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10 couples get chance to dine with Cupid at Corner Stop Eatery
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Cupid, Christopher Arends, 7, and his mom Carley of the Corner Stop Eatery restaurant in Ripon are ready for their Valentines Eve dinner on Thursday, Feb. 13. Couples are going to get a chance to have a photograph with Cupid before they leave the restaurant. - photo by GLENN KAHL/The 209
Imagine a real live Cupid having dinner with you and your love at a special Valentine’s Dinner Thursday night at a Ripon restaurant.It’s a dinner, by the way, limited to 10 couples.Cupid is the 7-year-old son of Mike and Carley Arends of the Corner Stop Eatery in downtown Ripon.A sea of red balloons will cover the floor as diners walk in the door at 7 p.m. The Corner Four Barbershop Quartet led by Chuck Roots has been retained to provide early evening entertainment for the crowd believed to be in the 40s to 70s age groups.There will be photo ops with Cupid in one corner of the restaurant with a gratis color print offered to the customers. Following the barbershop quartets’ presentations, music will be provided for the remainder of the evening.The menu starts off with homemade minestrone soup followed by a main course of homemade raviolis with ricotta cheese. The dessert is going to be a welcomed surprise.