# You're favorite "First Date" place **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216 "2000-07-20T06:15:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/1 "2000-07-20T06:15:46Z")
I am sitting here watching the ever so lovely show (hehe) _Blind Date_ and was wondering what are some of your favorite places for a first date. If you are married, maybe it’s a place you enjoy hanging out as a couple that never gets tiring. Since it’s been ages since a first date for me, I can’t really respond but maybe some of you can give me some ideas if the opportunity presents its self. ---
**Author:** ![JBurton99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@JBurton99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBurton99)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/2 "2000-07-20T08:46:35Z")
:: thinks back about 12 years :: Hmmm, when i was into the dating scene i always prefered the Road Trip first date. Just hop in the car, grab a nice early dinner someplace, then take a long road trip to talk and get to know a little about each other. That’s with the mandatory stops along the way by any kinda of stream or lake and check out the wildlife. ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/3 "2000-07-20T10:12:16Z")
- - - I took a girl to a shooting range and she had a great time: I happened to find out that it was something she hadn’t done before. We had known each other for a while though, just hadn’t dated- so she wasn’t totally wierded out by the whole thing. - I think that parks with hiking trails or paths are good too, esecially if it’s just a “hang-out” date with a girl I’m not too hot for. (I separate dates into “hang-out” dates and “might-get-somethin’” dates, and I tend to go different places for each. I’m also less picky about who I take on “hang-out” dates; I spend less money on the date and I don’t expect much more than someone to talk to.) - MC ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/4 "2000-07-20T12:48:38Z")
Nowadays, I have to say a public place, with plenty of witnesses. 🙂 Generally someplace like Chili’s or T.G.I.Fridays, where you can be casual and talk for a couple of hours. I try to save the more elaborate plans for a later date. ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/5 "2000-07-20T13:08:49Z")
Outdoor cafés in the summer. Not expensive, no pressure, you don’t have to sit and watch each other eat, you have more chance of actually talking while tasting sweet desserts. Just did this few nights ago. Went extremely well. First BLIND date for me actually. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/6 "2000-07-20T13:16:15Z")
Putt-Putt! loads of fun and you can laugh at each other when you can’t play. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/7 "2000-07-20T15:00:26Z")
I Usually just go for a walk along the seashore or the bayshore with them. So I can give them lots of attention. For them its more of a deaf Blind Date…but hey. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/8 "2000-07-20T16:09:39Z")
Art museum. Or asian history museum. After that nice romantic french restuarant. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/9 "2000-07-20T16:15:18Z")
Hubby took me to the midnight premier of “Aliens 3” on our first date! He knew I loved the series. We sat in the front row. We didn’t know it was our first date (we were “just friends”) until we started holding hands during a scary part. It was all downhill from there! ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/10 "2000-07-21T06:32:19Z")
The back seat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/11 "2000-07-21T07:22:24Z")
**techchick68:** I love _Blind Date_! It’s one of mine & my BF’s guilty pleasures (yes, he watches it with me)-- and we love to play “name the place” since most of the shows are filmed around the Los Angeles area. My favorite First Date place? It has to be The Derby nightclub. They play swing, jazz, and jump blues, it’s tastefully decorated, and if you’re lucky, you get a _very_ cozy booth with purple velvet drapes (if you want to see what it looks like, rent _Swingers_–it’s the club the guys are at near the end of the movie–the one where Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is playing). The club is attached to an Italian restaurant, so you can order dinner there, too. Very nice place to go. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/12 "2000-07-21T14:05:07Z")
Well, I like lunch or coffee, instead of an evening thing. It feels more casual, and the ending point seems a little less, I dunno, I can’t express it. A guy once asked me to go to the park with him to let his dogs run. That was a good one. This makes for a pressure-filled FIRST date, but not a bad early date in the relationship: my friends and I used to get together to play Balderdash or Pictionary or Trivial Pursuit. It really takes your mind off the “date” and you get to see a great side of each other. My husband fell in love with me at a Pictionary party, although he says the tight sweater I was wearing had as much to do with it as my competitive nature and ridiculous drawings. ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/13 "2000-07-21T14:11:58Z")
McDonald’s. Boy howdy, you find a girl who’ll go on a second date with you after you take her to McDonalds, you got yerself a keeper. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/14 "2000-07-21T14:20:22Z")
My first “date” with Brian was to a sports bar where we both watched football and ate bar food and steak to our hearts content. We still go there all the time, and we’ll probably be there even more now that football season is right around the corner. ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/15 "2000-07-21T16:05:35Z")
One date took me to an amusement park. As a first date, it was great. We never ended up dating seriously, but it was a great afternoon. We liked all the same rides, and we laughed the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/16 "2000-07-21T16:12:36Z")
The two-top restaurant at the top of the TransAmerica Pyramid, but you have to get reservations waaaay in advance. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/17 "2000-07-21T16:14:54Z")
Wow, I must be the only one who likes to get to know a woman well on the first date by not having any distractions so I can concentrate on her every word. sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-favorite-first-date-place/26216/18 "2000-07-21T18:00:53Z")
Bowling… Love to take a girl bowling. It is very fun and entertaining and still gives you lots of time to talk. Plus if things are going well you can “bet” on who pays for the second date! Hey it worked for me and the new (one month) missus!