Americans are spending more time at home than ever, trading real-life connection for delivery apps and streaming binges. In cities like Copenhagen, Tokyo, and New York, communal dining keeps friendships alive — and it can happen here too. SIXTOP organizes shared tables at local restaurants, making it easy to meet neighbors, enjoy great food, and rediscover the joy of face-to-face conversation.

Why is it so hard to make friends as we get older? According to Mel Robbins, everything changes at 20, with “the great scattering." As a result, adults have to change their mentality and approach to developing and maintaining friendships.

SIXTOP addresses this by making it effortless to socialize, creating new, local friendships, while supporting local businesses.

Dining with strangers may seem unconventional (and incredibly uncomfortable, for some), but it holds unique power to counteract our loneliness and isolation amidst a world of connectedness. Sharing a meal with someone new—whether through community dining events, meet-up dinners, or even sitting next to someone at a busy café—offers a refreshing, low-pressure way to build friendships and nourish our mental, emotional, and psychological health.

Men should try getting a little uncomfortable, by meeting and talking with new people at communal dining tables. It might just improve their lives!

What started as a social experiment to address a personal challenge has expanded into a small, but meaningful, solution addressing a national problem.

SIXTOP’s addressing the loneliness epidemic one meal at a time, by making it easy and fun to be social and develop new relationships locally.