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List of Restaurants Offering Communal Dining Tables

Considering taking the plunge — dining at a communal table?
S. Irene Virbilia, Los Angeles Times restaurant critic's communal dining commentaries may be just
the encouragement you need.
Here is an except from her Critic's Choice "The communal table experience" 9/15/11
"The trend now, especially in casual restaurants, is the communal table. Granted, it also means a small
restaurant can seat more people, but sitting at the communal table can be surprising and fun. You never know what
might happen. You might be seated next to someone perfectly awful. You might make a new friend. You might end up
sharing a bottle of phenomenal wind. You won't be bored."
Here are excepts from her 12/3/06 review of Canelé in Atwater Village — (323) 666-7133 — 3219 Glendale Boulevard:
" . . . I end up sitting at the communal table in the front window. Twice it was because there was
no other table available and my friends and I didn't want to wait.
But now I tend to gravitate to one end of the broad farmhouse table set with vases filed with herbs. I like sitting
down to dinner without feeling locked into a tiny two-top. Sometimes you see familiar faces. But mostly you don't
and that's a big part of the appeal — the sense of a shared experience with new acquaintances.
Someone will wonder what it is you're eating or ask for a recommendatiom. Someone else will lean close conspiratorially
and tell you to order the heirloom tomatoes with olives, cucumbers and feta. I do. And it is delicious . . .
Because the communal table sitters tend to be self-selected group, people are often more sociable and they linger.
Over wine. Over coffee. Over the beguiling buena chica cheesecake.
From this comforting wooden table on the sidelines, you can take in the entire scene at Canelé."
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List of Restaurants Offering Communal Dining Tables
(Contact restaurants for communal table dining details.)
United States
Australia
Canada
France
Hongkong
Israel
Netherlands
South Africa
Turkey
United Kingdom
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United States
Arizona
Phoenix
Delux - Biltmore Plaza — 3146 East Camelback Road — Phoenix, Arizona — (602) 522-2288
La Grande Orange Pizzeria — 4410 North 40th Street — Phoenix, Arizona — (602) 840-7777
Scottsdale
Culinary Dropout — 7135 East Camelback Road, Suite 125 — Scottsdale, Arizona — (480) 970-1700
Tucson
Maynard's Market & Kitchen — 400 North Toole — Tucson, Arizona — (520) 545-0577
On the cover of Arizona Highways Magazine in 2012
California
Bakersfield —
Noreiga Hotel — 525 Summer Street — Bakersfield, California — (661) 322-8419
James Beard Award winner — 2011
Berkeley —
Rick & Ann's — 2922 Domingo Avenue — Berkeley, California — (510) 649-8538
Fresno —
The Basque Hotel — 1102 F Street — Fresno, California — (559) 233-2286
Hollywood —
Eveleigh — 8752 West Sunset Boulevard — West Hollywood, California — (424) 239-1630
Magnolia — 6266 1/2 Sunset Boulevard — Hollywood, California — (323) 467-0660 (Thanks — Daphne!)
Los Angeles —
Canelé — 3219 Glendale Boulevard (Atwater Village) — Los Angeles, California — (323) 666-7133
Chaya Downtown — 525 South Flower Street — Los Angeles, California — (213) 236-9577
Gorbals, The - Alexandria Hotel — 501 South Spring Street — Los Angeles, California — (213)
488-3408
Honda-Ya — 333 South Alameda Street (Little Tokyo Shopping Center, #314) — Los Angeles, California
— (213) 625-1184 (Thanks — Jamie!)
Hungry Cat — 1535 North Vine Street — Los Angeles, California — (323) 462-2155
Joan's on Third — 8350 West Third Street — Los Angeles, California — (323) 655-2285
MessHall — 4500 Los Feliz Boulevard - Los Feliz — Los Angeles, California — (323) 660-6377
Playa — 7360 Beverly Boulevard — Los Angeles, California — (323) 933-5300
Philippe the Original — 1001 North Alameda Street — Los Angeles, California — (213) 628-3781
Scuola de Pizza — 6610 Melrose Avenue — Los Angeles, California — (323) 297-1130
Tart - Farmer's Daughter Hotel — 115 South Fairfax Avenue — Los Angeles, California — (323)
556-2608
Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill - L.A. Live — 800 West Olympic Boulevard — Los Angeles, California
— (213) 748-9700
Marina del Rey —
Aunt Kizzy's Back Porch — 4325 Glencoe Avenue — Marina del Rey, California — (310) 578-1005
(Thanks — Cynthia!)
