One of New Jersey’s top restaurants will host a Galentine’s Day event, featuring food, live music, and a lineup of women-owned businesses.
Gioia Mia’s Be Mine Galentine will take place on February 13 at 6:30 p.m.
The #GirlDinner menu is perfect for grazing, with charcuterie cones, truffle parm fries, bolognese-stuffed arancini, ricotta toast, Caesar salad, and more. Hankers Kitchen is providing the sweets, including chocolate ganache cake and sweetheart cookies.
Drinks for the evening are courtesy of Margie Maak, a New Jersey–based bartender who specializes in consulting, private events, and cocktail education. Sip on zero-proof cocktails like the Girl Dinner Spritz and the Heartbreaker—an alcohol-free espresso martini alternative. In addition to handcrafted cocktails, Gioia Mia is BYOB, so feel free to bring a bottle (or two) for the meal.
Guests can also enjoy bonded jewelry from Forever Welded, in-house piercings, themed nails by Painted Fab, custom prints from Alphabetize.d, photo moments, and a few extra surprises.
VIP tickets also include a professional photoshoot, plus a lash and lip bar.
Galentine’s Day Ticket Packages
A standard Just the Girls ticket includes the #GirlDinner menu, a welcome cocktail, gift bag, photo moments, and a community burn book. The Sip Happens package includes all of that, plus additional drinks.
The VIP ticket, dubbed Main Character Energy, comes with early admission, a caviar bar, access to the VIP lounge, and a full-glam photoshoot.
What Is Galentine’s Day?
Galentine’s Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated on February 13. The idea is to celebrate female friendships. Who needs Valentine’s Day, anyway?
Peter Candia is the Food + Drink Editor at New Jersey Digest. A graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, Peter found a passion for writing midway through school and never looked back. He is a former line cook, server and bartender at top-rated restaurants in the tri-state area. In addition to food, Peter enjoys politics, music, sports and anything New Jersey.
