Whether you’re social or anti-social, you are probably staying at home. But you can still eat well and in style, right? At least now you can, with our Easting Alone Together series of dinners and special events.

What is “Eating Alone Together”?

Oh, so glad you asked. It’s easy:

We miss the restaurant experience: sharing a nice moment with someone you love, over some great food, in a restaurant you both love.
Food is more than just take-away pizza that you eat in sweatpants while binge-watching The Tiger King. (Guilty as charged here!) It’s easy to forget that after a month in containment.
Prague restaurants are excellent, serve fantastic food, and can stand up to the challenges posed by the quarantine rules.
Local producers are people too, and they need your support now more than ever.

The first two episodes were both resounding successes: Vojta Václavík’s team at Kro Kitchen wowed everybody with tasting of their “coming soon” bakery and the wonderful rotisserie pork, and Paul Day and his team at Sansho delivered some old classics from the Maso a kobliha song book (donuts!!!) with some new TRMS items in a super comforting package. (And a killer playlist by Paul himself.)

These are two pretty big shoes to fill, but we think the next venue will pass the test with flying colors.

Eating alone together in quarantine, pt III: Big Smokers

This time food will be served by the wonderful Big Smokers BBQ joint. We had big expectations when we heard that the people behind the amazing Mr HotDog were planning a BBQ place towards the end of last year, and Big Smokers did not disappoint. They did it again: the food is on pointe and the interiors and the entire brand are both the best in town in their particular class. The only complaint: we always order too ambitiously when we’re there: we never left Big Smokers not stuffed. And we’re afraid Friday will not be different.

One note: we are sorry, but this particular dinner event is not suitable for vegetarians. We promise the next event (in the pipeline as we write this) will be very vegetarian-friendly.

How does it work?

The meal will be delivered on Friday, April 17, between 5pm and 8pm - you can choose your own time within that period - by Liftago for CZK 950. The price includes:

the full meal, see menu below
delivery to your door by Liftago
the social perks: Big Smoker’s playlist for the dinner, our own playlist for the dinner, a video-conference platform to meet online as we enjoy the food, instructional videos on the meal’s completion, an invitation to our Skype video conference where we’ll meet at a specific point, and whatever we come up with in the meantime.
our Prague Foodie Map, normally a CZK 200 download
the Taste of Prague Digest, a selection of our favorite food-related links and online tips for your reading and viewing enjoyment, the closest we’ve ever come to having a mail newsletter

There will also be optional elements that you can order to support your local businesses:

some drinks pairing from winemakers we love and want to support
[maybe, still discussing:] fresh flowers from local flower ladies, because who does not love flowers (people with allergies, put your hands down),
[maybe, still discussing:] some ceramics from small local producers? Please check out the online shop for updates.

As a side note: We don’t think anybody’s making any major money on this. It’s just a few businesses who want to make our quarantine a bit better.

How to order:

You will pay for the meal in our online shop. Click on the link or below to purchase. The price includes the cost of delivery via our friends over at Liftago.

All the digital perks (links to playlists, menu in pdf, the Taste of Prague digest and other things), will be delivered to your email address by Friday noon.

The Menu

The menu is set specifically for this one-time event on Friday.

Drink: Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri
Boudin Ball w/smoked tomato rouille and pepper jelly
Přeštík Pork Belly, baby spinach and raddish salad, caraway dressing
Beef Rib, glazed carrots and parsnip, red pepper flake polenta, beef butter sauce
Peanut Butter Chocolate bar

As of writing of this, there will be four optional beverage pairings: