This Is The 'Most Romantic' Restaurant In MA: OpenTable

PEABODY, MA — Nothing says "romance" quite like Peabody. The North Shore city is home to Massachusetts' most romantic restaurant, according to a list OpenTable put out in advance of Valentine's Day.

Pellana, a steakhouse on Sylvan Street off Route 114, was the only Bay State restaurant to make the list of the country's top 100 most romantic.

"We serve the finest Prime Grade Steaks and Chops as well as the freshest seafood that arrives daily and is simply prepared to express its true flavor," according to Pellana. "Our award winning wine list is a shining example of our caliber of restaurant. It boasts over 400 bottles of the finest varietals from The United States, Italy, France, Germany, South America & beyond."

Pellana was opened in 2006 by chef/owner Daniel Mammola. You can see the menu here. (We're looking at you, bone-in ribeye.)

The OpenTable list, which includes restaurants in 33 states - including three in Rhode Island - was compiled based on more than 12 million verified diner reviews of more than 28,000 restaurants.

Valentine’s Day is “the most popular day for dining out,” according to OpenTable, so you may consider making a reservation — if you still can.

The list included luxury spots like Majorelle in New York City and local hangouts such as St. Martin’s Wine Bistro in Dallas. Ohio had the most restaurants on the list with nine, followed by Texas with eight and North Carolina and Virginia with seven each. Prime rib, seafood and exotic desserts permeate the restaurants on the list. And if you do end up dining at one of these spots, bring your checkbook — many meals range from pricey to downright heart-stopping.

The reviews were collected from Dec. 1 2017 through Nov. 30, 2018, so you can be sure they’re recent. In order to be considered the restaurants had to meet a minimum “overall” score and a certain threshold of qualifying reviews. The overall score was calculated using data such as diner rating, user clout total reviews and regional rating. Qualifying restaurants were then scored and sorted based on share of reviews where “romantic” was chosen as a special feature.

Click here to see the full list.

Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.

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