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Valentine's Day Reservations: New Orleans Restaurants That Will Still Take Your Procrastinating Heart

You should probably just go to a dive bar instead.

Inside Primitivo
Inside Primitivo
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Valentine's Day falls on this Sunday, February 14.  If you're still up for some good old fashioned romantic dining after all that indulgent Carnival revelry, here are the best available reservations for parties of two on Sunday around 7 p.m., courtesy of Open Table. Have at it, or just hit up these spectacular dive bars instead.

Outside Galatoire’s Brasted/Eater NOLA

Galatoire's [Photo: Brasted]

FRENCH QUARTER

Pelican Club (5, 9, 9:15)
Palace Cafe (4:30, 9:30)
Kingfish (9, 9:15)
Galatoire's 33 (9:15, 9:30)
Galatoire's (4:30)
Tujague's (6:45, 7, 7:30)
Salon By Sucre (6, 8:30)
Cane & Table (6:15, 6:30)

Johnny Sanchez [Photo: Brasted]

CBD

Fountain Lounge (6:45,7,7:15, 7:30)
Trenasse (6:45, 7, 7:15)
Grand Isle (6:30, 7, 8)
Borgne (7, 7:15)
Johnny Sanchez (5:45, 8:30)
Morton's (5:45, 6)
Cafe Adelaide (5:30, 8:45)

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT

Balise (9:30)
Annunciation (9:30)
Willa Jean (6:45, 7:30)
Root (7, 7:15, 7:30)
Marcello's (5:30, 5:45)

Nerding Out Over Vintage Nola Menus With Purloo's Ryan Hughes

Purloo [Photo: Brasted]

UPTOWN

Salu (7, 7:15, 7:30)
Dante's Kitchen (8:15. 8:30)
Baru (6:45, 7, 7:15)
Superior Seafood (5:45, 8:45)

CENTRAL CITY

Casa Borrega (5,7,9 — call restaurant at (504) 427-0654 to book table)
Purloo (6:45, 7, 7:15)
Primitivo (5:30, 8;30, 8:45)

LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT

Maya's (6:30, 7, 7:30)
Irish House (7, 7:15, 7:30)
Square Root (6:00)

Exterior of restaurant on corner with green awnings, outdoor tables with blue umbrellas, and a Toups’ Meatery sign Josh Brasted/Eater NOLA

Toups Meatery [Photo: Brasted]

MID CITY

Brown Butter (7, 7:15, 7:30)
Milkfish (6:45, 7, 7:15)
Ralph's On The Park (9:30)
Rue 127 (9, 9:30)
Toups Meatery (6:15, 8:30)

MARIGNY

The Franklin (6:15, 8:30)
Three Muses (5:00)

Inside Boulevard [Photo: Brasted]

METAIRIE

Chateau du Lac (5:30, 8:30)
Cafe B (7, 7:15)
Andrea's (6:45, 7, 7:15)
Boulevard American Bistro (7, 7:15)
Marcello's (8:30, 8:45)

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