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The option of eating alone is no longer frowned upon . No need to make excuses to justify wanting a table for one. Needless to say, the companion will arrive shortly. This is what they think in countries like Sweden, Holland or the United States , which have even turned the experience into a new gastronomic trend exclusively for foodies. There is more, since it is also perfect for these times of coronaviruses in which keeping the safety distance of two meters is our daily bread.

This is the case of Bord förd En (Table for one in the Swedish to Spanish translation), a new restaurant that has opened its doors in the middle of the countryside in Ransäter, a bucolic town in southern Sweden. And it has done it for a single person, since there are no more tables or more clients. Since there are no waiters, since the food, consisting of two dishes and a dessert plus the drink, they leave it prepared in a wicker basket that hangs on a rope so that the diner can take it. In this way, any type of contact is avoided.

Not to share table and tablecloth

In fact, there is no decoration that is worth it either. Neither kitchen in sight nor dessert cart nor bathroom in the back on the right. A simple table and chair surrounded by trees in the middle of nature . An exclusive gastronomic experience only suitable for foodies (and somewhat lonely, yes) who do not see anything clear about sharing table and tablecloth (and much less local) after so many days of quarantine due to the coronavirus.

And that in Sweden the confinement has been voluntary and shops, bars or restaurants have not been closed at any time, which has earned him criticism from his neighboring countries and much of the rest of the European Union.

One of the dishes of the innovative Bord för En.

Those responsible for Mesa para uno are the couple made up of Linda Karlsson and her husband Rasmus , dedicated to haute cuisine and who has worked for several years in different restaurants in Barcelona . Both decided to open the first restaurant in Ransälter, a rural area that, in recent times, has seen its population grow at the stroke of artists, intellectuals, artisans and designers fed up with the urban bustle of big cities. The idea for the midfield experience arose when Lina's parents showed up by surprise at their house for dinner in the midst of a pandemic season (we insist that there have been no restrictions on reuniting in Sweden).

Guaranteed safety distance

Concerned about the possibility of catching or catching them (the parents are around 70 years old, making them part of the population most at risk ), they decided to prepare dinner for them in the garden. And why not do it professionally? This is how Bord förd En emerged, which already accepts reservations through its website, where it is sold as one of the safest restaurants against coronavirus worldwide.

Diners will enjoy throughout the summer a menu consisting of Raraka , a kind of caviar crêpe ; Black & Yellow, a mixture of carrot puree, peanut butter and sweet corn croquettes and The Last Days of Summer, a blueberry, ice cream and beet-based dessert. The price, in addition, is decided by the client.

Eenmaal, the Amsterdam restaurant with tables for one.

Whoever wants more solitary meals can go to the first restaurant in the world where it was forbidden to be accompanied, the Eenmaal in Amsterdam, which was born several years ago as a temporary pop up and, given the success, has decided to open franchises in London , Antwerp, Paris, New York and Stockholm . The idea was devised by its owner, Marina Van Goor, fed up with the fact that anyone who wanted to eat only for whatever reason had to be seen as a weirdo.

Portals to eat alone

So he opened his own store with black tables and a single place setting that serves a three-course set menu that includes wine, magazines, newspapers, and books (now with the Covid-19 in the process, and conversation). from the waiter if you like. The plan was already more than consolidated before the arrival of the coronavirus , but the safety distance and the fear of contact have made it more effective than ever.

Within this trend, specialized websites are also proliferating in places that serve individual lunches and dinners such as Table41.net. Even portals like El Tenedor have recommendations for places to eat alone, increasingly sought after. The reason for the success of these places is clear: businessmen see that this public grows and that it will do so even more because of the pandemic.

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