22 Cheap and Safe Date Ideas In Cleveland

Edgewater Park

6500 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway, Cleveland

What a fantastic place to bring a date, along with a lawn chair and picnic basket, for free on a beautiful day.

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Lakeview Cemetery

12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland

No, taking a date to a place full of dead people isn’t exactly normal, but the Lakeview Cemetery isn’t normal. Throughout the year, experience various events like the daffodil weekend and the lighting of the Christmas tree, all for free. Plus, there’s always the tomb of President James A. Garfield to explore.

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Stream a Movie That was Filmed in Cleveland

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We all know about the Avengers, A Christmas Story and of course Draft Day. But did you know over 30 movies have been filmed in Northeast Ohio? Some of our favorites include American Splendor, The Kings of Summer, The Land and Take Shelter but there are a ton of good ones.

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Go Sledding

A Hill

Look, we get it, it’s cold as shit out. But sometimes, you just have to get out of the house and do something. Why not find your local sledding hill and bring back some childhood memories?

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Celebrate Paczki Day

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Fat Tuesday for everyone else in the country is known as Paczki Day in Cleveland. So find your local bakery making up delicious jelly-filled donuts, invite a date over (that you know is COVID safe) and enjoy these scrumptious treats.

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Outdoor Curling at Platform Beer Co.

4125 Lorain Ave., Cleveland

For some outdoor, socially distant fun, Platform recently opened an outdoor street curling rink. They also opened ‘The Lot’, their year round beer garden that contains the curling rink. Check it out.

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Free First Saturdays at MOCA

11400 Euclid Ave, (216) 961-9750

Currently, admission to Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland is free on the first Saturday of each month and you need to take advantage of it all now. Stop by from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to take in a bunch of strange and incredible art. The spot will leave you and your date thinking: “what is art, anyway?”

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Mitchell’s Ice Cream

Various Locations

With ten locations around the Cleveland area, there’s got to be a local Mitchell’s Ice Cream spot near you. And while other people meet up for drinks or coffee, why not go on a date over ice cream? For about $10, you and a date can get a scoop of locally-made heaven. Hopefully, the talking will follow.

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Go On A Hot Chocolate Tour of Cleveland

Take a look outside, people. It is hot chocolate weather! We suggest cutting out of work early to enjoy one of these cocoa concoctions and combat this cold.

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Go Snow Shoeing or Cross Country Skiing at the Metro Parks

Metro Parks Golf Courses

Snow shoeing and cross country skiing is permitted at a bunch of Metro Park golf courses like Big Met, Little Met, Shawnee Hills, Seneca, Mastick Woods and Sleepy Hollow on days where there is more than four inches of snow. Big Met in Rocky River has skis and snow shoes available for rental.

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