While technically the night before Valentine’s Day (which is honestly a better time to celebrate), Dino’s is hosting a takeover by lou — and it looks like a bang-up evening of throwback Italian vibes.

On Thursday, February 13, from 5 until 9 p.m. (beginning with apertivo hour from 4 to 5), walk in on a first come, first served basis for an Italian dinner for 2 at the beloved East side dive bar. $35 gets chopped antipasto, garlic toast and red sauce, plus choice of spaghetti or eggplant parm for two people — a deal you won’t get anywhere else unless you take advantage of those reservations at Waffle House or White Castle (no judgment here).

Add ons for extra cash include shrimp cocktail, arancini, strawberry cheesecake, and of course martinis and half carafes of red wine.

40 seats are available for this one-night only dinner, taking place at the Hillsboro Village Biscuit Love space on Valentine’s Day night. $60 a person gets you broccoli salad, beef short ribs, and sea salt caramel apple blondies from Chef Tyler Stewart and Chef Khary Williamson. Silent auction-style prize giveaways are also happening throughout the evening. Tickets are available here.

D’Andrews After Dark is a dinner series created by owner and executive chef, David Andrews. And February’s just happens to fall on Valentine’s Day.

Andrew uses the dinners to recreate parts of the Gotham menu, both savory and sweet, while he melds in his Southern culinary roots. Throughout the dinner, guests will enjoy storytelling from David’s years spent as a New York chef.

Tickets, priced at $125 per person, are available here.

No prix fixe menus or kitschy stuff here. Just a waved corkage fee for the occasion at one of the city’s favorite pizza purveyors. Bring in that favorite bottle, order some garlic knots, and split a pizza without all the fuss.

Family-style dinner is a great excuse to try more food, and in this case, more whiskey. The Nashville-based distillery is hosting a Valentine’s Day dinner of shareable dry-rubbed BBQ Brussels sprouts, bacon-wrapped meatloaf, and duck with stone fruit reduction, with seatings at 5:30 and 6 p.m. The evening ends with a dessert bar, and a cocktail or spirit will accompany each course. Tickets are $75 per person and are available here.