Feb 05, 2021
Downtown Brooklyn Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
11 Gift Ideas for Valentine's Day!
February 04, 2021
Get ready for Valentine’s Day and wow your significant other (or yourself) with these gift ideas you can find right here in Downtown Brooklyn!
1. Satisfy your Sweet Tooth
IT’SUGAR has a ton of goodies you can mix and match. Perfect for snacking during your Valentine’s Day movie night. You are setting up a romantic movie night, right?
2. Unique glass jewelry
You say you’re too cool for Valentine’s Day, but are you really? Maybe your crush will finally notice your divine artisanal glass baubles from UrbanGlass glimmering over Zoom.
3. Create flower bouquets
Trader Joe’s (in CityPoint!) and Wholefoods (at 300 Ashland!) sells perfectly acceptable and very affordable flowers. Mix and match to create multiple bouquets! Give them to your neighbors!
4. Get a barista class for your s/o.
Don’t like the way your s/o is making your coffee but don’t want to hurt their feelings? Fear not. Sign them up for an online barista class at Coffee Project!
5. Get crafty
DIY scrapbooks and create your own photo collages with materials like paint, photo frames, paper, confetti, and glitter from Blick, TJ Maxx, and Party City!
6. Go natural: wine editions
Have you heard? Natural wine is all the rage now. Choose from hundreds of bottles of natural wine at Dépanneur Wines or join their monthly wine club. Plus, free delivery in Brooklyn within a 5 mile radius!
7. Ample Hills Ice Cream
This Brooklyn-born ice cream staple is offering Valentine’s Day Specials — a sweetheart sandwich and an extravagant Sunday. Check it out at DeKalb Market Hall!
8. Junior’s Valentine’s Day Cheesecake
If you haven’t tried Junior’s iconic cheesecake, now is the time to do it. They’re offering special heart shaped cakes for pre-order. Check the deal out here. Plus, save $5 on a full-price cake when you use the code LOVE2021 online!
9. Satisfy your sweet tooth … again
The FloKiss has a whole variety of baked goods to choose from. So sickly sweet — located right in DeKalb Market.
10. Distract your children with a book (or two!) from McNally Jackson or Center for Fiction
Need some me-time this Valentine’s Day? Pick up a book or two from McNally Jackson’s extensive book collection in CityPoint or Center for Fiction for your kids so you can enjoy the natural wine you just bought.
Photo: Groupon
11. Finish the night with delivery from some amazing restaurants
Talk about being spoiled for choice. Call directly and be sure to tip! Explore Downtown Brooklyn’s restaurant options here.
