Foodies + New Fears: Chicago | Horror Filmmakers + Fans Dinner Meet

🎃 Horror fans and filmmakers—pull up a chair!

This spooky season, we’re bringing complete strangers together for a fun night of good food, horror talk, and new friendships. 👻 Whether you make scary movies or love watching them, come meet fellow horror heads around the dinner table.

Embrace a little awkwardness—that’s where new friendships begin. All ages, interests, hobbies, and backgrounds are welcome. Come solo, bring your favorite horror recommendations, and see who you connect with. 🎬

💚 New Friends. Support Local. Give Back.

A portion of proceeds from these gatherings support DreamCatchers Foundation, which helps young people become compassionate, entrepreneurial leaders through meaningful connections with older adults. Through acts of service—including fulfilling end-of-life dreams for hospice patients—students turn compassion into action.

🍽️ Small tables. Real connections.

Each dinner is designed for an intimate group of 4–6 people, giving everyone a chance to join the conversation.

These outings are independently organized through table reservations made on OpenTable, Resy, or similar platforms. The selected restaurants are not affiliated with or hosting our event series.

If your evening doesn’t reach the minimum number of signups, please be open to moving your reservation to another night with a fuller table, or you can be refunded.

✨ Check out our feature in Eventbrite’s 2025 TRNDS report on embracing the micro-event trend!

📩 How does it work?

After registering, you’ll receive a welcome email introducing you to the experience. We’ll stay in touch leading up to dinner and send a Final Details email on the day of your gathering.

A few things to know:

• Food and drinks are purchased separately. Your registration reserves your spot and helps encourage everyone to follow through and show up.
• These gatherings are for making friends. They are not dating events. 🤝
• Registering on the day of dinner? If you haven’t received a welcome email in time, contact ermantourageimpact@gmail.com. You can request a refund or arrange to join another evening.

🏡 Our vision is simple: connection without the gimmicks.

Four walls, a roof, good food, and people getting to know one another. We coordinate with you directly, human-to-human, so you can spend less time scrolling and more time showing up. 🙂

Questions? Email ermantourageimpact@gmail.com.

Brought to you by Ermantourage. 🎬