INTRO to love, art and dining

For the ultimate pre-Valentine’s Day meal, enjoy champagne, wine and a 12-course tasting menu from Michelin Star executive chef Paul Shoemaker at INTRO Art Gallery and Chefs Table. Enjoy a glass of bubbly as servers deliver cocktails and innovative small plates. Finish with a Gold Mine dessert made with passion fruit, macadamia and strawberry saffron fluid gel. Reservations are available Friday, Feb. 10 and Saturday Feb. 11 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. 4200 Lankershim Blvd. Go to experienceIntro.com.

Romantic dinner at Spring

Spring, led by Michelins star chef Tony Esnault and his wife  Yassmin Sarmadi, will serve a French-themed Valentine dinner on Saturday, Feb. 11 and Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, Feb. 14. Start with The Love Bird – a playful spin on a classic Hummingbird cocktail with St. Germain, Cremant de Savoie and fresh raspberries. The four-course dinner for $95 per person begins with salade Hivernale and noix de Saint Jacques with marinated Hokkaido scallops. Entrées include parsnip agnolotti, risotto au safran, slowly cooked striped bass and Strauss’ grass fed New York steak. Wine may be paired with each dish for an additional $48. The lavish dinner ends with foret noire made with Valrhona chocolate cake or rose petal panna cotta. 257 S. Spring St., (213)372-5189.

Grand Central Market Valentine’s Day dinner and dance

On Tuesday, Feb. 14 from 7 to 10 p.m., enjoy dinner and music by the swing band Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander at the Grand Central Market. Pick up a romantic corsage at Glasswing Floral. Guests can purchase food and beverages from the market’s eateries before hitting the dance floor. A prize is offered for best dressed duo. 308 S. Hill St., (213)624-2378.

Plan Check anti-Valentine’s Day

Shake things up at Plan Check Kitchen + Bar locations on Valentine’s Day by dining à la carte, or splurge and order from a $34.99 special menu. Start with beer-battered wasabi-flaked onion rings. Choose from entrées including foie gras burgers or grilled lobster tail, and finish with a plate of chocolate caramel bread pudding. 1800 Sawtelle Blvd., (310)444-1411; 351 N. Fairfax Ave., (323)591-0094; 1111 Wilshire Blvd., (213)403-1616; 1401 Ocean Ave., (310)857-1364.

Falling in love at Birds & Bees

Birds & Bees bar manager Bethany Ham is buzzing about her special cocktails on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. Her cocktails include the Royal Hawaiian, Lucy and Desi, and Between the Sheets. Hours are 5 p.m. to midnight. 207 S. Broadway, (213)537-0510.

Valentine’s Day at Celestino Ristorante

Celestino Ristorante & Bar executive chef Calogero Drago’s Valentine’s Day special is a flirtatious four-course menu of delicate seafood, hearty heart-shaped pastas and decadent desserts that include a surprise love cake great for sharing. The menu is $68 per person. Valentine’s Day hours are 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. 141 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena (626)795-4006.

Church & State

Church & State is offering a four-course Valentine’s Day dinner by executive chef Tony Esnault. Raise a glass in Cupid’s honor, and enjoy a starter and salad. Entrées include scallops and grass-fed New York steak. Finish with chocolate cake with raspberry ganache and fresh raspberries. The special menu is $90 per person. Reservations are available from 6 to 10 p.m. 1850 Industrial St., in the Downtown Arts District. (213)405-1434.

Cupid Strikes at HACHÉ LA

On Valentine’s Day, start with a glass of “Sweet Love Sangria” at HACHÉ LA. Enjoy the L.A. Couples special of two Karma burgers with Karma sauce and American cheese, an order of Mick’s triple-cooked fries, and strawberry Wisconsin frozen custard topped with decadent chocolate for $20. Valentine’s Day hours are 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. 3319 W. Sunset Blvd., (323)928-2963.

Hyperion Public romantic menu

Hyperion Public executive chef Paddy Aubrey is preparing a four-course Valentine’s Day dinner for $48 per person. Start with the cheesy puffs or gougéres, followed by creamy mushroom soup. Entrées include baked fettuccine topped with red wine tomato sauce and succulent braised veal shank cooked in green tomato sauce and served over coconut rice. Guests will love the Twix cake – a white cake layered with chocolate fudge, caramel and shortbread. Dining hours are 5 to 11 p.m. on Feb. 14; the bar stays open later. 2358 Hyperion Ave., Silver Lake, (323)761-6440; 12969 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, (818)464-3750.

SpireCakes of love

SpireWorks is offering gift packs of SpireCakes for $5 in celebration of Valentine’s Day. Each packaged set includes strawberry shortcake and chocolate ganache SpireCakes. The sweet morsels will make anyone swoon. 1061 Broxton Ave., Westwood, (424)220-6299; 4945-B Eagle Rock Blvd., (323)895-7888.

Date-night at Red O Santa Monica

Red O Santa Monica corporate executive chef Marc Johnson prepares a grand seafood platter for two for Valentine’s Day with fresh oysters, a one-pound Maine lobster cocktail, ahi tuna tartar and shrimp and calamari ceviche. Johnson’s Tablita for Two is a land and sea favorite, featuring a grilled 32-ounce prime tomahawk chop and a one-pound Maine lobster tail. Desserts include decedent tres leches and the signature passion fruit butter cake with grilled strawberries, passion fruit custard, coconut crumble and coconut ice cream. Reservations on Valentine’s Day are from 5 to 11 p.m. 1541 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. (310)458-1600.

E.P. & L.P. is where love lives

West Hollywood’s multi-level, modern Asian eating and drinking destination E.P. & L.P. is celebrating Valentine’s Day with executive chef Louis Tikaram’s special eight-course prix-fixe menu and a glass of champagne for $99 per person. The menu includes Fijian-style ceviche, warm coconut and chili rock lobster salad, five-spice crispy skin chicken and Chengdu churros made with star anise sugar and Sichuan chocolate. The L.P. Rooftop is perfect for singles, with happy hour starting at 5 p.m. and a DJ spinning music at 7 p.m. 603 N. La Cienega Blvd., (310)855-9955.

Clifton’s Republic Casablanca theme

On Valentine’s Day, celebrate with a vintage, romantic Casablanca theme in the upper levels of Clifton’s. The elevated cafeteria dining experience offers bottles of champagne on Tuesday, Feb. 14. 648 S. Broadway, (213)627-1673.

Musso & Frank Grill

Enjoy a nostalgic Valentine’s dinner at Musso & Frank Grill with vichyssoise, naked cowboy oysters on the half shell with sparkling mignonette and pan-seared foie gras with caramelized pineapple, fresh berries and apple butter. Entrées include spinach fettuccine, roasted venison chop and grenadine of beef. Finish with chocolate s’mores for two. 6667 Hollywood Blvd., (323)467-7788.