Ah, romance. There are things in this world that just cry out romantic… roses, Valentines, those cute teddy bears with magnets in their noses that look like they’re kissing. And Italian food.

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It’s ingrained into us through film and television. Those proposals in a dark restaurant when someone’s playing a violin and Chianti pours from a wicker-clad bottle. Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra and “That’s Amore” and even the scene from Lady and the Tramp where they’re eating spaghetti. Italian food means love.

That’s exactly the sort of vibe I got when I walked into Café Amore in Eureka Springs. We’d headed up there for a variety of reasons, including the chance to enjoy the Food and Wine Weekend (which was incredible). But the bigger reason was the celebration of our 10th wedding anniversary. The restaurant was comfortable inside, not too dark but with plenty of accent lighting and little lamps on tables. There was some local artwork and framed signed photographs here and there. We were told to sit anywhere we wanted and found a nice booth tucked back in a corner.

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