A reader contacted me this morning to ask if I had any restaurants to recommend for solo diners. A single woman who loves good food, she said she often feels self-conscious when seated at a table by herself. It doesn’t help, she added, when the server asks, “Will anyone be joining you tonight?”
“Longfellow Grill is one of the only places I can come up with that has a really singles-friendly vibe,” she wrote. “And there’s Town Talk, where the bartenders will take a snit of whatever you’re drinking when they refill your glass. But can you think of any others?”
Well, I’m a wine columnist, so my mind immediately goes to places such as Lucia’s and the now [sadly] defunct Auriga, as well as those coffehouse/wine bars like Wilde Roast and Zeno that provide wireless and great pastry, but less in the way of entrées and “haute cuisine” ambiance.
So I’m putting the question out there. Singles, do you have any favorite fine dining haunts you’re willing to share? Send them in! And if enough of you congregate in one place, who knows? A couple of those tables for one may be pushed together before evening’s end.
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