100+ First Dates at IC

Whether it’s a blind date, app date, or an old-fashioned organic meet, we have the first date (and dates to come) covered.

Creative + Artsy

• Design your ideal home together at the Design District
• Book an appointment with Camp David to see your next co-working space together
• Learn to refurbish/preserve your furniture with Christophe Pourny
• Take a self-guided art tour with The Collision Project
• Visit an art gallery
• An afternoon picnic on the turf with small bites from Frying Pan and drinks from brewers + distillers
• Make an appointment to visit the upper floor design studios
• Find your favorite tunes, from rock to pop at Hi-Fi Provisions Record Shop
• Snap a pic in our most Instagrammable spots
• Book an appointment to see space for your (future) joint business
• Take a selfie together in front of the photo-worthy lanterns
• Take a trip to Morocco without Jetlag
• Watch and learn from the maker herself in Micol Ceramics
• Name a color and write a love letter to each other at Mr. Boddington’s Studio
• Get inked by Pigtown Atelier, one of the best in Brooklyn (maybe not matching ones)
• Make a great bargain at all the furniture outlets
• Design your first kitchen with Porcelanosa
• Discuss your favorite books at Powerhouse
• Discuss your favorite childhood comics and superheroes.
• Peruse and shop The Makers Guild
• Make your first sword with Theo Nazz Forge
• Explore local designers + makers product at IC Store by WantedDesign
• Pick out your beach read for the summer together at Powerhouse

Fashion-Forward

• Make your date a (forever?) necklace with SASKIA
• Design customized matching hats
• Get a facial and some self-care together at Naked Perfection Spa
• Freshen up your look together with a new haircut at King of Kings
• Shop for a matching belt bag
• Shop matching vintage outfit
• An afternoon of reading in a bookstore

No-Brainer

• Try the only Brooklyn-made Sake with Brooklyn Kura
• Coffee date tasting Australia’s finest coffee roasted here in IC
• Be French for a day with croissants and coffee
• Explore Standard Wormwood and learn from the spirit makers themselves
• Taste wine from different continents all in one place
• Coffee date with a twist with the Barrow’s Spiked Iced Coffee
• Taste Sake from different prefectures in Japan with Kuraichi
• Try a beer flight
• Try a Japanese-inspired cocktail
• Coffee bar hopping is a thing, right?
• Try the one and only ginger liquor inspired cocktails
• Shop wine + spirits from local makers for the weekend

The Foodie

• Date night in Japanese Izakaya
• Take a trip to Berlin for lunch
• Burger, Fries + Beer type of date
• Pizza date with beer + live music on Wednesdays
• Best experienced shared with a couple of imported Thai beers at Bangkok Bar
• Experience the first avocado-themed restaurant in NYC
• Soup Dumplings Feast; how many do you do?
• Korean family-style eats that will require a loosening of the belt
• Show your true self with a juicy to the elbow dripping aged beef burger
• Date options for the sugar-free, gluten-free, dairy-free human in your life
• Vegan dates that do not disappoint the foodie within you
• Sit-down dinner with a sunset
• Sit-down Sushi Omakase
• Takoyaki + Beer Date
• Pick out your next ride on a coffee date
• Lobster rolls + beers in the courtyard
• The couple that can eat BBQ in front of each other, stays together. Just try to make it look cute
• Build a tea for one another at Supernatural Cafe
• Coffee + Cookie morning date at One Girl Cookies
• Watch BTS making at Li-Lac Chocolate
• Coffee + Cake Date at Tadaima
• Learn from the best at Ends Meat and test out your skills for a dinner date
• A good old fashioned Feltmans hotdog eating competition at The Wheelhouse
• Build your own charcuterie platter and wine tasting at Sahadi’s
• Grocery shopping at Japan Village to make your own Sushi
• Have a full Mediterranean-style meal (unbuttoning belt optional)
• Breakfast dates are just as fun with sweet treats and matcha from Colson Patisserie
• Make a sundae together at Blue Marble Ice Cream
• Share an oyster platter at Sahadi’s
• You can judge a human by their taco choice + dressing
• Go on a Japanese snack shopping spree

The Outdoorsy

• Live Jazz on Sundays
• Live Bosa Nova on Fridays
• Show off your dancing skills by dancing to live salsa music.
• Live Music in the Band Shell
• Plan your future wedding at Five-Two-A
• Those who Physical therapy together, are aligned together
• Take a personalized pilates class for two
• See who has the better swing at Fit 2 Box
• Dance off with a late-night DJ every Friday + Saturday
• Test your music history with a 90s and early 2000s throwback on a Wednesday
• Show your competitive spirit and play a game of petanque
• Afternoon mini-golf session
• Shop supplies for your next outdoor adventure in the wild
• Who’s the better yogi? Test it out at Sunset Yoga every Wednesday
• Crash to see your future family life at Rock + Roll Playhouse
• Take a bike ride around the neighborhood
• Wait outside Brooklyn Nets’s training center for a celeb sighting
• Test Drive a Porsche
• Watch the sunset from our courtyard
• Test-drive a Volvo
• Explore the industrial spaces on the ground floor
• Physical therapy on Mondays after work
• Ends your Thursdays with a little sweat together at Crossfit 718
• Visit the infamous red boiler building
• Explore markets on campus
• Adopt your next pet at Petco