The Date Your Special Someone Actually Wants
After a day of ice cream at the farmers’ market and walks in Hawrelak Park for a first date, now comes the moment you make it official with a special dinner for two.
That said, ever sit and wonder about what makes for a great date idea?
Do you take cooking classes together on a first date or a second date, or how do you even make it a unique experience when it is date night 1,005?
Do you go to the Edmonton corn maze, or stargaze at the University of Alberta Botanic Garden, or waste an afternoon lost in the rooms of the Art Gallery of Alberta?
There’s just has to be more than a night out on Whyte Ave—right?
Everyone in Edmonton needs a night out. Your spouse or partner works hard in their day, and let’s be honest: who really wants to cook dinner every single night?
Let Barbacoa entertain you instead.
Picture it: a dining room dimly lit with candles, a slight waft of tantalizing smoke in the air, and an excited tug on your hand as your date pulls you eagerly to your table.
Hear the soft rattle of a shaker at the cocktail bar, and, finally, your own relaxing sigh as you swirl a 14–year-old scotchy–scotch–scotch in your glass, as your partner gets fizzical with their tequila cocktail.
Welcome to Barbacoa: your elevated dining experience sure to top all date night experiences.
Date night is here. What’s for dinner?
“Barbacoa makes for a perfect option for your romantic date night,” says Barbacoa chef, Shane Campbell. “Our open kitchen provides an inclusive and intimate insight into how your meal is cooking.
“Some of our guests even argue that every night here is a date night!”
So, if you are tired of the typical Netflix and chill with takeout, and need a change of scenery for a fun date idea? Step away from the screen and step it up with a real dining experience.
Watch your night unfold as expert chefs slowly cook your favourite meals to perfection over a live fire.
Every visit to Barbacoa is a night of love, passion and attention to great ambiance, great food and great drinks.
Food meant for sharing
A great option for sharing a meal with your significant other is the 40oz tomahawk steak for two. Carved from the beef primal rib, this very distinct cut of steak is made even more distinct by its signature, extra long bone that’s left whole and intact.
Its melt in your mouth flavour will have you both sharing nibbles back and forth over the table in the ultimate expression of love and laughter. And there are herb roasted fingerling potatoes and seasonal vegetables for those too stuffed to pick apart anything left on the bone.
Sure, everyone sometimes prefers to dig into their own favourite dish, but sharing food together? It’s a surefire spark of similar tastes to start off a great night.
Not to mention: you’ll see why your partner loves you after that first bite of tomahawk steak and realize they’re in the sharing mood. Something this sensual can’t be consumed all by your lonesome.
Who are we kidding? Of course it can.
Grapes to tie the evening together
Favourite dishes are always flattered by complimentary wines.
The wine list at Barbacoa is specifically curated to pair with smokey, flame–charred meats from steak to chicken and pork ribs.
You could pair that same tomahawk steak with a Care Garnacha & Syrah, to bring out the rich and luxurious flavour of the meat.
Or is your partner feening for the Barbacoa smoked chicken? They will smile from ear–to–ear as they savour an organic Landlust Riesling in between bites of crispy potato gnocchi, and even crispier chicken skin.
Pairing your wine to bring out the best in your BBQ goes beyond incidental culinary choice. It is your social priority to enhance your senses with every pause, sniff, and swish around the glass.
The right ambience to impress
Barbacoa is also more than date night with BAE. It’s family night and even a business night alike.
Either way you look at it, Barbacoa is an elevated dining experience that is an ideal balance of drinks, ambiance, and flame–charred meat.
You’ll be greeted with a faint hardwood smoke in the air from the open kitchen. And the playlist that is all things soft and sexy with a serious tone keeps you there.
Because sometimes you need a date night out instead of settling for takeout and the latest episode of Yellowstone.
Leave that to Barbacoa. It gets date night done right. The first time and every time.
And, just like Yellowstone, it keeps your love life streaming toward greener pastures.
Looking for a hidden gem with fiery good food for your next business lunch, family gathering or special occasion? Look no further than Barbacoa in Spruce Grove for a unique and elevated dining experience you can’t wait to share with your friends.
Come join us: the fire is always lit!