Compass Arizona Grill
24th floor, 122 N. Second St.
602-440-3166
Hours: 5:30-11 p.m.
Compass Arizona Grill will not be serving its regular menu Valentine’s Day weekend, replacing it with a romantic six-course dinner with options from Tournedos Rossini filet mignon to salmon en papillote, along with other fancy choices to spoil your date.
DeSoto Central Market
915 N. Central Ave.
602-680-7747
DeSoto Valentine’s Eve Speed Dating
Hours: Starts at 7:30 p.m.
Find your valentine at DeSoto Valentine’s Eve Speed Dating. The Valentine’s eve mixer kicks off at 8:30 p.m. after an hour for cocktails. Ladies take a seat and men rotate for two-minute rounds. Men are $10 at the door, and ladies receive free admission and a gift bag. All-night drink specials for participants. The event is 21 and over.
Valentine’s Eve Market
Hours: 6:30-9 p.m.
For last-minute gifts for your valentine, your speed date or yourself, Valentine’s Eve Market offers the opportunity to pick up fresh flowers, boutique jewelry, chocolates and and all the other creative stereotypes your heart can handle the night before Valentine’s Day.
Valley Bar
Rear basement, 130 N. Central Ave.
602-368-3121
Hours: Starts at 7:30 p.m.
Get your date in the mood — for dancing — with Jazz Series Valentine’s Day Edition, featuring Café Jaleo performing music by Buena Vista Social Club and more. Tickets are $7 for general admission and $48 for a table of four. The event is 21 and over.
Ballet Arizona
75 N. Second St.
602-262-6225
Hours: check showtimes online
Take your beauty to the Ballet Arizona’s performance of “The Sleeping Beauty.” The ballet company is pairing with the Phoenix Symphony at Symphony Hall to perform this Valentine’s weekend. Tickets start at $25.
Hard Rock Cafe Phoenix
3 S. Second St., #117
602-261-7625
Hours: 7:30-11:30 p.m.
Do you believe Valentine’s Day is a Hallmark conspiracy? Hard Rock Cafe Phoenix hosts anti-Valentine’s Day “Kiss Off” with a performance by KISS ALIVE, a KISS tribute band that will have you singing all the favorites. Tickets are $10 at the door.
Contact the reporter at Melanie.Whyte@asu.edu.
