I believe there is a recently created women's only Reddit chat that may have some female-specific advice for you. Maybe one of them will jump in.

I think my advice these days is to seek out groups/organizations rather than places of business. For example, a group that goes to trivia night at XXX every Tuesday is more reliable than going to Happy Hour every Tuesday. Especially for your purposes of dating with intent, you want someone that others can endorse either explicitly or implicitly through being associated in an organization of some kind.

Hope that helps.