No piece of restaurant furniture is more controversial than the communal table. You either think it’s a fun way to meet new ...

Though often the butt of jokes, the trend experienced surges in popularity in the 1980s and 2000s. In the post-pandemic era, shared tables offer an easy way for digital natives to socialize. Where ...

Jaya Saxena is a former correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. At a recent ...

The 2010 movie Valentine’s Day is not particularly memorable, but it does contain a brief, pointed bit of dining humor that still endures. Jason (played by Topher Grace) and Liz (Anne Hathaway) are at ...

Last night, my husband and I decided to go out to dinner and specifically try a communal-table restaurant. (I’m required to eat good food for research purposes—my life is so hard!) Communal tables are ...

Not everyone prefers to dine at a quiet little table or booth. For some, a big communal table offers an opportunity to eat, drink and chat with friends and strangers. For diners self-conscious about ...

Stagger Lee's in Fitzroy has got one, with a view onto Brunswick Street; at Brunswick's Wide Open Road it sits in the middle of the space, surrounded by cosy booth seating; one of Sydney's originals ...

This week's reader question comes from A.N., who confesses to feeling a little misanthropic when confronted with tablemates she didn't ask for: How do you negotiate the communal table? Start a ...

Mary Altman and John Pinson, though each traveling alone on business, savored some conversation with their barbecue last week as they sat together at one of 4 Rivers Smokehouse’s large picnic tables ...

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