Jer-ne at the Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey— 4375 Admiralty Way — Marina del Rey, California
— (310) 574-4333
Malibu —
Neptune's Net — 42505 Pacific Coast Highway — Malibu, California — (310) 457-3095
Newport Beach —
Francoli Gourmet Emporio — Fashion Island — Newport Beach, California — (949) 721-1289 (Thanks
— Claire!)
Oakland —
Plum — 2214 Broadway — Oakland, California — (510) 444-7586
Pasadena —
Le Pain Quotidien — 88 West Colorado Boulevard — Pasadena, California — (626) 396-0956
San Diego —
Casa de Luz — 2920 University Avenue — San Diego, California (619) 501-1200
A.R. Valentien - Lodge at Torrey Pines — 11480 North Torrey Pines Road — La Jolla, California (858) 777-6635
San Francisco —
Bocadillos — 710 Montgomery Street — San Francisco, California — (415) 982-2622
Barbambino Cafe & Wine Bar — 2931 16th Street — San Francisco, California — (415) 701-8466
Local Kitchen & Wine Merchant — 330 First Street — San Francisco, California — (415)
777-4200
Medicine New-Shojin Eatstation — 161 Sutter Street — San Francisco, California — (415)
677-4405
Moose's — 1652 Stockton Street — San Francisco, California — (415) 989-7800
NOPA — 560 Divisadero Street — San Francisco, California — (415) 864-8643 (Thanks —
Elisabette!)
Presidio Social Club — 563 Ruger Street (near Lombard Gate, in the Presidio) — San Francisco,
California — (415) 885-1888
Salt House — 545 Mission Street — San Francisco, California — (415) 543-8900
Suppenkuche — 601 Hayes Street — San Francisco, California — (415) 252-9289 (Thanks
— George!)
Santa Monica —
Border Grill — 1445 Fourth Street — Santa Monica, California — (310) 451-1655
Fig Restaurant - Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows — 101 Wilshire Boulevard — Santa
Monica, California — (310) 319-3111
"Bar dining," too!
Venice —
Gjelina — 1429 Abbot Kinney Boulevard — Venice, California — (310) 450-1429
Westchester —
Bistrotek — 8639 Lincoln Boulevard — Westchester, California — (310) 645-0400
Note: Near LAX
Colorado
Boulder —
The Kitchen — 1039 Pearl Street — Boulder, Colorado — (303) 544-5973
Monday Night is Community Night!
District of Columbia
Washington —
Meridian Pint — 3400 11th Street NW — Washington, District of Columbia — (202) 544-588-1075
Florida
Miami —
The Blue Sea at Delano — 1685 Collins Avenue — Miami, Florida — (305) 672-2000 (Thanks — Bill!)
Georgia
Atlanta —
Miller Union — 999 Brady Avenue Northwest — Atlanta, Georgia — (678) 733-8550
Illinois
Chicago —
Avec — 615 West Randolph Street — (Wests Loop) Chicago, Illinois — (312) 377-2002 (Thanks — Jennifer!)
Japonais Restaurant — 600 West Chicago Avenue — Chicago, Illinois — (312) 822.9600
Osteria Via Stato — 620 North State Street — Chicago, Illinois — (312) 642-8450
Publican — 837 West Fulton Market — Chicago, Illinois — (312) 733-9555
Sepia — 123 North Jefferson Street — Chicago, Illinois — (312) 441-1920
Urban Belly — 3053 North California Avenue — (Irving Park / Avondale) Chicago, Illinois — (773) 583-0500
Zed451 — 739 North Clark Street — Chicago, Illinois — (312) 266-6691
Naperville —
Sugar Toad at The Arista — 2139 CityGate Lane — Wests Loop Naperville, Illinois — (630) 778-TOAD
Maine
Portland —
Emilitsa — 547 Congress Street — Portland, Maine — (207) 221-0245
Massachusetts
Boston —
Ginger Park — 1375 Washington Street — Boston, Massachusetts — (617) 451-0077
Radius — 8 High Street — Boston, Massachusetts — (617) 426-1234
Toro — 1704 Washington Street — Boston, Massachusetts — (617) 536-4300 (Thanks — Marisa!)
