The rise of the (dinner) partygoers! Forget nightclubs — New Yorkers are forking out big bucks to eat in with strangers

Fuente: New York Post

They’re drained by the loneliness epidemic, turned off by insanely high restaurant prices — and extremely over the Big Apple’s messy dating scene. Meet the growing group of in-the-know New Yorkers cleverly saying “check, please!” to the status quo — instead finding sustenance and community at intimate, underground dinner parties. From cozy Upper East Side penthouse soirées where martinis clink over truffle risotto, to better-weather Bed-Stuy backyard hangs buzzing with laughter among ornate tablescapes, these ticketed meals where strangers sit down to break bread together have become the new way for fashionable city dwellers to go out on the town.