Grotto
37 Bowdoin Street
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 227-3434
www.grottorestaurant.com

Marliave
10 Bosworth Street
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 422-0004
www.marliave.com

Kitchen
560 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 695-1250
www.kitchenbostonmass.com

Valentine's Day

Near the end of the Roman Empire in 270 A.D., Claudius, the Roman Emperor, decided to ban marriage as a quality control measure for the army. Claudius had a simple goal of taking over the world, and Claudius believed that unmarried men were better soldiers than married men because married men were more emotionally attached to their home and families. Nonetheless, a local priest, named Valentine, continued to marry young lovers on the sly. The Emperor was enraged, and had Valentine arrested. Valentine's fate was sealed and the Emperor condemned him to death and created a Saint in the process. Lore has it that Valentine, while awaiting execution, miraculously restored the sight of one of his jailor's daughters, and they became very close friends. Before he died, he wrote her a letter and signed "From your Valentine." A tradition was born.

All three restaurants will be offering their regular menus with no additional holiday mark-ups.

Grotto. located at 37 Bowdoin Street in Beacon Hill, is now taking reservations for Valentine's Day. To make a reservation please call 617.227.3434.

To reserve a table at Marliave in downtown Boston at 10 Bosworth Street please call 617.422.0004.

Kitchen, located at 560 Tremont Street in Boston's South End, can be reached at 617.695.1250 to make a reservation.