There are the night owls who refuse to turn the stove on until half past eight and eat out only when the late-night ambience draws in the crowds. Then there are those hangry ones who loathe a late dinner reservation and swear by an early meal well before the sun sets. Like my mom says, who wants to sit hungry for hours just to eat when the cool kids do?
Dinnertimes have been trending earlier. According to Resy, an online reservation platform, more people have been making reservations at 5:30 p.m. in New York City, and fewer people have been making them at 8 p.m. compared to years prior. Last year, the number of dinner reservations made before 5 p.m. doubled compared to 2019, according to Yelp. Not to mention, an unintended benefit of the 5:30 dinner is having your pick of the litter at more restaurants that tend to get booked weeks in advance in the seventh hour.
