Dark Fork: Inside the dine-in-the-dark experience [Video]

There’s a new restaurant experience in the ByWard Market opening this week that gives you a chance to ‘dine in the dark.’

At Dark Fork, customers eat in a pitch-black room — no lights, no phones. You will not be able to see your food or even your friends across from you, says owner Moe Alameddine.

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“You can’t even see your finger,” he says.

Alameddine says the darkness of the restaurant transforms the dining experience into a sensory adventure and allows people to experience life without vision.

Patrons will begin their experience at the restaurant in a lighted lounge where they can view the menu, but the restaurant “goes dark” as you are seated in the dining area.

This is to give a unique culinary experience, says Alameddine, but also to see what it’s like to live and eat as visually impaired person.

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