It gives new meaning to the idea of a blind date. In the last decade or so, a handful of so-called dark restaurants – restaurants that simulate what it’s like to dine if you’re blind – have opened around the world.
The idea originated with a blind pastor in Zurich who blindfolded his guests so that they could experience food as he did. Since then, restaurants where diners eat in blackness have opened in cities like London, Barcelona, Paris, Toronto and Montreal.
Here & Now’s Karyn Miller-Medzon recently dined at O.Noir in Montreal, where the dining room is pitch black and part of the proceeds from the upscale restaurant are donated to causes benefiting the visually impaired.
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- Karyn Miller-Medzon, producer for Here & Now. She tweets @KBMM.
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