On restaurant booking platform OpenTable, online reservations for parties of one at sit-down restaurants increased 8% for the 12 months ending on May 31, compared with the same time the year prior.

For every restaurant table that’s full of couples, groups, and parties, there’s another table hosting a diner who is eating by themselves. Some people might feel uncomfortable eating at a ...

The NDP Group, which tracks Americans' dining and eating habits, shows people are taking fewer opportunities to sit down to eat. It outlined the situation in a report called "Eating Patterns in ...

Learn how to take care of yourself with a ‘Self-Cation' 05:58 "The social norms have changed. People don't look at solo diners anymore and think, 'You must be a loner,'" Mattila said.

In a September study, people who tested positive for COVID-19 were more than twice as likely as those who tested negative to report eating in a restaurant recently.

A woman’s online confession of being ‘sick of eating out’ has struck a nerve with many similarly disgruntled restaurant-goers. The unsatisfied eater explained on Mumsnet that she’d rather ...

Orthorexia is a fixation on eating “clean,” as defined by a set of rules dependent on certain individuals and the context they live in, said Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani, an eating disorder physician ...

But the stigma of single dining has faded as more people live alone than ever before. Today, more people are making reservations for one. On restaurant booking platform OpenTable, online ...