Valentines Day Dining Options

Several Bloomington restaurants will offer special menus to diners in honor of Valentine’s Day on Friday. Here are a few options.


Restaurant Tallent

The downtown establishment that prides itself on its organic, Indiana-native cuisine, will have a three-course menu on Valentine’s Day.

Tuna crudo, chopped salad, beet and goat cheese ravioli and truffled white bean soup are all options for the first course. Entrée options include WE Farm chicken cacciatore, scallops, bistecca and lasagna. Dessert choices include tiramisu, Robiolo due latti and ricotta zeppole.

The price is $55 per person.

Contact:
208 N. Walnut St.
812-330-9801
restauranttallent.com

Scholars Inn Gourmet Café & Wine Bar

A four-course meal will be served at an exclusive Valentine’s Day dinner at Scholars Inn’s 717 N. College Ave. location.

Main course options include aged filet mignon, grilled pork loin, roasted chicken and blackened salmon.

Cost is $65 per person and does not include beverages, tax or gratuity.

Contact:
Scholars Inn
717 N. College Ave.
812-332-1892
scholarsinn.com

FINCH’S BRASSERIE

The Kirkwood restaurant will serve a wild mushroom crepe appetizer, pan seared scallops and grilled beef tenderloin entrees, and a raspberry semifreddo and meringue dessert.

Appetizers are $12, entrees are $30 to $32 and desserts are $8.

Finch’s Brasserie
514 E. Kirkwood Ave.
812-333-2700
finchsbrasserie.com

The Irish Lion Restaurant and Pub

The Irish restaurant will have a Valentine’s Day wine dinner.

Diners will start with grilled prosciutto-wrapped duets of roasted shrimp and pineapple paired with a special wine.

Entrée choices include Lobster Newburg with bowtie pasta or port wine-braised lamb shank with white cheddar potato cake. Chocolate-laced, poached pomegranate-infused pear, served with Greystone merlot, will be available for dessert.

The dinner is scheduled from 4 to 10 p.m. Feb. 14 and 15 and costs $50 per person plus gratuity and tax.

Contact:
212 W. Kirkwood Ave.
812-336-9076
irishlion.com


TOPO’S 403
The Greek and Mediterreanean restaurant will serve a three-course prix fixe menu.

Entrees include seared red snapper, lemon-thyme crusted Amish chicken, vegetable risotto and Heartland Farms strip loin.

The cost is $60 per person.

Contact:
403 N. Walnut St.
812-676-8676
topos403.com

FARMbloomington

Chef Daniel Orr’s locally-focused restaurant will serve a five-course Valentine’s dinner.
 
Main course options include slow-roast pork shoulder, black angus petit filet, curry broiled salmon, grilled chicken breast, forest mushrooms and sweet pea risotto.

Contact:
108 E. Kirkwood Ave.
812-323-0002
farm-bloomington.com