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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Humans are social beings.The interaction between individuals is an essential part of the human experience and helps improve society as a whole. While architecture plays an important role in promoting ...

Important cultural trend news in the New York Post Wednesday, from writer Hailey Eber. People do not like sitting with strangers at those long communal tables that have been springing up at trendy and ...

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 ...

Among our world’s scorned peoples, there is one group that is arguably the target of more condemnation than any other, a group with a remarkable capacity for arousing suspicion and fear within all of ...

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At a recent dinner, I faced the worst fate that can befall a diner: There was an annoying guy at the restaurant. He spoke too loudly about boring things, shared unsolicited “expertise” on subjects it ...