Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Texas Highways magazine highlights Houston’s “Flirty Dozen” — twelve places to inspire romance. Here’s an excerpt:
THE CHOCOLATE BAR
Sweets for your sweet
If you imagine anything appealing that can be done with chocolate, you can probably find it in this well-appointed shop in Houston’s Montrose District (see “Move Over, Godiva…,” page 20 of the print issue). You can smell the aroma before you enter, and watch chocolate being made once you do.
Ice cream. Chocolate-covered fruit. Chocolate pizza. And all things covered in chocolate, from Nutter Butters to popcorn. Get it to go or eat it here. There’s an ice-cream wing, where the staff will scoop multiple flavors to your fancy, and, in the cake wing, enough cake to get you through the worst heartbreaks. You’ll fall in love with the best-selling Aunt Etta’s Cake. This rich, moist chocolate cake lives up to every great chocolate-cake experience you’ve ever had. It’s a decadent meal in itself.
JPMORGAN CHASE TOWER OBERVATION DECK
Room with a view
Need a little inspiration? Take a trip up to the Chase Tower’s 60th-floor “Sky Lobby” observation deck for a terrific view of the cityscape. As it gets dark, you can see the countless stars in the sky and the millions of city lights below the horizon.
Formerly the Texas Commerce Tower, the 75-story building was designed by renowned architect I.M. Pei and was the tallest building west of the Mississippi until the Library Tower building went up in Los Angeles. (It’s only got 16 feet on the Chase.)
The entire article is not available online, so here are the top twelve:
1. Events
2. The Chocolate Bar
3. Houston Arboretum
4. JPMorgan Chase Tower Observation Deck
5. Cocktails at Marfreless
6. Dinner at the Rainbow Lodge
7. Stages Repertory Theatre
8. Bergamos Spa Retreat
9. Picnic at The Menil
10. Williams Tower Park
11. Nazar’s
12. The Lancaster Hotel
