Press reviews
SF Chronicle - by Amanda Gold
What's New: opening: Dining in the Dark - literally - at Opaque in San Francisco
Opaque on Thrillist by Nick Elliott
"From communism (which spawned the USSR) to Sprockets (which spawned the time to dance)..."
Current TV - Segment by Mark Reinhart
View this clip that aired on CURRENT TV
30 Days of Night - Dining in the Dark - by Susan Kandell
O Say Can You See?
Last week I was cordially invited to attend a dinner event promoting the release of the new Sony Pictures film, 30 Days of Night
sfweekly - by Brian Bernbaum
It's a culinary adventure, it's based on an "ingenious European concept," it's a "multi-sensual dining experience" it's -- Dining in the Dark! Yes, Op
Brian Vaszily - sixwise.com
Dining in the Dark: Now You Can Eat in a Pitch Black Restaurant where the Waitstaff is Blind
Ventura County Star - By Lisa McKinnon
Coming to their senses
At aptly named Opaque, diners eat in the dark
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
USA TODAY - by Jerry Shriver
Who moved my cheese? And my soup?
By Jerry Shriver, USA TODAY
If candlelit dinners no longer spark your senses, then consider upping the ante by att
Fodor's - by Kastel Wasserman
Dining in the Dark Finds a Captive Audience in L.A.
IRVINE WORLD NEWS - BY YOLANDA SANCHEZ
Close your eyes, open your mind
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Orange County Chapter held its first gala event on Saturday where guests dined in t
Current TV - Dining in the dark - Mark Reinhart
Love is blind in pitch black restaurant - Reuters
LOS ANGELES, Dec 8 (Reuters Life!) - Love is blind -- but in this case, so were the lovers, the waiters and all the other diners
CBS Sunday morning - Bill Geist
Dining In The Dark — On Purpose
Bill Geist Visits A Restaurant That Makes Use Of Only Four Senses
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3, 2006
NGUOI VIET - by Cathy Tran
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — “Don’t mistake the rose petals to be lettuce!”
Gay & Lesbian Times - BY FRANK SABATINI JR.
Where you aim your fork could miss the plate. And the food that you try raising to your mouth might easily end up hitting your cheek at first.
www.turnhere.com - Ruth S. Chon
Dining in the Dark
Los Angeles, CA
Come see and taste what it is like to eat in pitch blackness!
LTN Televsion show - Night guide
Dining in the Dark at the Hyatt
Imagine eating in pitch-black darkness, would you know what you were eating? Could you tell the flavor of a tomato,
Dining in the Dark - priceless.com
In Los Angeles and in cities across Europe, there's a dining fad that gives a whole new meaning to the term "blind date."
Article at www.eatry.com
The French gave us Bordeaux and Champagne; the English, bangers and mash; the Germans, Oktoberfest.
KCRW - Evan Kleinmann - Interview
Second Interview on KCRW with Evan Kleinmann March 18.
Wallstreet Journal - by Arnie Cooper
‘OK, you’re the first to be seated. Good luck!” As instructed, I place my right hand on my guide’s shoulder while my dinner date latches on to mine.
Indulge magazine - by Ghalib Dhalla
In a culture that is decimated by sensory overload – the current location on the pulsating Sunset strip couldn’t be more ironic – Opaque invites us to
KCRW - Evan Kleinmann - Good Food
Evan Kleinman explores Opaque - dining in the dark in an interiew for the KCRW show Good Food.
LA Confidential - Around Town
Opaque Experience the latest European trend and dine in total darkness at Opaque, Saturday nights only, at the Hyatt.
Culinary Trends - by Linda Mensinga
Imagine, just for an hour or two that you cannot see, that you are abandoning vision for a very different dining experience.
Gridskipper.com
A tipster points out the weirdness of Opaque, an event at the Hyatt West Hollywood where diners eat in pitch-black darkness.
The Book LA - Dining in the Dark
Bringing the European sensation to the States, Opaque is a dining concept that has patrons relying on all senses except sight.
Citysearch - by Christina Thornell
Sunset Strip hotel restaurant space follows European trend of "dining in the dark."
Dinning in the Dark - by food coach Lori Corbin ABC7
Paris, Zurich, Berlin, and now Los Angeles, Southlanders are experiencing a new way to eat....in total darkness.
Dining in the Dark- L.A. Times
Opaque-Dining in the Dark puts on a shadowy event: diners enjoy dinner in a totally dark room, served by a blind wait staff. - By Cindy Dorn
SENSES WORKING OVERTIME
CITY BEAT - Dining at the pitch-black Opaque is a uniquely stimulating experience - by Richard Foss
Los Angeles Business Journal - Los Angeles Stories
Not Seeing It
Ben Uphues has come from Germany to bring the European trend of dining blind – literally – to Los Angeles.
Press review from the dark Restaurant in Berlin
The best food I've tasted - but never seen
By John Bohannon | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor