11 Places To Dine In The Dark

Silly me. Until very recently I had no idea that people did this sort of thing. Dining in the dark, that is.

While researching this bit, I ran across a kid's book which claims that sailors on voyages around the time of Columbus preferred to eat in the dark so they wouldn't see what was infesting their food.

Nowadays, eating in darkness is a little different. Opaque, who offer this sort of experience in the Los Angeles area, have this to say about it:

"In this era of information overload, visual stimulation has reached an all time pinnacle. But imagine, just for an hour or two that you cannot see, that you are abandoning vision in exchange for a new, more stimulating dining experience."

Anyway, here's a list of places where you can dine in the dark. Several of the Web sites are only in German, so I hope I've got all the info straight.

Here are some utensils that might come in handy during this sort of outing, though I guess they'd kind of spoil the effect.

Blindekuh (Blind Cow) Restaurant (Zurich)
Conti Bistro (Munich)
Dans Le Noir (London, Paris)
Dunkel Restaurant (Berlin)
Nocti Vagus (Berlin)
O.Noir (Montreal)
Opaque (Los Angeles)
Unsicht-Bar (Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg)

Comments

[Nir]

A new place to eat in the dark in Amsterdam. C-Taste.
Amsteldijk 55, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Was a nice experience. A bit expensive at 39,50 euro for a meal but we didn't come for the food.
www.ctaste.nl

[madbakingsodagirl]

Is there a restaurant for eating in the dark in NYC?