Missouri
Kansas City —
Blue Bird Bistro — 1700 Summit — Kansas City, Missouri — (816) 221-7559
Wednesday Nite Table
Nevada
Las Vegas —
Union - Aria (CityCenter) — 3730 Las Vegas Boulevard South — Las Vegas, Nevada — (877) 230-2742
New York
Brooklyn —
DuMont Burger — 314 Bedford Avenue — Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York — (718) 384-6127
Northeast Kingdom — 18 Wyckoff Avenue — Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York — (718) 386-3864
"Harvest" Table
Plant — 25 Jay Street — Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York — (718) 722-7541
"Friday Night"
Radegast Hall & Biergarten — 113 North Third Street — Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York
— (718) 963-3973
Chelsea —
Co. — 230 Ninth Avenue — Chelsea, New York — (212) 243-1105
New York —
Aldea — 31 West 17th Street — New York, New York — (212) 675-7223
Avra Estiatorio — 141 East 48th Street — New York, New York — (212) 759-8550
Bar Boulud — 1900 Broadway — New York, New York — (212) 595-0303
Counter dining, too!
Blue Ribbon Sushi IZAKAYA — 187 Orchard Street — New York, New York — (212) 466-0404
Boqueria — 53 West 19th Street — Chelsea, New York, New York — (212) 255-4160
Braii — 329 West 51st Street — New York, New York — (212) 315-3315
Buddakan — 75 Ninth Avenue — New York, New York — (212) 989-6699 (Thanks — Elizabeth!)Braii
— 329 West 51st Street — New York, New York — (212) 315-3315
Butcher's Daughter, The — 19 Kenmare Street — New York, New York — (212) 219-3434
Cafe Boulud — 20 East 76th Street — New York, New York — (212) 772-2600 (Thanks — Tom!)
Daisy May's BBQ U.S.A. — 623 11th Avenue — New York, New York — (212) 977-1500 (Thanks — Bob!)
Esperanto — 145 Avenue C — New York, New York — (212) 505-6559
Fig & Olive Kitchen and Tasting Bar — 808 Lexington Avenue — New York, New York — (212) 207-4555
(Thanks — Debra!)
Il Bagatto — 190 East 2nd Street — New York, New York — (212) 228-3562 (Thanks — George!)
Ippudo NY — 64 Fourth Avenue — New York, New York — (212) 388-0088
Má Péche — 15 West 56th Street — New York, New York — (212) 757-5878
Mercer Kitchen — 99 Prince Street — New York, New York — (212) 966-5454
Nanoosh — 2012 Broadway — New York, New York — (212) 362-7922
Parea — 36 East 20th Street — New York, New York — (212) 777-8448
Peels — 325 Bowery — New York, New York — (646) 602-7015
Counter seating, too!
Sotto — 140 West 13th Street, New York — (212) 647-1001
Stand — 24 East 12th Street — New York — (212) 488-5900 (Thanks — Bill!)
Wall and Water - Andaz Hotel (Hyatt) — 75 Wall Street — New York — (212) 590-1234
Harlem —
Red Rooster Harlem — 310 Lennox Avenue — Harlem, New York — (212) 792-9001
overlooking open kitchen (great entertainment value!)
Nyack —
Cafe Barcel — 162 Main Street — Nyack, New York — (845) 535-3133
Ohio
Loveland —
Daveed's Next — 8944 Columbia Road — Loveland, Ohio — (513) 683-2665
chef's counter, too!
Oregon
Portland —
Beast — 5425 NE 30th Avenue — Portland, Oregon — (503) 841-6968
2 large communal tables
Le Pigeon — 738 East Burnside Street, — Portland, Oregon — (503) 546-8796
chef's counter, too!
