Fondue fountains in downtown
The Melting Pot is a fine dining fondue restaurant that provides the perfect romantic atmosphere on Valentine’s Day.
“Rose petals are scattered all over, it’s just really amazing when you walk in,” says Destiny Domino, a host at The Melting Pot.
Couples can purchase private booths decorated with rose petals, a vase with roses, and a souvenir picture frame. The meal is four courses that include cheese fondue, salad, entree and dessert.
Making art together
Valentine’s Day is a day that couples aim to celebrate their relationship. To help couples remember this day, Polka Dot Pottery offers a memorable gift that can be a reminder of their special day.
“It’s a good activity because you can paint and be downtown. You can always have a nice memory,” says Sally Dashiell an employee at Polka Dot Pottery.
At Polka Dot Pottery couples can paint heart shaped bowls, mugs, ornaments, and anything else they can think of. Dashiell says that the most popular item that couples like to paint are mugs and bowls for each other. Prices for mugs range from $11-24.
Firepower and an action flick
Sharp Shooting Indoor Range and Gun Shop offers classes on handgun safety marksmanship many different days a week that you and your significant other can attend. Admission for non-members is $17.50 and other fees are applied if you do not bring equipment.
Customers under the age of eighteen must participate in a gun safety class before they can use the equipment.
A Good Day to Die Hard, the fifth installment in Bruce Willis’ Die Hard series, is a possible follow up to the Shooting Range. The movie is about Bruce Willis’ character John McClane traveling to Russia to help his son Jack in a secret CIA mission.
“It’s usually busier on Valentine’s Day but tickets will not typically sell out,” said Ashley Knutslon, an employee at the AMC movie theater downtown.
Creative cooking for two at home
They say the way to a mans heart is through his stomach. While many may think of spaghetti as the ideal romantic meal for Valentine’s Day, Safeway has a different idea: steak in the shape of a heart. Kyle Okeson, an employee in the Safeway meat department says, “At Safeway you can buy any meat product and they will cut, season, and package with no extra cost.” Okeson says that a customer pur- chased a boneless rib eye and had it cut in a shape of a heart for his Valentine’s Day date.