alendar shines in a role it seems to have been working toward all its peaceful life, from its early days as a small coffee shop, an expansion that secured its footing as a competitive restaurant, and onward to gain the dubious distinction, year after year, as an irresistible mood-enhancer that has attracted saccharine-afflicted couples for over nine year s.Two little dining rooms, adorned with dark oak tiling and rough wood furnishings, feature a cute-as-a-button romantic scene throughout most of the room.

The ambitious spot works well on a number of levels, depending on what you’re coming here for: daytime cafe, evening cocktail bar and low-key restaurant, all wrapped up in a tender love story. We study all this through the eyes of love-struck couples throughout the room; small gatherings of secret business meetings, romantic liaisons and any other one-on-one gatherings that require extreme discretion.

You feel it in the air, the coziness of a room amid the frantic pace and sensory overload of College Street. Kalendar’s antique chandeliers, hardwood floors, eye candy at other tables along with a truckload of French Martinis should wipe out any regrets over a loser date or a cheating ex-mate.

Forget tonight - on a regular-run Saturday night it's tough enough to find a seat. At times, couples stand three deep around the dark wood bar area awaiting champagne cocktails, martinis and top-flight bubbly by the glass, including Taittinger La Francaise and Veuve Clicquot Brut. A crowd of 30-ish yuppies and silver foxes comes here regularly, many using Kalendar as their annual Valentine’s Day tryst.