebrating an anniversary with your longtime boo or yearning to impress your latest app match, Boston’s got a romantic restaurant to serve your needs.

Some of the <a href="https://www.thrillist.com/eat/boston/best-restaurants-boston" target="_blank">best restaurants in the city</a> are home to swoon-worthy dining rooms and fireplaces that are perfect for a cozy date night, and laid-back neighborhood spots also make a great place to seal the deal. So with so many options, here are the most romantic restaurants in the city.

Love is alive and well—a little overdue, even! So whether you’re celebrating an anniversary with your longtime boo or yearning to impress your latest app match, Boston’s got a romantic restaurant to serve your needs.Some of the <a href="https://www.thrillist.com/eat/boston/best-restaurants-boston" target="_blank">best restaurants in the city</a> are home to swoon-worthy dining rooms and fireplaces that are perfect for a cozy date night, and laid-back neighborhood spots also make a great place to seal the deal. So with so many options, here are the most romantic restaurants in the city.

Asta flies just under the radar, which makes it the perfect place for a clandestine rendezvous. Chef Alex Crabb—a Noma and L’Espalier alum, so you know he’s good—just kills it year after year with high-concept fare in a congenial, Scandinavian-style space. It’s tasting-menu only, which is perfect for a stress-free night out: you simply sit back and wait to see what wonder Crabb will come up with next. And the space is so unlike any other in town that you’ll genuinely feel like you slipped out of the country for a night.

Asta

Honestly, the French do everything better, especially romance. So don your most Euro-centric evening wear and lean into the sexy vibes. Upstairs, the roaring fireplace, white table linens, and stunning views set the tone, while the newly revamped bistro space downstairs is enchanting in its own right. Either way, you’re starting with a couple of Champagne cocktails then diving into a French- and New England-influenced menu spanning foie gras terrine, moules frites, filet mignon, and chocolate soufflé.

Bistro du Midi Boston

Bistro du Midi

Chicken drippings are the way to a person’s heart. Sugar snap peas, too. Or a perfect rotisserie chicken. And black perigord truffles, come to think of it. In other words, Garrett Parker and Andrew Holden have assembled an idyllic menu for the starry-eyed sap. And what brings it home is the stupendous wine list and the team who serves it—they’re masters at picking the perfect bottle to set your heart (and your palate) aflutter.

Branch Line

This one feels straight out of a Nancy Meyers movie: An American comfort fare restaurant tucked away on a charming side street, complete with a black awning and two enormous windows facing the street. In other words, you want to save this one for someone special. As you’re splitting the molten chocolate cake and lingering over the last of your Willamette Valley Pinot, you’re bound to feel the love.

75 Chestnut

A 4,000-square-foot rooftop trattoria space, luxuriously appointed in art deco details that almost pull you away from the sweeping city views (and, oh yeah, your date). The Italian bill invites you and your sweetie to dine on prosciutto from five different regions, tortellini en brodo, pizza, and dry-aged bistecca fiorentina. Start with a spritz, move onto a Negroni or Martini, and revel in a special evening spent literally above it all.

Contessa (Contessa)

Contessa

Coquette boasts a ravishing, sexy interior befitting its name—not surprising coming from the team behind Yvonne’s, Ruka, Mariel, and Lolita. How can you lose? In keeping with its waterside locale, the restaurant celebrates coastal French cuisine, from raw bar offerings to crispy monkfish to wood fire-roasted fish and lobster—all celebratory fare for those so inclined. But landlubber lovers will hardly go hungry, what with the ribeye, porterhouse, and petite tender steak, all served with frites. How to book: Via <a href="https://www.sevenrooms.com/reservations/coquette" target="_blank">website</a>

Coquette

How romantic is Deuxave? So romantic that there’s literally a designated table for marriage proposals. Chef Chris Coombs and restaurateur Brian Piccini have nailed down all the must-haves for a beguiling evening, from the central fireplace to the floor-to-ceiling arched windows to a nationally celebrated wine program. Of course, you’re here for the ingredient-driven modern French menu, seductive in its own right, but you’d be forgiven if you and your plus-one skipped straight to desserts, where a decadent flourless chocolate cake and artisan cheese plate await.

Deuxave

We’re easy. Give us some exposed bricks and classic Sicilian fare, and we’re yours for the night. Euno offers both in spades, with a roaring fireplace and an impressive wine list to boot. Little wonder that this place books out for Valentine’s Day so far in advance. Pro tip: Step up your dapper game by booking a table in the candlelit wine grotto downstairs.

Ristorante Euno

Euno

Euno Ristorante

There’s a little Francophile in all of us, which is why it’s so hard to resist this intimate Parisian bistro-inspired space. The kitchen serves mostly small-plate versions of the classics, from escargot toast to beef bourguignon, plus 30 wines by the glass, all best shared with your paramour. True romance mandates you wait for your table in the back-room solarium, both due to the privacy and the dramatic floral backdrop. And if you find yourself waiting for a perpetually late date, you could do far worse than cozying up to the snug bar and sipping a French red while you wait.

Frenchie

Frenchie Wine Bistro

First date, ninth date, anniversary date, besties date… Giulia is perfect for them all. The cozy, intimate, brick-walled space is so dimly lit, it’s almost impossible not to feel romantic vibes. And the service is so far above what you might usually settle for that you’ll quickly relax into the evening—just in time to twirl delectable plates of housemade pasta before sharing bites of chocolate terrine. And when you inevitably return years later for your engagement party, be sure to snag the special-occasion pasta table.

Giulia

It’s romance for the erudite set. The farm-to-table menu, garden terrace, and fireplaces both inside and out attract all manner of couples who delight in seasonal pleasures. If you’re feeling indulgent, a stacked cheese plate and the revered chocolate tart will both do nicely.

Harvest Restaurant

Harvest

Remember Bondir’s cozy fireplace by its entrance? It’s back, thanks to the space’s new residents, Judy’s Bay—and this time, you can actually dine beside it. This new entry from wife-and-husband duo Kim Vo and Lukas Dow has brought New England-influenced izakaya to Cambridge, a Japanese twist on local seafood like lobster, clams, and quahogs. The bar menu spotlights sake and soju along with cocktails, beer, and wine. And when you book the fireside booth, you commit to the full omakase experience—yep, the perfect romantic experience. How to book: To reserve the fireplace table, fill out the online <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdS-9c0inCJDTP1b0xe4Fh3njBVC8erFyr-8czUTruDU77bEw/viewform" target="_blank">form</a>

Judy's Bay

Judy’s Bay

This Greek-inflected tapas and wine emporium is claiming its rightful place among Boston’s top date-night destinations—and not just because of the moody gray-and-blue interior. Meze, meze, meze! Charcuterie, cheeses, dips, and glorious small plates like moussaka tartar, filet mignon, marinated octopus, fried mussels, and a daily rotisserie number make up the bulk of the festive roster. Have we mentioned the tableside tzatziki? The eats, of course, demand wine pairings, specifically Greek selections sourced from Crete, Santorini, Ioannina, and other breezy European locales.

Here’s a little secret: Mistral is the go-to date night restaurant for pretty much every long-term couple in town. It might be the moody, evocative lighting, or the soaring ceilings, or the sophisticated decor that transports you to Provence (or at least, to a Back Bay mansion you could never afford). Or it could just be the seductive French-Mediterranean menu that gifts you both seared foie gras and grilled thin-crust pizzas or dover sole meuniere and housemade linguini with tomatoes.

Mistral Restaurant

Mistral

The second outpost of Nantucket’s revered Nautilus is definitely larger and more urbane than its predecessor, but still accessible and upbeat—perfect for date night. And have we mentioned those water views? Those familiar with the ACK original will be heartened to see so many familiar Asian-inspired dishes, but there are also many new additions to explore, including share-friendly offerings like a rotisserie-roasted Peking duck.

The Nautilus Pier 4

At the top of the preserved North Shore lighthouse, up a short ladder, and through a hatch door, sits a single table available for the most romantic private bookings. How enchanting is this place? Quoting directly from the operation’s <a href="https://lighthousepreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Dining-at-the-top-rules.pdf" target="_blank">dining rules</a>: “It should go without saying, (but needs to be said for a few), that although our romantic lighthouse dinners are designed for lovers, it does not follow it is meant for love-making. Please save yourself, and our wait staff, from embarrassment by leaving that activity for the privacy of your home.” Yeah, it’s that good. How to book: Via <a href="https://lighthousepreservation.org/reservations/" target="_blank">website</a>

Lighthouse Preservation Society

Newburyport Lighthouse

Nothing says swanky dinner date quite like an extensive omakase dinner. So head to No Relation and take your time to revel in all the exquisite plates (up to 14!) courtesy of chef Colin Lynch. With just nine seats and two nightly services, the clandestine sushi den demands you slow down and savor the moment—and the heavenly Maine crab sunomono.

