App helps bring strangers together over meals
Reuters: Toronto, Feb 04 2013, 22:20 IST
in more than 50 cities worldwide but the app has been most popular in San Francisco, New York and Chicago.
The motivation for Grubwithus, according to Lu, came from the difficulty he faced in meeting new friends and people to do things with in Chicago.
"When you go to dinner parties and meet friends of friends that's when you really connect with people because you're sitting beside them for an hour," he said. "We thought that dinner was just such a good way to connect with people and build meaningful friendships."
Although it is not a dating app, Lu said that it has played a part in bringing some couples together.
GrubTonight is available for iPhones, but web and Android apps are being developed and the company plans to expand GrubTonight to other U.S. cities. (Editing by Patricia Reaney)
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