If you're fanatical about food, you've found the right table. And there's no wait. We are the people who review, blog, discuss, find, chat-about anything and everything, from appetizers and aperitifs, to dessert and digestifs. Soup to nuts. If it's about food, we are in the know. We FriendsEAT...love Gourmet and always ....Bon Appetit.

This group is all about eating, drinking, and finding adventures wherever they might be.  Great restaurants, cool lounges and bars, outdoors adventures, singles events, tastings, trips upstate for wine tasting, hiking, snowboarding and more.  If it's out there and it's fun, we'll find it!  If you're hoping to have fun, eat great food and make some new friends, then welcome!

Don't feel like schlepping all the way to the City? Your friends in Manhattan and Brooklyn won't come to Astoria? Don't worry, you've probably already noticed there are tons of great food, drinks, and entertainment right here in Astoria/LIC--and even more great people to share it with. You just gotta to know where to look! Don't live in Astoria? That's ok, too...let us convert you! Whether for brunch, lunch, dinner, drinks, or sport, "Why Leave Astoria?!" is a fun-loving group for adults to sh …

Get together with affiliate marketers, entrepreneurs, and super affiliates in your area! Meetup202 is a casual gathering for affiliates to stay updated with the latest happenings in the industry and network with others. Discuss key strategies and share ideas in the affiliate marketing space, such as PPC, PPV, Media buys and Marketing tactics. These meetings provide food, drinks, internet access, and an opportunity to collaborate and associate with like minded individuals who are looking to meet …

Meet fellow Israeli-Wine Enthusiasts like you in a casual, easy-going and fun atmosphere! Come to our Metro New York City meetups to taste exciting Israeli wines - just great wines that overcome the sweet, sacramental wine stereotype.  We respect everyone and follow a simple rule -- don't mix Kosher with non-Kosher wines -- so all wines and foods are Kosher during a Kosher tasting. Non-Kosher tastings are marked with NK in the announcements.  Everyone is encouraged to voice his/her opinion …

Eat Me! New York is part of FeastMonkey.com, a national social network of chefs and foodies who get together face to face for unique adventure dining experiences. We rely on our members to help post ideas and organize meetup events. If you have an idea just post it and see who likes it. If we get enough interest we'll make it happen. Join our national members on http://www.feastmonkey.com to receive special offers and get invited to exclusive events. You can also follow us on twitter or facebook …

NYEBN is the most dynamic global business community for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and startups. We organize monthly events with our Meetup group. There you can find food, drinks and great people. NYEBN is also the home to NY Business Expo & Summit, a highly-anticipated annual B2B trade show and small business conference that brings you in front of your target customers, business peers, and investors.

Texpats NYC is a social networking meetup for Texans and friends living in New York City. It’s a chance to get together, meet people with similar backgrounds and diverse interests, and get a fix of Texas food, drink, and music with a Texas-friendly vibe.

This group is for all hookah enthusiasts here in NYC - let's meet, socialize, relax, smoke, eat, and drink at different hookah bars in East/West Village. Group sizes will be limited since hookah bars are usually small and i'll try to keep the girl/guy ratio as even as possible. Everyone is responsible for their own food/drink expenses but the hookah cost will be shared by everyone or paid directly to the venue. Also no shows may be removed from the group, so please rsvp only if you can really ma …

Are your fingers permanently stained with hot sauce? Do you know the difference between the drumette and the flat? Do you laugh when people say "these wings are too hot!" If you answered yes to any of these questions or just want to meet people that like to eat wings and drink beer in NYC, then this meet up is for you.

Who We Are: A social food experience group exploring the NYC culinary scene one bite at a time! Where Do We Eat? We enjoy meals at Michelin Star rated, popular and farm to table restaurants. We attend food events, do food & wine pairings and even participate in food crawls in the city. During Summer we also trek out to other boroughs to seek out authentic ethnic cuisines. Why Join us? You enjoy trying new places and meeting new people who are also genuinely interested in seeking and sharing go …

This group will be dedicated to fulfilling the needs and wants of those that enjoy the art and culinary worlds. We will spend the bulk of our time in galleries or other venues where art is displayed. We will seek to create an environment where art is fully appreciated by making each event interactive and tasty. We will partner with beverage companies and caterers to provide tasty drinks and bites. Part of The Friendly NYC network!

Are you tired of dealing with people imposing their superstitions on you? Do you need a break form the irrational? Then join a group of skeptical individuals for an evening of food, drink and skepticism! In the spirit of Robert Green Ingersoll we will meet up on the thirteenth of every month and will not be afraid to break mirrors, spill salt, and in general throw our irrational fears to the wind! So come out and toast reason, logic, and critical thinking!