No Relation

Oleana has proven the world’s greatest date spot for vegetarian couples, given that the majority of the meze plates are totally meat-free. But even paleo pairs can’t deny the delicious allure of Oleana’s baked Alaska. And anyone who has spent more than a year or two living in this town has almost assuredly enjoyed at least one romantic meal on the twee patio.

Oleana Restaurant

Oleana

Another romantic date, another intoxicating fireplace—this one double-sided. And there’s so much more that makes Pammy’s such an ambrosial date spot. The bracing cocktails will fuel conversation, the attentive but laid-back service will calm your nerves, and the perfectly executed new American cuisine will simply make you happy.

Pammy’s

Pammy's

It’s hard not to feel the love at Talulla. Husband and wife team Conor Dennehy and Danielle Ayer have created a space that overflows with affection, from the spare but cheery decor to flavor-forward dishes that reflect their passion for seasonal ingredients. And in a restaurant with just 12 tables, flawless service is assured. You’ll feel warm and fuzzy afterward, and not just because of those epic wine pairings. If you seek peak romance, book one of the six private greenhouses set up for wintertime outdoor dining.

Talulla

Here's a bit of life romantic dining advice: Go where the French expats go. The onetime Theater District mainstay, now ensconced in the Financial District, is still renowned for its wild wine cellar stocked with hard-to-find vintages from Argentina, Hungary, Spain, and France. Its champagne offerings alone guarantee an amorous adventure. But the food—oysters, steak tartare, duck breast, truffled chicken for two—is its own aphrodisiac. You can absolutely spring for the chocolate souffle as dessert, but why would you when the cheese plate awaits?

Troquet On South

Once upon a time, those who were a-courting took their dates to Anthony’s Pier 4 for lobster, popovers, and old-school harborside ambiance. Now, another family-owned gem has taken over the highly coveted Seaport location—and, in doing so, provided a whole new generation with another wooing destination. Come for the caviar service, stay for the New England raw cheese, crispy lamb ribs, and IG-worthy shaved whelk, and try to snag a waterside patio igloo for peak allurement.

A cell phone-free wine and dessert bar? We can think of no greater space to revisit the art of romance. The curated wine list includes pours from France, Croatia, Slovenia, and the Finger Lakes, and there are even two orange wines currently gracing the menu. Desserts, meanwhile, skew classic and impeccable: tiramisu, creme brulee, almond torte, and vanilla bean chocolate mousse. And for those who seek a bit of savory, there’s always the local cheese board. How to book: Via <a href="https://app.tablein.com/widget?restaurant_id=6824610" target="_blank">tablein</a>

Yulia Grigoryeva/Shutterstock

Zuzu's Petals

<a href="https://www.thrillist.com/authors/meaghan-agnew" target="_blank">Meaghan Agnew</a>&nbsp;is a contributor for Thrillist.

Woods Hill Pier 4

Featured In

The 23 Most Romantic Restaurants in Boston

More From Thrillist

The Best Places to Watch Fireworks in Austin

Ring in America’s 246th birthday with style.

The 14 Best Places to Watch Fireworks in Dallas-Fort Worth This Weekend

Things that go boom in the night (for Fourth of July).

Finally Planning that Dream Trip to Japan? Here are Four Tour Groups To Get You Started

The country is once again open to travelers—with some limits.

Here’s What It’s Like at a Nudist Resort

A gay travel writer explores life in Palm Springs buck naked.

How to Celebrate Fourth of July Weekend in Miami

Because it’s your patriotic duty to party.

Where to Eat in Chicago Right Now

Here are your must-hit new restaurants. Make a reservation ASAP.

Where to Watch Fireworks in LA for the Fourth of July

Celebrate Independence Days with pyrotechnic spectaculars at open-air concerts, along the Pacific Coast, and from hotel rooftops.

Where and How to Watch the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Show in NYC

From late-night river cruises to sky-high rooftop perches, these spots offer a prime view to America’s largest pyrotechnic display.

Skip the Dirty Martini and Opt for This Cajun-Spiced Version Instead

Cocktail expert Tiffanie Barriere shares her recipe for this savory drink.

The Best Suburban Neighborhoods You Should Totally Move To

With more space and located just outside major metro areas, it’s the best of both worlds.

Think Outside the Buckingham Box with This London Itinerary

It’s much more than fish and chips.

All You Need Is This Simple Hawaiian Mac Salad This Summer

This side dish is quick, uncomplicated, and easily a winner at every cookout.