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The Boston Globe says: "The Lunch Club, a social group planning events for young professionals, hosts a game night tonight at the Grand Canal." April 25th, 2007. Profound. Read more. >>

The UK's Guardian featured The Lunch Club in their audio guide for visitors to New York City on February 8th, 2007. What to do if you're visiting New York and want to meet some locals? Check out The Lunch Club, of course! Listen to the guide >> It's interesting to hear everything in the guide - lot's to learn about NYC!

"Those who are new to the city (and even those who've been around the block more times than they can count) know that making friends can be a arduous task. The Lunch Club (thelunchclub.com), one of NYC's most enduring social clubs, can help you do just that." January 16th, 2007. Read it! >>

The New York Post tells you just where to go on Christmas Day. To The Lunch Club, for Chinese food and movies! Sunday, December 17th. Read all about it! >>

ABC's magazine show, The Boston Chronicle, ran a segment on The Lunch Club as a part of it's Single in the City series. Though, we're not really a "single's" organization, it's clear that we're a good resource for singles! November, 2006. You have to sit through 2 minutes of other stuff first. Watch the clip >>

Westchester Magazine featured a story about The Lunch Club's Westchester chapter in September 2006. Read the article! >>

The Irish Sunday Independent published an article on Sunday, September 24th, 2006 about The Lunch Club's 2nd gathering in Dublin. Read the article! >>

The Irish Sunday Tribune published an article on Sunday, August 27th, 2006 about The Lunch Club's first gathering in Dublin the day before. Most kind of them to cover our event! Read the article! >>

The Irish Times magazine printed a lovely article about The Lunch Club's launch in Dublin on August 19th, 2006 - helping to give birth to our Dublin chapter. Read the article! >>

British Airways loves The Lunch Club! Check out this July 2006 issue of High Life, the British Airways in-flight magazine. And no, we're NOT a dating service! :-) Read it >>

Forbes.com ran a video segment about The Lunch Club on July 25th, 2006. Click here to view it. You have to sit through a few commercials and a segment about salsa dancing first. :-)

Fox 25 - 10:00 news in Boston ran a story about The Lunch Club & Speed Friending on Thursday, May 11th, 2006. To view the clip, click here >>

"I'm just trying to do something about the unnatural way we seem to live in big cities," Mr Nissim said, aggressively sprinkling parmesan cheese on his side salad. He was inspired, he went on, by the communal dining hall at the kibbutz where he stayed as a child, and the sense of belonging it fostered. "If you have a good circle of friends, the rest is going to follow. You're going to get dates. You're going to hear about job opportunities. All that stuff will follow." April 4th, 2006. Read the article! >>

"He who eats alone, as the old Arab proverb goes, chokes alone. Fortunately for New Yorkers, they will always have somebody to share their meal with at the Lunch Club. A New York institution with more than 8,800 members who have attended hundreds of lunches, brunches, dinners, game nights, gallery tours or book readings, the Lunch Club has become so popular, that it is planning to launch new chapters across the US, Germany, the UK, France..." - March 29, 2006. Read the article! >>

"The Lunch Club, New York's anti-isolation brigade, has landed in Boston. It's the inaugural event of the Lunch Club in Boston, and 28 people -- most utter strangers to one another -- are scattered among three tables at Joe's American Bar & Grill on Dartmouth Street....Their goal: to make new friends." March 22nd, 2006. Read the article! >>

"For those ready to break out of self-imposed obscurity, the online community MeetTheNeighbors.org is there to help you take the first step. The site, which has so far registered nearly 500 buildings in NYC, is the brainchild of Jared Nissim, founder of the popular Lunch Club..." - January 6th, 2005

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"By registering for MeetTheNeighbors.org a site run by Jared Nissim, a New York City--based Web entrepreneur, you join a local message board. You can view members' profiles, read postings by locals and be notified about events like barbecues... in the end you just might turn a neighbor into a friend." - January 10th, 2005

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"Brooke Kaiser really wants to meet the neighbors in her West Harlem building, but she'd never think to knock on someone's door. So instead, she joined MeetTheNeighbors.org, a two-month-old Web site where building residents can get to know one another - online..." - December 16, 2004

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"Do you know your neighbors? Probably not. Jared Nissim didn't know his in his East Village building, and it bugged him. He said he thought his neighbors were "cool people I might want to hang out with under other circumstances.'' "It was ludicrous we didn't know each other," he said..." November 14, 2004

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"When Daniela Droke, 25, moved to Manhattan from Virginia more than a year ago, she found it difficult to meet people. "New York is hard sometimes," she said. "Not because people are unfriendly, but busy and wrapped up in stuff." So she signed up for The Lunch Club (www.thelunchclub.com), an online service in New York City that brings strangers together for meals. At one of the club's lunches, at Mosto on Second Avenue, she met Melanie Taylor. " - December 12, 2003

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"The Lunch Club -- whose motto is "Because eating alone is boring" -- was founded by Jared Nissim in December 2001. After two years of working from home as a technical writer, he was feeling increasingly isolated and wanted to find others like him. The club, which tends to meet in New York's East Village, has expanded from Wednesday lunches to Sunday brunch and Monday dinner." - August 19th, 2003

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"...A group called The Lunch Club meets frequently at East Village restaurants in New York. It consists mostly of people in their twenties and thirties chowing down, mingling and making job contacts." - Sunday, March 9, 2003

Issue No. 435, January 29 - February 5, 2004:

"… Social Circles served its purpose – which, as with other social networking groups like The Lunch Club (www.thelunchclub.com)… is to connect people who share a common interest, even if those interests are not necessarily romantic… "

"THE LUNCH CLUB: Inspired by the vitality of the Craigslist online community, Jared Nissim founded The Lunch Club "because eating alone is boring." The group, which has more than 700 members in their 20s and 30s, celebrates its one-year anniversary this week. A "Lunch and Hangin’ Out" is scheduled for today; advance reservations are required. Mr. Nissim posts lunch photos on The Lunch Club Web site, which has a clever, New York City-themed design." - Wednesday, January 8, 2003

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"New York's business, small and large, are stepping up for the Tsunami relief efforts. 'It's nothing for us to encourage our members to donate and put a link on the websites,' said Jared Nissim, founder of the networking sites MeetTheNeighbors.org and thelunchclub.com" - January 6th, 2005

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The Day Craig from Craigslist came to town - January 11th, 2004

"Are you a New Yorker? Lucky for you! If you are looking for a new way to make friends and you want to be part of a community, The Lunch Club is the place for you! If you plan to visit New York City — you're invited too! Believing this organization would be a terrific connection for NYC visitors, SoloDining.com asked The Lunch Club founder Jared Nissim if the organization was open to "outsiders." Here's his response: "I hadn't thought of marketing the Lunch Club to visitors since it's been all about locals meeting locals, but I think it would be nice to have visitors from out of town." - Sunday, June 16th, 2003