Sharing food is sexy — from that infamous scene in “9½ Weeks” to Lady and the Tramp biting into that same strand of spaghetti. Here are a few spots where chefs have created plates made for two.
Bell Book & Candle
The newly opened Bell Book & Candle (141 W. 10th St., 212-414-2355, www.bbandcnyc.com) will offer a tasting menu consisting of 16 dishes. Each dish will be served for two and will include specialties such as crispy fried oysters, lobster tacos, roasted monkfish and grilled lamb chops, among others, for $75 per person or $200 per couple with a bottle of Heidsieck Champagne.
Wall & Water
Executive Chef Maximo Lopez May’s Valentine’s Day menu is full of seafood that’s meant for two — from oysters and steamed mussels to Maine lobster skewers to chocolate fondu ($90 per person, 75 Wall St., 212-699-1700, www.wallandwaterny.com).
Goat Town
Nicholas Morgenstern (of Brooklyn’s The General Greene) and Chef Joel Hough of Goat Town (511 E. Fifth St., 212-687-3641) will be offering a menu of dishes perfect for sharing, including spiced Vermont quail, a whole roasted lobster and Zoe’s triple-double knickerbocker sundae, all for $60 per person.
Boqueria
The authentic Spanish tapas restaurant will be offering a nine-course tasting menu at both the SoHo (171 Spring St., 212-343-4255) and Flatiron (53 W. 19th St., 212-255-4160) locations featuring such finger-licking pickings as dates wrapped in bacon, braised short ribs and seabass for $75 per person.
For the singles
Executive Chef Mark Spangenthal of The Paramount Hotel’s Library Bar NYC (235 W. 46th St., 212-764-5500, www.nycparamount.com) has created an Anti-Valentine’s Day Menu for $50, featuring an array of off-limit date food such as roasted garlic and spinach ravioli, sticky barbecue spare ribs and molten chocolate cake with black-pepper vanilla ice cream.
