Ghent
Alone

PRACTICAL SAMPLE

How Ghent Dining Works

You can sit at a restaurant table alone and be served as a diner in your own right. You won’t be seated at a small corner table out of the way. You’ll be seated as you request, at whatever table suits you. The premise is that you came to eat.

This comes partly from the university culture: a city with this many students has a large population of people who eat on their own.

You can eat at the bar of a restaurant or a beer bar, at a fine-dining room, or at a casual neighborhood place; the treatment is the same in all three.

The restaurants in Patershol are small, ranging from casual to upscale. The rooms are tightly packed, so you may well overhear the next table; that closeness cuts both ways, so ask for a wall or window table if you want more privacy.

A free excerpt from Ghent Alone.