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia —
Buddakan — 325 Chestnut Street — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — (215) 574-9440
Pittsburgh —
Salt of the Earth — 5523 Penn Avenue — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — (412) 441-7258
Counter dining, too!
South Carolina
Charleston —
Hank's Seafood Restaurant — Church & Hayne Street — Charleston, South Carolina — (843) 723-3474
Trattoria Lucca — 41-A Bogard Street — Charleston, South Carolina — (843) 973-3323
Washington
Eastsound —
Roses Bakery Cafe — 382 Prune Alley — Orcas Island - near Eastsound, Washington — (360) 376-5805
(Thanks — C. Richard!)
Seattle —
The Corson Building — 5609 Corson Avenue South — Seattle, Washington — (206) 762-3330
Sitka and Spruce — 2238 Eastlake Avenue East — Seattle, Washington — (206) 324-0662
Woodinville (Seattle's "Eastside") —
The Herbfarm Restaurant — 14590 North East 145th Street — Woodinville, Washington — (425) 485-5300
(Thanks — Anne!)
Australia
Darlinghurst
Darlinghurst —
Bill’s — 433 Liverpool Street — Darlinghurst — +61 (2) 9360 9631
Queensland
Theebine —
Theebine Pub — Railway Parade — Theebine — +61 (0)7 5484-6182
Sydney
Sydney —
Longrain — 85 Commonwealth Street — Surrey Hills — +61 (2) 9280 2888
Canada
British Columbia
Vancouver —
The Cambie — 300 Cambie Street — Vancouver (Gastown), British Columbia — (604) 688-9158
Picnic Cafe — 3010 Granville Street — Vancouver, British Columbia — (604) 732-4405
Salt Tasting Room — 45 Blood Alley Square — Vancouver, British Columbia — (604) 633-1912
Yew - Four Seasons — 791 West Georgia Street — Vancouver, British Columbia — (604) 689-9333
(Thanks — George!)
Ontario
Toronto —
Brant House Toronto — 522 King Street West — Toronto, Ontario — (416) 703-2800
Guu Izakaya — 398 Church — Toronto, Ontario — (416) 977-0999
Quebec
Montreal —
Tredici — 275 Fairmount West — Montreal, Quebec — (514) 509-1341
France
Paris —
Chartier — 7, Rue du Faubourg — Montmartre, Paris — 47 70 86 29 (Thanks — Marie!)
La Cave de l'Os à Moëlle — 181 Rue de Lourmel — Paris — 01 45 57 28 28
Hong Kong
Hong Kong —
BOX Thai — 1/F, 4 – 8 Arbuthnot Road, Central — Hong Kong — (852) 2537 6887
Israel
Jerusalem —
Village Green, Vegetarian Restaurant — 33 Jaffa Street — Jerusalem, Israel — (+972) [0]2 6253065
(Thanks — Israela!)
Netherlands
Amsterdam —
Firma Pekelhaaring — Van Woustraat 127-29 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — (31-20) 679-0460
South Africa
Johannesburg —
Canteen — 260 Fox Street, City and Suburban — Johannesburg, South Africa — 011-27-11-334-5947
Turkey
Istanbul —
360 Istanbul — Misir Apt. K:8, Istiklal
Caddesi, Beyoglu — Istanbul, Turkey — (+90) 212 251 1042 (Thanks — Joe!)
United Kingdom
United Kingdom —
Wagamama — 43 noodle restaurants
throughout the UK. (Locations also include Australia, Ireland, Holland, Dubai, Belgium, Istanbul)
England —
Busaba Eathai — 106-110 Wardour Street — Soho - London, England — 011-44-020-7255-8686 (Thanks
— Emily!)
Canteen — 2 Crispin Place — East London, England — 011-44-845-686-1122 (Thanks — Ben!)
The Crazy Bear Hotel — 51 Wycombe End — Beaconsfield, England — 011-1494-673-086
Ottolenghi - Belgravia — 13 Motcomb Street — London, England — 011-44-020-7823-2707
Ottolenghi - Islington — 287 Upper Street — London, England — 011-44-020-7288 1454
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