for as long as i can remember, i’ve always felt very uncomfortable eating alone in a public setting. it’s better if i have something to read or if i can watch tv while eating, but if i don’t have a distraction...

i can totally see how you’d feel that way at fette sau...though, i love the bbq there. for park slope, i feel comfortable eating at the counter at bonnies, pete’s ale house in atlantic ave is always a great place to...

opinion, The Alternative is a respectable, solid standby :) Plus, the bar is designed in such a way that you kind of feel like you’re hanging out with everyone else sitting around it. My point is, you’ll likely feel...

How comfortable is it to eat alone at both these places? Thanks.

Going stag tonight, would like to get a meal without going pub? Recommend your favorites?

I think Perry Street qualifies as new American, and lunch is $24!!!! I love it and I ALWAYS eat alone. http://www.chowhound.com/topics/339446

I’ve never had to wait more than a few minutes at lunch for a table of two without reservations. I’ve never been alone but there is usually free tables. Worst case scenario, there is alway the bar to eat at, which I...

Dear all, I like to go out to eat. I fear that my friends lack the funds and the palatte to eat out with me often so I decided to be brave and eat alone. I don’t mind it, but I do prefer a bar area to eat at because I...

I often have to work pretty late in my job, and find that not infrequently my friends don’t want to have a 10pm dinner with me. So the question is: what are some great places to eat alone? Downtown preferred but not...

about eating at the bar that’s more comfortable when I need to dine alone.

Anywhere in Manhattan – I will be eating solo early like around 6ish. Eating at a bar would be cool. Where should I go – What should I get. Price or type of food open. Thanks

I will be in Paris next week and one night need to eat alone. I would like a place I could get a simple but good steak and french fries and feel comfortable eating alone (which is not something I am used to doing). I am staying...

Hearth is great to eat alone at. Ask to sit at the pass – a section of 4 bar-style seats that overlooks the kitchen. The serve a full menu there and you get to see the whole kitchen in action. Plus the food is great too...

LOVE SW food and fusion, really good “local fare” and will be staying at The Clarendon Hotel downtown Phoenix. WIll be eating alone most nights and like to sit at a bar when I do that – any recommendations?...

I’m reading Deborah Madison’s new book she wrote with her husband, Patrick McFarlin: What We Eat When We Eat Alone," in which they interviewed tons of strangers about just that topic. There are great examples in...