O.Noir: $70 for Three-Course “Dine-in-the-Dark” Dinner Experience for 2 on Monday–Thursday ($88 Value)

Today’s Groupon Toronto Daily Deal of the Day: O.Noir: $70 for Three-Course “Dine-in-the-Dark” Dinner Experience for 2 on Monday–Thursday ($88 Value)

Buy now for only $70
Value $88
Discount 20% Off

What You’ll Get

• Three-Course “Dine-in-the-Dark” Experience for Two; Valid for Dinner Monday–Thursday

See the menu.

This deal is a very hot seller. Groupon has already sold over 1,000+ vouchers at the time of this post.

This is a limited time offer while quantities last so don’t miss out!

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The Fine Print
Promotional value expires 120 days after purchase. Amount paid never expires. Valid for Dinner services Monday-Thursday; no exceptions. Not valid 12/24-12/31 or 2/11-2/14. May repurchase every 360 days. 24-hr cancellation or re-scheduling notice applies. Please contact merchant ahead of time (preferably 10 days before expiry) to get a reservation. Guests will pay the difference between promotional value and full value if visiting on days other than Monday to Thursday or after expiration. Offer is not eligible for our promo codes or other discounts. Entire voucher value must be used in one purchase. Limit 3 per person. Limit 3 per table. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services. Offer is not eligible for our promo codes or other discounts.

O.Noir
http://www.onoirtoronto.com/
620 Church Street, Toronto, ON M4Y 2G2
(416) 922-6647

The Experience

You step into the windowless waiting area, a preserved classic lounge. You order your dishes, and find your server—who you soon discover is blind. He’ll ask you to place your hand on his shoulder, and you follow him into the dimming light until everything goes black.

O.Noir is perhaps one of the only restaurants where you wouldn’t notice a power failure. The dining space is kept in total darkness so that diners ignore the appearance of their food and instead grow attuned to its subtle tastes and textures. And yet this dining experience also serves another purpose—to help you get a taste of what it’s like to live without sight.

The Highlights

Service staff, all of whom are blind, guide diners through the experience
Diners are encouraged to eat however they choose—whether with hands or utensils
To maintain total darkness, cellphones and lighters are prohibited in the dining room

Who They Are

When blind pastor Jorge Spielmann invited guests to dinner at his Zurich home, he would blindfold them—letting them share his dining experience and introducing them to his sightless world. In 1999, he turned this unique custom into a full-scale experiment with Blind Cow, a combination restaurant and social-justice project that provides jobs to the blind and teaches others about the world of the visually impaired. Over the next decade, his idea sparked a new culinary trend on an international scale.

Moe Alameddine brought the sightless dining concept to Canada when he opened the first O.Noir in 2006 in Montreal and then a second one in Toronto in 2009. In 2011, the restaurant was transferred to a new owner, chemical-engineer-turned-entrepreneur Dr. J. R. Feng, who further transformed the rooms of a dark basement and former retro bar into a sensory dining venue. O.Noir Toronto has since partnered with Canadian National Institute for the Blind and other community organizations to provide the visually impaired with mainstream job skills.

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