Food & Drink · Covington

Date Night in Covington and Newport

Walkable evenings that pair a real dinner with something to do after.

Food & Drink

The stretch from Mainstrasse Village to Newport on the Levee has more good date-night options than most residents realize.

This guide focuses on pairings, dinner plus a gallery, dinner plus a rooftop, dinner plus a show, that fit in a single walkable evening.

It skips chains, and it skips anywhere with a two-hour wait. Reservations recommended for the sit-down picks.

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