Want to celebrate your Valentine with more than cards and chocolates? Let us help you plan the perfect Valentine’s Day in Charleston. Pro Tip: Buy your tickets and make your reservations ASAP — events sell out, and restaurants fill up quickly.

Eat your heart out

Wild Common’s Executive Chef Orlando Pagán has created a romantic five-course tasting menu that showcases seasonal and locally sourced ingredients.
The Restaurant at Zero George is celebrating love with a multi-course tasting menu by Chef Vinson Petrillo. You’ll start with snacks and a glass of bubbles before diving into the tasting menu featuring Regiis Ova caviar, truffles, and Japanese A5 Wagyu.
Sullivan’s Fish Camp is offering festive Italian specials, including crispy calamari and ricotta gnocchi with crab, alongside its regular menu from Thursday, Feb. 12 to Saturday, Feb. 14.
Two Bit Club will offer Valentine’s-inspired menu specials throughout the weekend, with each table receiving a chocolate takeaway from Christophe Artisan Chocolatier
A cookie and ice cream? You clearly know the key to our hearts. | Provided by Timber Pizza Co.
Timber Pizza is inviting the whole family to celebrate Valentine’s Day with a limited-time cookie pie, baked fresh in-house and served warm with ice cream.
Pelato will be open for both brunch and dinner this year; walk-ins are accepted if you forgot to make a reservation (we’re looking at you, last-minute folks). You can enjoy the holiday specials throughout the weekend. We’re eyeing the “You’re My Lobster” ravioli and the frozen espresso martini.
Katsubo is offering a special prix fixe menu, featuring spicy charred edamame, surf-and-turf ramen, spicy Mazumen, and strawberry purin.
Sheep hurdling will be back for SEWE this year. | Photo provided by SEWE

Things to do

Join Petit Merci on Friday, Feb. 13, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a special pop-up featuring Sonny Tom Sisan of Floral Studies. Don't miss the limited run of Valentine’s Day bouquets; pre-orders are encouraged.
Get wild this Valentine's Day and head to Southeastern Wildlife Exposition for an up-close wildlife interaction or a quiet evening admiring fine art.
Head to the Charleston Museum for STEAM Valentine and Fall in love with science at this hands-on workshop — you'll create Valentines with invisible ink + make cupid fly.
Twisted Sugar is hosting a Valentine's Day Cookie Decorating Class, where you can create a treat you can eat.

Get out of town

Make a quick drive up to Georgetown for a long weekend at The George Hotel, elevate your stay with the Celebrate Love at The George package, which includes bubbly and house-made chocolate-covered strawberries. Don’t want to stay the night? You can enjoy dinner at The Independent, the hotel’s seafood restaurant and raw bar.