No matter how deep you are into a relationship, be it date number one or a decade into marriage, the pressure to find the perfect date-night spot remains. Maybe that's because, amid life's many demands—work obligations, home upkeep, those taxes you still haven't filed—there's an unspoken expectation that the few hours you carve out to be fully present with the person you love (or that new Hinge match you really, really like) have to be absolutely perfect. With all that our daily lives ask of us, who has time for a subpar date night?
Everyone is chasing the ideal, memorable, picturesque outing these days. Yelp tells Cosmopolitan that searches for "date night restaurant" are up 158 percent year over year. The problem is that finding a spot that's a guaranteed good time can send you on a long, meandering journey…a headfirst dive into Google reviews and TikTok testimonials that could leave you feeling overwhelmed and just a tad more confused than when you started. Of course, there's no shortage of dimly lit, seductive establishments promising romance, but the intimidating wealth of choice risks stopping a few couples from pulling the trigger on any reservation at all—opting instead for the "chill night at home."
But before you fire up your Netflix queue, we want to intervene. We've done a bulk of the date-night-planning legwork for you—venturing to highly lauded restaurants, wading through the depths of review subreddits, and conducting more than a few Yelp deep dives—to identify the 50 best date-night spots across the country, one in each state. We've selected some of the year's buzziest newly opened establishments and most beloved local classics all across the country. And we're equal opportunity planners, no matter whether you're a movie theater date devotee or a coffee date truther. Find out where you and your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife/partner/undefined situationship will be going ahead. |
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