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"  If you&amp;#039;ve ever dined alone in a crowded restaurant, then you&amp;#039;re familiar with the initial awkwardness of dining solo. Yet there are some who prefer to eat out alone. Now a restaurant has established itself as an eatery exclusively for those who need a table for one. The restaurant, Eenmaal, located in Amsterdam, has opened for two short weeks as a pop-up. Dutch design firm Marina van Goor and branding agency Vandejon launched Eenmaal (translated it means both &amp;#039;one time&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;one meal&amp;#039;) in the hopes of making solitary dining a less taboo activity. More From Delish: Table for One: Best Restaurants in the U.S. for Solo Diners &amp;quot;It is the perfect place to dine in pleasant solitude; an exciting experiment for those who never go out for dinner alone and an attractive place to eat for those who already enjoy doing so,&amp;quot; said creator Marina van Goor in a press release. Before opening the summertime restaurant, the concept was tested earlier in the year at a food festival in Amsterdam. &amp;quot;We wanted to entice people to come to the restaurant and at the same time, to give them food for thought,&amp;quot; said Pjotr de Jong, creative director at Vandejong. Stateside, Dirt Candy, a vegetarian restaurant in New York&amp;#039;s East Village, hosts an annual &amp;quot;Solo Diner&amp;#039;s Week&amp;quot; to coincide with Valentine&amp;#039;s Day \u2014 owner Amanda Cohen&amp;#039;s least favorite holiday. &amp;quot;The bummer about dining alone is that you don&amp;#039;t get to try enough of the menu,&amp;quot; Cohen laments on her restaurant&amp;#039;s website. Her objective was not only to allow lone diners to enjoy more than just one dish, but to remind folks that they are not just eating alone, but &amp;quot;choosing to go on a date with the coolest person you know \u2014 yourself.&amp;quot; Do you ever dine alone? Which do you prefer: to dine solo or with others?  Find more great food content on Delish: Search for the perfect recipe from our homepage Find out the latest food news Get a recipe book to save your favorite dishes Sign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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