You know that feeling when you're out to dinner having a good time with your friends, but even though you're laughing and enjoying your food, deep down you know the meal is lacking something?
And we all know what that something is: height. If only this table were levitating 180 feet in the air! Siiiiiiigh.
The dinner experience will finally be complete on Saturday, October 20, when Dinner in the Sky comes to Delray Beach's Old School Square Park.
For the bargain price of just $500, you too, can dine among the clouds. Well, maybe not quite among the clouds -- but still, way high.
Dinner in the Sky looks like a thrill ride where riders are slingshotted across a field, or suddenly dropped, or spun around. Except none of those things happen at this dinner -- or so you hope!
After a cocktail hour in the "Red Carpet Area," and a little pre-dinner elbow rubbing with the chefs, participants will be strapped into
roller coaster-style harnesses and seated at a large table that's open in the middle. From the center, staff, who are tethered for safety, will dish out the night's delicacies. The table seats 22 people, and
there will be four seatings over the course of the evening. So, only 88
people total will get to participate in this unique experience.
The Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative wanted to beef up the city's reputation as a culinary mecca, so it hatched the plan to rent the equipment for about $40,000 from Dinner in the Sky, a company founded by a Belgian entrepreneur. Dinners in the Sky have spread throughout Europe and South Africa to 40 countries and have been named by Forbes magazine as one of the world's most decadent dining experiences. Stephanie Immelman of the Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative says the concept has only been carried out a few times in the United States.
The group hopes to recover its costs through ticket sales and and sponsorships. Caffe Luna Rosa (Italian cusisne) and Candyfish at Union (sushi) are the sponsors; Caffe Luna Rosa will run the first and third seatings of the night; Candyfish at Union will run the second and fourth seatings. Each restaurant will have one chef and two or three waitstaff prepare food on the ground and handle the final plating in the air. Diners will be aloft for about an hour. If there's rain, the dinner will be moved back a day, to Sunday, October 21.
The food for the evening will be provided by Caffe Luna Rosa and by Candyfish from Union Restaurant.
Diners will also receive a commemorative photo, a Dinner in The Sky participant badge, a "high value" swag bag, and entry to win a Lamborghini for a day.
The seatings are at 5:30, 7, 8:30, and 10 p.m. You must be at least 4' 11" to participate. And if you need to use the restroom, just ask. The whole table will have to be lowered to the ground so you can powder your nose, but organizers say that just takes a minute.
Call 561-279-1380, ext. 17, or visit delraybeachdinnerinthesky.com.
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