The Breakdown: We read good books. We're looking for other intellectually curious, like-minded 20somethings (a vague guideline) in Astoria (another vague guideline) to read them with us, share some food, drink, and sweet convo. The Criteria For Choosing Said Good Books: Magical language (with a healthy dash of magical realism), fresh voices (love a debut) irreverent to painfully relevant, growing up, growing old, dying, coming back to life, urban culture to Southern idyllicy, savory books that y …

This group is for New York Professionals, between the ages of 35 and 55, who are looking to make friends. Is there a better way to spend an evening than a stimulating conversation over drinks? We are not looking to explore the city or seek a heart-stopping adventure. At the end of a hard week, we are looking to unwind in a cool lounge with a good cocktail and interesting company. After all, there are no strangers in New York: just friends you have not yet met! If you are looking to spend time in …

365 days in New York (Food,Friends, Walking, Adventurous Events) Life is too short not to meet NEW people, try some new food do something spontaneous and Live like there's no tomorrow, We do Eating Traveling, hiking, biking, roller-skating, snowboarding, watching good movie . 365 days in New York (Food,Friends, Walking, Adventurous Events) This group holds interesting things for singles, couples, all age ranges, first timers, or the experienced who seeks to do it again. 365 days in New York (Foo …

Joios is an eating and drinking community, open to anyone who wants to share fun tasting experiences and help build a better system for finding great new flavors. We created Joios to harness the power of the crowd to sort through abundant food and drink options. Community drives our filtering process. By empowering people to taste great arrays and record scores in a database, we develop a pool of unbiased scores. A typical tasting event might include six premium Spanish wines or six dark chocola …

These meetups will be hosted by Backbase. We are a portal software company focused on superior User Experience, particularly in the Financial World. Being that we are located in downtown Manhattan, one of the Financial Capitals of the world, it would make sense to get a meetup going with people interested in Bank 2.0, Bank Innovation, User Experience in Enterprises, etc... Initially I hope the meetups to be networking events but hopefully we can branch out and have some community presentations, …

I see so many great food-related festivals and events going on in NYC throughout the year, but I believe I probably miss out on even more that I never hear about! So I thought it would be fun to put together a group to keep each other informed of events and hang out at them. For example, I just realized that I missed the Lobster Rumble a few weeks ago, but will be 100% attending the upcoming Bacon Bash and Cheesemonger Invitational! (as of 6/23/12) Please feel free to schedule events, and/or sen …

Free auction-style draft at a popular Manhattan bar Wednesday Aug 8th ... send me an email if you want in! We're doing a fun video to go with it ... great chance to grab some pals (...eat and drink for FREE) ...and try a new league! [Or to practice an auction draft as your secondary league -- 7-10pm Wednesday!] Peter [PFFLfantasyfootball@gmail.com]

New York City is home to a neverending list of lovely restaurants and dining locales. It is also home to an amazingly diverse group of smart and interesting people. The purpose of this group is to bring these two things together. The agenda? It is simple - 1. I'll pick the restaurant (requirements: in Manhattan, Brooklyn, or Queens with delicious food and an enticing cocktail menu). 2. I'll make a reservation for 6. 3. 5 people sign-up (requirements: ages 21-35 and loves to eat, drink, and talk! …

Attention brewers, bakers, butchers, canners, chefs and all other food industry innovators! The goal of this group is to raise the success rate of food entrepreneurs. We want you to "fail less". Not starting a company? That's OK, this group will also equip people at large food companies with the tools to innovate. We will explore the application of Lean Startup (Eric Ries) and Customer Development (Steve Blank) methods from the tech world to food industry startups. In other words, we'll learn ho …

This is a group for anyone interested in Mandarin, food, Chinese arts and culture. I started this group because to meet other Mandarin foodies and arts enthusiasts. We will meet the most outstanding Mandarin and English professionals, artists and elites in NYC. Let's go together for food, drinks and enjoy the evening with arts and culture. The group is welcome to all Asian American, and for those who love to make friends with Mandarin speaking people.

I want to create a group that is pretty local to Brooklyn where a group of mid 20 to mid 30 somethings can get together pretty regularly and share food, drink, laughs and our lives. I'm new to Brooklyn and have already heard of fun not mainstream vegan places and would love if a group of people new to Brooklyn could get together with seasoned Brooklyn vegans and share what makes this such an amazing place to live! Ideally, drinks or a dinner (either at a local vegan spot or a potluck at one of o …

Western New Yorkers!!! Are you from where what folks from NYC call Upstate? Well then that means, like me, you're from the Buffalo Area including (Niagara Falls and Canada), Rochester, Syracuse, and all points in between. Also this group is for folks who graduated from schools near WNY like UB, Buff State, Canisius, Niagara U, Fredonia, R.I.T, Syracuse, Geneseo, SUNY Brockport or anywhere near central NY like Oswego, Cortland, Ithaca, Utica and even Binghampton. We will get together and chat and …

Gotham Media's FoodTECH is a devoted to conversation, ideas, and networking about the nexus of food, beverages (of all kinds) and technology. It's an spinoff of our Digital Breakfast and Cocktails Series that focus on media, technology and innovation. We hope you'll check out our Gotham Media Meetup as well. Oh yeah, almost forgot, we plan to make food and drink and integral part of our events.

Manhattan Valley is that little, wonderful slice of NYC between where the UWS Ends (96th St.) and Morningside Heights begins (110th). It's been my home for the last three years and I. Love. It. So. Much. It's magical, no? I wanted to create a group where neighbors of MV and the UWS could meet up over some of the best meals this area has to offer... because there are some truly awesome places. The margaritas at Cascabel, the Turkish food and Turkaz, and the Thai at Thai Market are among my favori …

Do not join if: - you cant cope with self deprecating humour - if you don't know what that means - you don't want to meet new people - you don't like to eat - you don't exercise mainly so that you can eat - if you are a man (or a boy) - you are not funny - if you don't find this funny - if you don't get tipsy from time to time You can probably tell we are a little bit crazy but, we promise, we are also nice! The kind of meetups you can expect from this group are: - brunch - Happy hours at awesom …