• Gen Z is bringing back the polarizing trend of shared tables and communal dining. • Though often the butt of jokes, the trend experienced surges in popularity in the 1980s and 2000s. • In the post-pandemic era, shared tables offer an easy way for digital natives to socialize.

Where diners once recoiled from the idea of rubbing elbows with strangers, Gen Z is pulling their chairs a little closer.

According to new data from the online reservation service company Resy, 90% of Gen Z diners say they enjoy communal tables, compared to just 60% of boomers, highlighting a generational revival of one of the restaurant world's most polarizing trends: seating multiple groups of diners together at large banquet tables.

For a generation raised online but hungry for real-world connection, shari

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