Yes, you can still get a Valentine’s night reservation

• Jaimie Warren
• Nothing says ‘I Love You’ like a Town Topic burger and a side of tater tots

What do you mean you haven’t made a dining reservation for Valentine’s Day evening? It’s four nights away and one of the busiest nights of the year for any restaurant. But as a public service, Fat City has a few suggestions for places still taking reservations for the so-called most romantic night of the year.

Taste, for example, in downtown Overland Park (7938 Santa Fe Drive, 913-766-0320) has openings for early diners — 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. — for executive chef Bobby Stearns’ four-course $50 per-person meal that offers a first-course choice of a cold seafood tasting, crispy pork belly or duck confit on a house-made biscuit with a quail egg. This is followed by three more courses: soup or salad, a choice from three entrees (pork chop, Boursin filet mignon or grilled swordfish) and a dessert course.

There are early reservations (5:45 p.m.) and later options (after 8:30 p.m.) still available at the Westport Cafe & Bar (419 Westport Road, 816-931-4740) for the featured Valentine’s evening prix fixe dinner featuring three courses for $40 per person. The five suggested starter-course choices include a trio of known aphrodisiacs: black truffle pasta, escargot, and blue point oysters. If you choose to dine late, the regular Westport Cafe & Bar menu will be available until 1 a.m.