Date Spots in Syracuse, NY

Dating in Syracuse

Dating in Syracuse can be casual and low-pressure. Start with a coffee shop date at Roji Tea Lounge, Café Kubal, Skeleton Bee, Luna Cafe, Peaks Coffee Company, Recess Coffee, The Cracked Bean Roastery & Cafe, A La Mode, or DeWitt Bagel Co. If tea or bubble tea is more your speed, make it Roji Tea Lounge. Dinner offers a spread of mexican, polish, spanish, american, diner, steak house, pasta, and mediterranean options, with names like Eva's European Sweets, The Mission, Otro Cinco, The Sweet Praxis, Modern Malt, Bistro Elephant, Pastabilities, Margarita's Mexican Cantina, Pita Dream, and Sakana-Ya Sushi Bar. That range keeps a first date easy to match to mood.

For a second date, drinks can carry the evening at Kitty Hoynes Irish Pub and Restaurant, Al's Wine & Whiskey, The Blarney Stone, The Jugg on Teall, Dark Horse Tavern, Orbis Lounge, GILDED CLUB, or Amici's Gathering Lounge. Daytime dates might pair a park with culture: Clark Reservation State Park, Onondaga Lake Park, Thornden Park, Hopkins Road Park, Clay South Park, Westmoreland Park, State Park at the Fair, Old Erie Canal State Historic Park, Hanover Square, or Forman Park, then the Erie Canal Museum, Everson Museum of Art, Museum of Science and Technology, Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center, Point of Contact Gallery, Westcott Community Art Gallery, Edgewood Gallery, Skä•noñh Center, Salt Museum, or ArtRage Gallery. Evening entertainment runs from Landmark Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Palace Theatre, Lakeview Amphitheater, War Memorial Arena, Open Hand Theater, Jazz Central, Redhouse Arts Center.

Neighborhoods in Syracuse

These areas are called out in the local notes for this city. They can help you keep a date to one part of town.

• Hanover Square Hanover Square appears in the outdoors list, so it can anchor a date that stays outside.
• Westcott Westcott Community Art Gallery gives this area a culture stop for a gallery-focused date.
• DeWitt DeWitt Bagel Co. gives the DeWitt name a coffee-shop option for a morning or afternoon date.
• Teall The Jugg on Teall adds a drinks stop tied to the Teall name for an evening out.