Still searching for Valentine’s Day plans? We’ve got you covered with many options including concerts, romantic spas and, of course, plenty of dining suggestions. Read on for more ideas.
Indulge
Unwind
Don’t Break the Bank
Restaurants
Chinatown Dining
Eat your way through Manhattan’s Chinatown at these restaurants.
Skip the Chocolate and Flowers
Shopping
Best Madison Avenue Boutiques
With stores like Ralph Lauren, Barneys and Tom Ford, Madison Avenue is a prime shopping destination in NYC.
Shopping
Essential Soho Shops
Here’s our guide to the best shops to visit right now in Soho.
OK, Chocolate and Flowers
Shopping
Starbright Floral Design
Starbright is an anchor of the flower district, but it’s less of a florist’s shop than a full-blown garden emporium, selling shrubs, outdoor plants from fruit trees to bamboo, indoor tropical plants and, of course, flowers.
Shopping
Jacques Torres Chocolate—DUMBO
Formerly an award-winning pastry chef at renowned NYC restaurant Le Cirque, the self-proclaimed “Mr. Chocolate” has whipped up a sweet paradise for cocoa bean lovers at his eponymous shops.
Things to Do
LGBTQ
Visual Impact: On Art, AIDS and Activism
The NYC AIDS Memorial and the NYC Department of Transportation’s Art Program commemorate WorldPride and Stonewall 50 with an educational installation featuring the sobering work of eight artists, including Keith Haring and Catherine Opie. View the exhibit on Greenwich Avenue, adjacent to the NYC AIDS Memorial Park between West 12th Street and Seventh Avenue.
LGBTQ
Poet of the Body: New York's Walt Whitman
"Poet of the Body: New York's Whitman" is a free exhibit at The Grolier Club that celebrates the 200th birthday of the luminary poet Walt Whitman. The exhibit has multiple editions of his famous tome "Leaves of Grass" along with personal items of Whitman's, like the author's pen. Visitors can also take a virtual walk in Whitman's shoes via an interactive 3D stroll down Broadway in the mid-1800s.
Museums & Galleries
Treasures from Chatsworth: The Exhibition
, museum-style exhibition will feature 43 works from the fabled Devonshire Collection at Chatsworth House displayed in a ground-breaking exhibition created by David Korins – set designer for Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen, among many other celebrated projects. Following Sotheby’s award-winning video series about the collection, the exhibition will allow visitors the opportunity to experience a curated selection of masterworks firsthand in our reimagined New York galleries.
Anti-Valentine's Day
LGBTQ
Visual Impact: On Art, AIDS and Activism
The NYC AIDS Memorial and the NYC Department of Transportation’s Art Program commemorate WorldPride and Stonewall 50 with an educational installation featuring the sobering work of eight artists, including Keith Haring and Catherine Opie. View the exhibit on Greenwich Avenue, adjacent to the NYC AIDS Memorial Park between West 12th Street and Seventh Avenue.
LGBTQ
Poet of the Body: New York's Walt Whitman
"Poet of the Body: New York's Whitman" is a free exhibit at The Grolier Club that celebrates the 200th birthday of the luminary poet Walt Whitman. The exhibit has multiple editions of his famous tome "Leaves of Grass" along with personal items of Whitman's, like the author's pen. Visitors can also take a virtual walk in Whitman's shoes via an interactive 3D stroll down Broadway in the mid-1800s.
Museums & Galleries
Treasures from Chatsworth: The Exhibition
, museum-style exhibition will feature 43 works from the fabled Devonshire Collection at Chatsworth House displayed in a ground-breaking exhibition created by David Korins – set designer for Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen, among many other celebrated projects. Following Sotheby’s award-winning video series about the collection, the exhibition will allow visitors the opportunity to experience a curated selection of masterworks firsthand in our reimagined New York galleries.