I offered to cook maple and ginger salmon steaks and asperagus with cheese sauce and cheesy mashed potatoes and buy booze at home. He was not warm to the idea.

He finds going out more special and festive. So we will probably go to como lake. He suggested Golden Boots but I really disliked the atmosphere last time we went, about 10 years ago: super pricey and loud hockey ont v on two tvs minimum. Nasty ambiance.