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List of Restaurants Offering Communal Dining Tables — SoloDining.com Visitors' Nominations Considering taking the plunge — dining at a communal table? S. Irene Virbilia,Los Angeles Times restaurant critic's recent communal dining experience may be just the encouragement you need. Here are excepts from her 12/3/06 review of Canelé in Atwater Village — (323) 666-7133 — 3219 Glendale Boulevard: " . . . I end up sitting at the communal table in the front window. Twice it was because there was no other table available and my friends and I didn't want to wait. But now I tend to gravitate to one end of the broad farmhouse table set with vases filed with herbs. I like sitting down to dinner without feeling locked into a tiny two-top. Sometimes you see familiar faces. But mostly you don't and that's a big part of the appeal — the sense of a shared experience with new acquaintances. Someone will wonder what it is you're eating or ask for a recommendatiom. Someone else will lean close conspiratorially and tell you to order the heirloom tomatoes with olives, cucumbers and feta. I do. And it is delicious . . . Because the communal table sitters tend to be self-selected group, people are often more sociable and they linger. Over wine. Over coffee. Over the beguiling buena chica cheesecake. From this comforting wooden table on the sidelines, you can take in the entire scene at Canelé." Yet another reason to frequent restaurants offering communal table dining? A Jerry Seinfeld sighting at Le Pain Quotidien, a chain of restaurants known for their large communal dining tables: "Seinfeld's having coffee off Broadway in New York — not in a greasy spoon like the coffee shop where Jerry, George and Elaine kvetched abut the minutiae of their lives, but in a slightly Frenchified place called Le Pain Quotidien. It means 'daily bread,' but somehow 'quotidian' seems right for Seinfeld, 52, a guy whose entire career is built on his bemused study of everyday life." — Newsweek — December 25, 2006 / January 1, 2007 List of Restaurants Offering Communal Dining Tables — SoloDining.com Visitors' Nominations (Contact restaurants for communal table dining details.) United States Canada France Israel Turkey United Kingdom Sooner or later, EVERYONE — business and pleasure travelers, singles, those divorced or widowed, very-marrieds whose spouses are on the road, harried moms and dads, etc. — faces the challenge of eating out alone! THE How-to Booklet of Solo Dining Tips & Strategies: The Art and Satisfaction of Dining Alone — REVEALED! is now available for purchase in PDF format! United States Arizona Phoenix Delux - Biltmore Plaza — 3146 East Camelback Road — Phoenix, Arizona — (602) 522-2288 La Grande Orange Pizzeria — 4410 North 40th Street — Phoenix, Arizona — (602) 840-7777 Note: Karen Fernau, writer for the Arizona Republic, nominated Delux and La Grande Orange Pizzeria. Fernau has written an article on the communal table dining phenomenon. To read it, click: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0519tables0519.html California Bakersfield — Noreiga Hotel — 525 Summer Street — Bakersfield, California — (661) 322-8419 Berkeley — Rick & Ann's — 2922 Domingo Avenue — Berkeley, California — (510) 649-8538 Fresno — The Basque Hotel — 1102 F Street — Fresno, California — (559) 233-2286 Hollywood — Magnolia — 6266 1/2 Sunset Boulevard — Hollywood, California — (323) 467-0660 (Thanks — Daphne!) Los Angeles — Angeli Caffe' — 7274 Melrose Avenue — Los Angeles, California — (323) 936-9086 Thursday night is "International Dinner Night"! Blue Velvet — 750 Garland Avenue — Los Angeles, California — (213) 239-0061 (Thanks — Ben!) Honda-Ya — 333 South Alameda Street (Little Tokyo Shopping Center, #314) — Los Angeles, California — (213) 625-1184 (Thanks — Jamie!) Joan's on Third for Breakfast — 8350 West Third Street — Los Angeles, California — (323) 655-2285 Philippe the Original — 1001 North Alameda Street — Los Angeles, California — (213) 628-3781 Tart - Farmer's Daughter Hotel — 115 South Fairfax Avenue — Los Angeles, California — (323) 556-2608 Marina del Rey — Aunt Kizzy's Back Porch — 4325 Glencoe Avenue — Marina del Rey, California — (310) 578-1005 (Thanks — Cynthia!) Jer-ne at the Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey— 4375 Admiralty Way — Marina del Rey, California — (310) 574-4333 Malibu — Neptune's Net — 42505 Pacific Coast Highway — Malibu, California — (310) 457-3095 Newport Beach — Francoli Gourmet Emporio — Fashion Island — Newport Beach, California — (949) 721-1289 (Thanks — Claire!) Pasadena — Le Pain Quotidien — 88 West Colorado Boulevard — Pasadena, California — (626) 396-0956 San Diego — A.R. Valentien - Lodge at Torrey Pines — 11480 North Torrey Pines Road — La Jolla, California (858) 777-6635 New (7/08): Thursday-night communal dinner program. Artisan Table (reservations necessary) on the terrace offering a four-course meal for seatings of 10 to 16 people. Note: Singles/Solos are decidedly welcome. Management: "We prefer to serve smaller groups for this program so that participants have an opportunity to become acquainted." San Francisco — Bocadillos — 710 Montgomery Street — San Francisco, California — (415) 982-2622 Local Kitchen & Wine Merchant — 330 First Street — San Francisco, California — (415) 777-4200 Medicine New-Shojin Eatstation — 161 Sutter Street — San Francisco, California — (415) 677-4405 Moose's — 1652 Stockton Street — San Francisco, California — (415) 989-7800 NOPA — 560 Divisadero Street — San Francisco, California — (415) 864-8643 (Thanks — Elisabette!) Suppenkuche — 601 Hayes Street — San Francisco, California — (415) 252-9289 (Thanks — George!) Santa Monica — Border Grill — 1445 Fourth Street — Santa Monica, California — (310) 451-1655 Westchester — Bistrotek — 8639 Lincoln Boulevard — Westchester, California — (310) 645-0400 Note: Near LAX Colorado Boulder — The Kitchen — 1039 Pearl Street — Boulder, Colorado — (303) 544-5973 Monday Night is Community Night! Florida Miami — The Blue Sea at Delano — 1685 Collins Avenue — Miami, Florida — (305) 672-2000 (Thanks — Bill!) Illinois Chicago — Avec — 615 West Randolph Street — Wests Loop Chicago, Illinois — (312) 377-2002 (Thanks — Jennifer!) Japonais Restaurant — 600 West Chicago Avenue — Chicago, Illinois — (312) 822.9600 Massachusetts Boston — Toro — 1704 Washington Street — Boston, Massachusetts — (617) 536-4300 (Thanks — Marisa!) New York Brooklyn — ChicoryBrooklyn — 243 DeGraw Street — Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York — (718) 797-2121 DuMont Burger — 314 Bedford Avenue — Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York — (718) 384-6127 Northeast Kingdom — 18 Wyckoff Avenue — Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York — (718) 386-3864 "Harvest" Table Plant — 25 Jay Street — Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York — (718) 722-7541 "Friday Night" New York — Avra Estiatorio — 141 East 48th Street — New York, New York — (212) 759-8550 Bar Boulud — 1900 Broadway — New York, New York — (212) 595-0303 Counter dining, too! Boqueria — 53 West 19th Street — Chelsea, New York, New York — (212) 255-4160 Buddakan — 75 Ninth Avenue — New York, New York — (212) 989-6699 (Thanks — Elizabeth!) Cafe Boulud — 20 East 76th Street — New York, New York — (212) 772-2600 (Thanks — Tom!) Daisy May's BBQ U.S.A. — 623 11th Avenue — New York, New York — (212) 977-1500 (Thanks — Bob!) Fig & Olive Kitchen and Tasting Bar — 808 Lexington Avenue — New York, New York — (212) 207-4555 (Thanks — Debra!) Il Bagatto — 190 East 2nd Street — New York, New York — (212) 228-3562 (Thanks — George!) Mercer Kitchen — 99 Prince Street — New York, New York — (212) 966-5454 Parea — 36 East 20th Street — New York, New York — (212) 777-8448 Salt — 53 West 19th Street — Soho, New York — (212) 674-4968 (Thanks — Almay!) Stand — 24 East 12th Street — New York — (212) 488-5900 (Thanks — Bill!) Oregon Portland — Beast — 5425 NE 30th Avenue — Portland, Oregon — (503) 841-6968 2 large communal tables Family Supper — 2240 North Interstate Avenue — Portland, Oregon — (503) 235-2294 Pennsylvania Philadelphia — Buddakan — 325 Chestnut Street — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — (215) 574-9440 South Carolina Charleston — Hank's Seafood Restaurant — Church & Hayne Street — Charleston, South Carolina — (843) 723-3474 Texas Elgin — Crosstown BBQ — 211 Central Avenue — Elgin, Texas — (512) 281-5594 (Thanks — Chet!) Washington Woodinville (Seattle's "Eastside") — The Herbfarm Restaurant — 14590 North East 145th Street — Woodinville, Washington — (425) 485-5300 (Thanks — Anne!) Return To Top Canada British Columbia Vancouver — Picnic Cafe — 3010 Granville Street — Vancouver, British Columbia — (604) 732-4405 Salt Tasting Room — 45 Blood Alley Square — Vancouver, British Columbia — (604) 633-1912 Yew - Four Seasons — 791 West Georgia Street — Vancouver, British Columbia — (604) 689-9333 (Thanks — George!) Return To Top France Paris — Chartier — 7, Rue du Faubourg — Montmartre, Paris — 47 70 86 29 (Thanks — Marie!) Return To Top Israel Jerusalem — Village Green, Vegetarian Restaurant — 33 Jaffa Street — Jerusalem, Israel — (+972) [0]2 6253065 (Thanks — Israela!) Return To Top Turkey Istanbul — 360 Istanbul — Misir Apt. K:8, Istiklal Caddesi, Beyoglu — Istanbul, Turkey — (+90) 212 251 1042 (Thanks — Joe!) Return To Top United Kingdom United Kingdom — Wagamama — 43 noodle restaurants throughout the UK. (Locations also include Australia, Ireland, Holland, Dubai, Belgium, Istanbul) England — Busaba Eathai — 106-110 Wardour Street — Soho - London, England — 011-44-020-7255-8686 (Thanks — Emily!) Canteen — 2 Crispin Place — East London, England — 011-44-845-686-1122 (Thanks — Ben!) Return to Top List of Restaurants offering counter/dining bars — SoloDiners' EAT OUT Week "2007" List of Restaurants offering communal table dining — Solo Diners' EAT OUT Week "2006" If you have questions or comments about this Web page or site, e-mail: webmaster@SoloDining.com. © 2008 SoloDining.com Return to Top