EUROPE | FRANCE | DINING

Dining in the dark: 3 continents, feasts for 4 senses

Pitch-black dining and gourmet sensory deprivation are catching on in cities around the globe.

By Elliott Hester, Special to the Los Angeles Times
04:58 PM PDT, April 12, 2007

Dans le Noir

Paris, 51 Rue Quincampoix; 011-33-1-42-77-98-04, www.danslenoir.com

London, 30-31 Clerkenwell Green; 011-44-20-7253-1100

Moscow, 2/4 Oktiabrskaya St., 011-7-495-688-3396


Blindekuh (Blind Cow)

www.blindekuh.ch

Zurich, Switzerland, 148 Mühlebachstrasse; 011-41-444-215-050

Basel, 192 Dornacherstrasse; 011-41-613-363-300


Unsicht-Bar (Invisible Bar) www.unsicht-bar.com

Berlin, 14 Gormannstrasse; 011-49-30-2434-2500

Hamburg, 36 Kleiner Schäferkamp; 011-49-40-4146-9330

Cologne, 5-7 Im Stavenhof; 011-49-22-1200-5910


Nocti Vagus, 36-38 Saarbrücker Strasse, Berlin; 011-49-30-7474-9123, www.noctivagus.com


O. Noir, 1631 Ste-Catherine St. West, Montreal; (514) 937-9727, www.onoir.com


Opaque (weekends), Hyatt West Hollywood, 8401 Sunset Blvd.; (800) 710-1270, www.opaqueevents.com. (Coming soon to San Francisco, San Diego and Las Vegas.)


Whale Inside, Room 1037, Building 10, Jianwai SOHO Western Building, Beijing; 011-8610-5869-4235


At Dark Dining Projects (www.darkdiningprojects.com), sighted waiters serve customers who wear blackout "meditation masks."


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