Communal tables are hot in restaurants, encouraging the coming together of strangers to socialize and share in food and drink. In a recent Star Tribune piece, David Shea discusses communal-table and kitchen-counter culture, and the reluctance to accept the trend in the Midwest (always on the cutting edge, Shea installed a communal table at an Edina restaurant in the mid-90s).
For the full story, see here.
February 2, 2018