Travel & Outdoors

Best Valentine’s Day Treats For Singles

February 9, 2011 3:50 PM

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Valentine’s Day, for singles, can often lead to dread and self-pity. But instead of surrendering to your mate-less sorrow, try celebrating the holiday by honoring your single status. Treat the day as a celebration of freedom and proudly claim your independence. Not sure what to do? Check out our top picks.

RA Sushi

5829 SW 73rd Street
Miami, FL 33133
305-341-0092
www.rasushi.com
RA Sushi’s “Meet Market”: Drink sushi and guzzle sake all in the name of love-or lack thereof. On the eve of Valentine’s Day, Ra Sushi in South Miami is hosting an evening of generous food and drink specials for singles alike. Begin your anti-love day feast by sipping on an “Icebreaker”, move into the food indulgence with a “Me-so Hungry Soup” ($2), then end the lover-less night in crushing Cupid for his abandonment with the “Cupid Crunch Roll”.

Mokai Lounge

235 23rd Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.mokaimiami.com
Drown thoughts of your ex with loud music and dance any loneliness into oblivion with the help of single friends at your-choice of a South Florida night club. Honor your freedom proudly and properly with a singles-only night out. Mokai (235 23rd Street) in Miami Beach is masking single’s blues with drink specials for those going stag. Why go out clubbing on a weekday? Because Cupid is stupid and self-pitying is no fun.

STK Restaurant

Gansevoort South Hotel Spa & Residences
2377 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 604-6988
http://www.onelittlewest12.com/stkmiami/
You don’t need a mate to enjoy some steak (and chocolate, and vodka). On Valentine’s evening, singles are not only welcome, but encouraged to enjoy fine fare and drinks at STK Restaurant. Sip on Godiva chocolate and raspberry chocolate vodka while nibbling on food from a special Valentine’s Day menu in Miami Beach’s Gansevoort Hotel. Steak, chocolate, vodka, and an ultra-chic hotel… the perfect cure for the holiday blues.

Manor Lanes

1517 NE 26th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305-1323
(954) 566-7457
www.manorlanesfl.com

For those harnessing anger and prefer a physical form of therapy to cure loneliness, look no further than your local bowling alley. That’s right, when verbal bashing of the holiday just doesn’t cut it, how about rolling a 12 lb. ball into a set of 10 perfect pear-shaped pins, and then watch them collapse at your mercy. Beat that expensive gift-buying and fancy dinner-eating lovers.