Best and worst Valentine’s Day stories: Love in a cup of coffee

We’re on the lookout for the best and worst Valentine’s Day restaurant stories, asking chefs, managers, bartenders and readers to submit their most memorable tales about the holiday.

Maybe there was an amazing proposal, the best first date ever, or an especially bad breakup. Here’s a story from Gisselle Delapuente, marketing manager at STK, about one particularly memorable Valentine’s Day proposal at the West Hollywood restaurant.

“We had a guy call in once to please switch out our cappuccino cup with one that had “will you marry me’ at the bottom of the cup, so that his girlfriend would see the message when she finished her coffee,” said Delapuente.

The restaurant switched out the cup, and the server brought the cup over to the couple.

“But it never occurred to the guy that she may not finish the coffee,” said Delapuente. “Midway throughout he started drinking her coffee for her in order to make sure she would see it.”

When she took the last sips of the drink, she realized what it said.

“The guy got down on one knee in front of the whole restaurant and took the ring out of his pocket,” said Delapuente. “As soon as we saw her reaction, we had our servers come out with a bottle of Champagne with sparklers and all the dinner guests clapped and cheered for them.”

Do you have a memorable Valentine’s Day story you’d like to share? We want to hear it. Share it with us on Facebook or in the comments below.

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