FOOD FOR LOVERS: Porto Vivo (7 Gerard St., Huntington 631-385-8486 www. porto-vivo.com) is celebrating the lover’s holiday with a special prix fixe menu on Sunday, Feb. 14 at $49/person. First course: broiled Blue Point oysters with lobster hollandaise; Frisée salad with hearts of palm in blood orange vinaigrette (add foie gras for $14); or sweet corn bisque with duck confit and black-truffle vinaigrette. Second course: beet ravioli with goat cheese and fontina, zucchini and grape tomatoes in leek sauce; Lobster risotto, parsley coulis and red tomato vinaigrette; or Petite filet mignon with caramelized endive sprinkled with aged balsamic arancini di riso. Dessert is chocolate-hazelnut crunch with black currant sauce. Quaff it all with $29 half-bottles of Piper-Heidsieck champagne.

REALITY CHECK: Next time that dream of owning your own restaurant pops into your head, look up the price of some key ingredients. Sushi grade tuna: $19.99/lb. Super colossal diver scallops - $24.95/lb.; 35-year-old Balsamic Vinegar from Modena, Italy, $134.95 for 3.5 oz.; or the granddaddy of all… winter truffles, which chefs weigh to the gram. At $900/lb., a single truffle shaving could add $6 to the tab!

CLOSED: Mare Luna, the little seafood gem on Clinton Ave. in Huntington Village has closed its doors. Where will we go for branzino?

BE JONATHAN’S VALENTINE: Foodie favorite Jonathan’s Ristorante (15 Wall St., Huntington 631-549-0055 jonathansristorante.com) celebrates Valentine’s Day on Sunday, February 14, starting at 5 p.m. with a special a la carte menu. Among the more intriguing sounding appetizers are: Shrimp Cocktail with Grappa Sauce ($14), Prosciutto di Parma w/ Sweet Gorgonzola, Baby Arugula, Pomegrante Salad ($13), and Porcini Ravioli with Shittake, Asparagus and Black Truffle Butter ($11). Some main courses: Scottish Salmon with Baby Root Vegetables, Fig Balsamic and Leeks ($26); Duck Breast with Black Currant Sauce, Farro Salad and Grilled Asparagus ($25); Wild Striped Bass with Passato di Pomodoro, Funghi Trifolati ($27). View the full menu at jonathansristorante.com.

NEW CHEF: Chris Randell is the new executive chef at Black & Blue (65 Wall St., Huntington 631-385-1525 blackandbluehuntington.com) He was previously executive chef at City Cellar for 3 years. Some of Chris's signature dishes on the menu: Sauteed Shrimp and Sea Scallop "Saltimbocca" served with whipped potatoes/broccolini/prosciutto sage brown butter ($27); Lobster Crusted Atlantic Salmon served with crushed fingerling potatoes/ wilted baby spinach/ truffle butter sauce ($27); Rare "Everything" Yellowfin Tuna with oven dried tomato and cucumber salad/ valencia oranges/ balsamic soyu glaze ($27).

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