Lots of Knoxville area restaurants are offering special menus for Valentine’s Day, some for the weekend ahead or for a few days after. These are some of the specials we found.
Baker Peters Fine Dining
Where: 9000 Kingston Pike
Reservations: 865-690-8110 (Feb. 11-14)
Menu: Call restaurant for menu information
Cost: Starts at $110 / couple
Blackberry Farm
Where: 1471 West Millers Cove Road, Walland
Reservations: 865-984-8166. (Feb. 11 & Feb. 14)
Menu: Salad of smoked North Carolina trout, seared Nantucket Bay scallops with celery root and tennessee black truffles, roasted Moulard duck breasts with foie gras, chili rubbed beef with grit and black garlic custard, Brussels sprouts and onion marmalade. Chocolate crunch for dessert.
Cost: $125 per person for tasting menu. Wine pairing is additional $95.
Cru Bistro & Wine Bar
Where: 11383 Parkside Drive
Reservations: 865-671-6612
Menu: Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese, Shrimp & Brie with a Pomegranate Sauce, Filet Mignon & Lobster Medallion, Red Velvet Cheesecake
Cost: $45 / couple
Chez Liberty
Where: 5200 Kingston Pike
Reservations: 865-330-9862
Dinner every night, including Sunday; brunch Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. and lunch
Menu: Sushi-grade sustainable* Norwegian halibut, hen-of-the-woods mushrooms, fava beans, peanut potatoes, heirloom beets; Chateaubriand for 2: 20 oz center-cut 1855 Ranches prime tenderloin, baby shitake mushrooms, sunchokes, heirloom carrots, ice spinach; Truffle lobster carbonara: Tom Leonard's local black Perigord truffles (last of the season!), hand-made spaghetti, Maine lobster tail, creamed leeks, fennel cream; Pan roasted Maple Leaf Farms duck breast, sweet dumpling squash puree, sautéed ice spinach, peanut potatoes
Echo Bistro & Wine Bar
Where: 5803 Kingston Pike
Reservations: 865-602-2090
Menu: Soup, Caesar Salad, Filet Mignon and Lobster Tail, Trio of Vegetables, Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes with White Truffle Oil, Chocolate Dessert for Two
Cost: $69.95 per person
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
Where: 11287 Parkside Drive
Reservations: 865-675-9463
Menu: Filet Mignon & Prawns or Prime New York Strip & King Crab or Lobster with Lobster Mac & Cheese
Cost: $69.95 per person
Sequoyah Grille/Wine Society Of East Tennessee
Where: 4429 Kingston Pike
Reservations: www.ws4et.com by Feb. 10
Menu: Salad of micro and mixed greens, oven roasted tomato, English cucumber and Parmesan cheese with Benton’s Bacon ranch or house made vinaigrette; rack of lamb and sea scallops; Tawny Port and Chocolate Espresso Semi-Fredo dessert. Wines include Sparkling, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Brunello di Montalcino.
Cost: $75 per member, $80 nonmember. Price includes tax and gratuity. Visit.
Oodles Uncorked
Where: 18 Market Square
Reservations: 865-521-0600
Menu: Choice of 3 (see www.oodlesuncorked.com)
Cost: Menu 1: $69 per person, Menu 2: $89 per person, Menu 3: $109 per person
The Orangery
Where: 5412 Kingston Pike
Reservations: 865-588-2964
Menu: Choice of three items per course, including lamb lollipops, blue crab bisque, seared beef tenderloin and brown butter cake
Cost: $79 per person.
S&S Cafeteria
Where: 4808 Kingston Pike
Reservations: None required
Menu: Ribeye steak, choice of 2 sides, brownie.
Cost: $19.99 / couple
Seasons Cafe
Where: 12740 Kingston Pike
Reservations: 865-671-3679
Menu: Prawns with Boursin Cream or Port Wine Duck; mixed greens with gorgonzola glazed poached pear, candied pecans and sun-dried cranberries with orange raspberry vinaigrette; Folie a Deux Chicken with caper, lemon and sun-dried tomato basil butter sauce or Parmesan Encrusted Sea Bass or Tenderloin Ocsar; Callebaut Chocolate Bombe dessert.
Cost: $55 per person
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