• Dinner dates don't have to be boring. Creativity and uniqueness adds fun.romantic dinner image by Monika Olszewska from Fotolia.com
  
  You can take a break from the traditional dinner date, where couples simply meet up at home to eat a meal. When it comes to fun dinner dates, it's more than about the food. Fun dinner dates are about getting to know that special someone in a creative and unique way.
  
  

Cooking Classes

• During a cooking class, couples can share quality time while preparing their dinner together. Once preparation is complete, the couple can enjoy the finished product. The most important thing when participating in a cooking class for a dinner date is not the food, but the time spent getting to know each other and enjoying each others' company. Cooking classes are offered at community colleges, restaurants and chef's equipment and supply stores. Whoever makes reservations should make sure that the cooking classes are partner-driven. You don't want to end up working across the room from your significant other.
  
  

Culinary Tours

• Couples can go on local culinary tours during a dinner date. A culinary tour takes you on an excursion to different restaurants to try their dishes. A culinary tour offers variety because you're not limited to just one restaurant. Couples can create their own culinary tours. Couples can also check with local chamber of commerce groups, dinner clubs or couples' groups to purchase tickets to culinary tours that these organizations sponsor. While on a culinary tour, couples can choose to stick with a specific culinary theme, such as Italian, Greek or Mexican, or they can mix it up for to taste different foods.
  
  

Food Festivals

• Couples can put a different spin on a dinner date by attending a food festival. At food festivals, couples can eat dishes from a variety of restaurants in one location. While highlighting specific foods, food festivals combine cuisine and entertainment. Many food festivals feature cooking competitions, cooking demonstrations, live music and other activities. The "Taste of" festival is one of the most common types of food festivals. Two of the nation's most popular "Taste of" festivals are Taste of Atlanta and Taste of Chicago. The Taste of Atlanta festival dates back to 2001. It features more than 70 restaurants. In 2009, "O" magazine named Taste of Atlanta one of the nation's six top food festivals that are worth the trip to attend. Taste of Atlanta takes place over two days in October. The Taste of Chicago festival dates back to 1980. According to its website, it's the second largest tourist attraction in the state of Illinois. Taste of Chicago features more than 70 restaurants and lasts for 10 days in July.