I’ve always taken my dates to Hyde Park, Eddie Vs and Lucca’s. Love the atmosphere and food. Miss those days of multiple hour dates. Had a regular for years, used to dine out several evenings a week then the bad habits started again and I lost interest. Would love to find a replacement again but times have changed I guess.
Did a couple weekenders, one in Dallas and one in Houston. Those were a blast, but 5-figures so don’t happen often. Found an amazing local girl near me a few months ago who fell off the radar since that I did a ~4 hour date with. She cooked an amazing dinner and we shot pool and BS’d quite a bit. Very erotic.
I love to bake so I might take a home made treat or bring some local chocolates or chocolate covered strawberries. A favorite around Halloween is candy corn and peanuts I have taken to many parties and dates just like a Payday candy bar.