5 Quarantine Dinner Date Ideas for a Sudbury Lockdown

There is no doubt that this lockdown has done a real number on local restaurants. Being in a state of perpetual unknowns has transformed the dining experience for people across all regions of Greater Sudbury and not for the good.

With Valentine’s Day coming up and the year anniversary of the coronavirus lockdowns not far after, we are all looking for some good suggestions on how to have a romantic date night in the Nickel City while under a lockdown.

As a community, supporting local businesses and, in particular, local restaurants, is something we can do to make the best of a bad situation. Combining some great dishes from our local restaurants with the right ambience at home could be all the difference in turning a simple night at home into a quarantine dinner date during a Sudbury lockdown.

If buying curbside takeout isn’t your thing, the Greater Sudbury area still has you covered with some stellar food markets and butcher shops to give you some quality foods to inspire an evening of romance.

Should you be short on romantic inspiration the next time you want to spice up your relationship then you can take a look at these five awesome dinner date ideas for a Sudbury lockdown. 

5 Quarantine Dinner Date Ideas for a Sudbury Lockdown

Surf & Turf From Tarini Brothers Meat Market

Location: 1055 Lorne Street, Sudbury, ON P3C 4S5

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Tarini Brothers Meat Market offers up some of the freshest seafood and beef you can sink your teeth into here in Greater Sudbury. Their seemingly unlimited cuts of beef and wide selection of seafood will make your date night as special as one could be under lockdown. Fresh food from a local Italian neighborhood meat market, what could be better than that?

Respect Is Burning

Location: 82 Durham St, Sudbury, ON P3E 3M6

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One of the trendiest places in Sudbury is now offering some delicious curbside pickup. Pair their Deep Woods Bruschetta as an app with one of their signature pasta dishes as an entree. Your significant other will admire your courage for having braved the downtown core in order to fetch them this fine meal from Respect Is Burning.

Smiths Market

Location: 971 Lasalle Blvd, Sudbury, ON P3A 1X7

2040 Algonquin Rd, Sudbury, ON P3E 4Z6

2956 Old Hwy 69, Val Caron, ON P3N 1E3

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Really, Smith’s Market has everything you need to enjoy a fresh homemade dinner for you and your sweetheart. Multiple locations makes Smith’s a convenient option for people living in most areas of Greater Sudbury. Great selections of meat, vegetables and seafood will provide you with plenty of options to prepare something at home. You can even pick up something ready-made and let the pros handle it.

Apollo Restaurant

Location: 844 Kingsway, Greater Sudbury, ON P3B 2E5

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Snuggle up on the couch and devour some serious Mediterranean food via the Apollo Restaurant. Make a movie night out of it and pair your food with one of the top movies or new series on Netflix. It may not be the best option for a date night but they also have one of the best Caesar salads in Greater Sudbury.

Mr. Prime Rib

Location: 777 Barry Downe Rd, Greater Sudbury, ON P3A 3T6

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If Jack Frost sets you up with some mild winter weather, set up a fire in the backyard and share some of Sudbury’s most mouth-watering prime rib with your spouse. Keep your wine chilled in the snow like a Northern Casanova and enjoy the stars, either in the sky or each others eyes.