TGIF in NYC: Dinner with Strangers

Hey, NYC!

When was the last time you did something completely spontaneous? Our series groups together complete strangers for a fun night out. That's right, you sign up, and we book the restaurant. Don't do city life alone and build your community with us. Our dream is to service 1,000 cities and anywhere we can combat loneliness while supoorting locally owned businesses. We embrace the micro-event format and intend for these meetups to be for 4-6 individuals each gathering. Check us out in Eventbrite's 2025 TRNDS report!

Brought to you by event series Ermantourage by Erman Baradi.

You can also take a look at our main event calendar via Posh for coffee meets, evening hangouts, and more!

How does it work?

-Register once and you'll be added to our membership database through December 31st, 2025. We will connect with members continuously to organize dates and times to host our dinner meetups.

-After you register, you'll be emailed an introduction message including a quick questionnaire regarding age, dietary restrictions, hobbies, and interests that we use to select restaurants. If you do not get it, please contact [email protected].

*Your ticket does not include your individual food and drink purchases. A ticket is simply to commit you to actually showing up if you sign up (nothing worse than 4 people signing up and only 1 shows up!).

*The pin on the map is not the location for dinners, but simply a default placeholder Eventbrite gives us when we select your city as a location.

*These outings are intended to help people make friends. These are not singles gatherings.

Our vision is simple: we take the no gimmicks approach to networking. No need for yet another app to take up space on your phone - just four walls and a roof and good food for people to connect :) We coordinate with you directly, human-to-human.

If you have any more questions, please contact [email protected]!

Info: We will send a mini-game to everyone's email prior to the dinner meet to utilize as an ice breaker at dinner.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

A Place You'll Love, New York, United States