The assumption that people need to be coupled or grouped goes beyond restaurants, said Bella DePaulo, a social psychologist in Summerland, Calif., and the author of the 2023 book “Single at ...

Restaurant quiet zones disappear as loud diners dominate dining rooms and turn once-calm spaces into hubs of noise and ...

For many diners who grew up in the visuals-obsessed Instagram era, a restaurant doesn’t need to have a particular aesthetic — it just needs to have a memorable one. What might that look like?

Now, the restaurant is debuting a more affordable à la carte concept, El Bistró, housed in the front dining room of its La Cosecha space in Union Market. “We’re very known for a being a fine-dining ...

“But people suggested not to do that, and to keep most of the old La Grenouille, because it has so many good memories for New Yorkers,” Pan said. The new restaurant’s owner, Andy Zhang, also ...