Are You in a Restaurant Gap Relationship? - The New York Times

You check Resy by the hour. Your date couldn’t care less. A misalignment in dining tastes is the ultimate test of compatibility. Swag gap this, age gap that. The American psyche is fixated on romantic discrepancies. Credit... Pressmaster/Shutterstock Supported by By Luke Fortney Jose Santana, a court officer in the Bronx, passes his free time like many New Yorkers. Between rulings, he peruses restaurant lists, studies Reddit threads about dining and bookmarks recommendations from his judge. “I’m a foodie,” said Mr. Santana, 40. Picking where to eat is “his job,” said Jardy Santana, his wife. “I’m a passenger princess.” After a parent-teacher conference last fall, the couple rode the subway to the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan. Ms. Santana had no idea where she was dining until she walked through the doors of the Portrait Bar. “I was very underdressed,” she said. “It never came up!” Mr. Santana said. Behold the restaurant gap relationship, a misalignment in tastes, spending habits and

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