Ever since Toronto’s first iteration of Dishcrawl sold out well in advance, we’ve been sure there’d be more let’s-all-eat-out-together events hitting the city. Enter The Social Feed, a Vancouver-based organizer of family-style dinner parties, which launches in Toronto tomorrow night with a meal at Czehoski that’s, yes, already sold out.
The concept: would-be feeders browse set menus on Social Feed’s site, buy a ticket and meet at the designated restaurant on the night. Expect 20 or so 20-something diners (this crowd skews young) all sitting at a long table, serving themselves from the platters being passed around. Founder Reggie Mulligan has some solid fine dining credentials, having spent time at The French Laundry and Vancouver’s Lumière. He told us the idea grew out of the massive dinner parties he used to hold, where friends, and then friends of friends, would show up: “We clued in that they became more fun and exciting as more random people came.”
Tickets for next week’s Marben dinner are also gone, but spots for Social Feed’s third event, a dinner at The Drake featuring pickled herring and smoked sausages, are still up for grabs at $38 each. Drinks, of course, are extra.
Marben tix are gone for good reason, such a great spot for one of these social feeds. Really well-executed and accessible food. Enjoy all!
Our review of Marben here:
http://restosinto.tumblr.com/post/15410484882/marben
Cheers,
January 11, 2012 at 10:19 am | by Restos in TORestos in TO
Nice to see something original. I hear they you are also starting a chef-tasting series; dinner clubs and dinner crawls soon. Congrats on being the first! Best of luck. Sarah
January 11, 2012 at 3:10 pm | by SarahGreat concept. Now watch everyone and their dog will try to copy this. Respect for the first!
January 17, 2012 at 3:52 pm | by Mike Noth