Is dining out alone in NYC normal?

I recently moved to NYC and there are so many restaurants I want to try, which include hole-in-the-wall noodle spots, omakase counters, random bakeries I see on Tiktok but I don’t have someone to go with.

Where I’m from, eating out alone is lowkey seen as “something’s wrong” behavior. Like people assume you just got stood up or you’re going through something.

NYC feels like the kind of place where nobody cares and everyone’s too busy main charactering, but I still get weirdly insecure about sitting down solo, especially at nicer spots.

Is dining alone here actually normal or am I going to be silently judged by the waiter and the couple on a first date next to me?

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