by Rick Munarriz - 406 Reviews - 155 List
First dates are exciting, but blind dates can be frightening. Here are the best places to go to either impress that sight unseen date or to get lost in the crowd if things don't go quite right.
Updated: October 07, 2008
Conversation starters are never in short supply at this classy eatery where over-the-top food presentations always inspire a little jovial chatter.
Erotic cuisine and exotic atmosphere make dining a feast for all your senses.
Classy, contemporary chophouse offers up signature steaks in a trendy setting. It's a paparazzi magnet, opening the door for the lay-up icebreaker "do you see the celebrity sitting two tables away?"
It's the place to see and be seen, so start off the relationship right by showing the haute cuisine hipsters around you that you belong together.
South Beach's cavernous dance club is big and predatory enough that "we should probably see other people" can be an immediate objective.
Greek SoBe eatery can get loud between the smashing plates and patrons dancing on the tables. It's a quick way to move on from a conversation that is going nowhere.
There's less pressure to keep a bad connection going when everyone is watching teppanyaki chefs slice and dice their way on hibachi tables.
The thunderous rattle of tumbling pins will eat up any and all awkward silences at this modern bowling alley.
There are 75,000 screaming football fans on any given Sunday. The numbers are in your favor, no matter who you are rooting for.
