VALENTINE’S DAY 2026 SPECIAL MENU

Valentine’s Day carries a lot of weight. Too much, really. An outsized burden for a single white square on the calendar to bear. Three hundred and sixty-five days of relationship, expectation, romance, miscommunication, joy, disappointment, and hope, all compressed into one evening. If that doesn’t sound like a small nightmare, I’m not sure what does.

That’s probably why the day has acquired so much baggage over time. Grand gestures. High stakes. The sense that something must be proved. But I’ve never been convinced that love—or relationship, or affection, or care—does its best work under pressure. In fact, I suspect the opposite is true.

If there’s a heart to Valentine’s Day (pun fully intended), it’s not the grand gesture. It’s the smaller, quieter things: sharing, paying attention, expressing gratitude, giving the gift of time. Time, after all, is the one thing none of us ever seem to have enough of, and the one thing that means the most when it’s offered freely.

My own favorite Valentine’s Day gift wasn’t romantic in any traditional sense. It was a can opener. I was just out of college, newly landed in my first apartment that wasn’t subsidized—financially or emotionally—by my parents. Money was tight, and in the great narrowing of priorities that comes with early adulthood, a can opener had fallen off my list. When I opened that gift, I didn’t feel disappointed. I felt listened to. I felt noticed. I felt seen.

Some people would cry over a can opener. I didn’t. I understood exactly what it meant.

That, to me, feels closer to the point. Not spectacle, but attention. Not excess, but intention. And when you wrap that kind of care around a shared meal—something warm, something indulgent, something made thoughtfully—you’re not performing romance. You’re practicing it.

Which is really all we’re interested in doing here. Making food that’s meant to be shared. Creating a table where time slows down just enough. Letting flavor, texture, and a little whimsy do their work without asking them to carry more meaning than they reasonably can.

Valentine’s Day doesn’t need to prove anything. It doesn’t need to be perfect. It just needs to be human.

We’ll handle the food.
You bring the time.

Happier than Ever
Beet Hummus. Balsamic Beets. Warm Pita
$10.25
Champagne Problems
Labneh. Beet Jam. Warm Pita
$10.25
Forever
Heart shaped pizza rosso. Chili flakes. Salt
$6.95
Love Letter
Beet Burger. Beet Hummus. Cucumber. Onion. Arugula. Flour Head Bakery Rosemary
or Wheat Bread.
$15.50