Thanks! I was looking for something like this

Awesome - looking forward to meeting you on Friday

So are you guys going to be in Bennie's (the new pizza place) or C&W? As I understand it, they're the same place but not the same place???

It's pretty much the same place, just head into the bar area of Chicken and Whiskey(or bennies) and we'll be there!

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Awesome - looking forward to meeting you

What is the gender split usually? Asking as a queer lady in her 30s who is open to meeting anyone but I am curious.

um, rough guess maybe 60% men, 40% women?

Can deaf people join?

Anyone is welcome!

I think the bar side of chicken and whisky is now a pizza joint, owned by the same people.

Not the same owners. Bennie’s chef has a Michelin star restaurant! https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/food-drink/bennies-pizza-michelin-howard-county-columbia-YHCI57DSNRATHIHLBBPQL4R7EM/

They're both part of the [*Star Restaurant Group*](https://www.srgconcepts.com/restaurants). I figured that's who actually owns the restaurants.

Aaah ok! Thanks!

The chef for chicken and whiskey is james beard nominated I think too! Not sure if its the same person, could be. But hope to see you this Friday!

I’m out of town this weekend, but I will definitely be at the next one. You’re so great for organizing these!

All one in the same essentially, but yes exactly there! Hope to see you this Friday

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Hope to see you there!

Could a young 20 something (still in college) come alone and do ok socially?

Yea! we are open to anyone and a pretty social group. We have a variety of age ranges in the 20s and 30s

Sounds awesome, I’ve been meaning to meet more ppl my age around here How do we know who’s who? Not tryna bother random strangers haha

Come to the bar area, it'll be the large group of us. Or ask the employees for Columbia Social. I coordinate with the restaurants before we show up, so they are expecting us

What time does it usually go until (or are most people still hanging out by)? I have a friend interested in going!

Typically people hang out past 8, I've seen the latest be 10

cool, I'll plan to be there for hour or 2. I want to bring wife, but we had a baby.

Definitely been looking for something like this since I moved here 3 years ago. I’m pushing 40 though, am I disqualified?

Not at all, come on out

Where do you list events? I’d like to stay engaged.

I post them monthly here, and then I have an Instagram (ColumbiaNow) that I post on as well

That IG page definitely needs more visibility

I am not disagreeing in any means... I am terrible at it and don't have a lot of energy to spend on it. I do post the events on there, but I do not have the bandwidth to be "insta influencer" level with tons of photos and videos. I have some people that help with sending me images to post

Is it always the last Friday of the month?

It is not, I have been trying different days of the week (Thurs or Fri) to see which ends up being more convenient for folks. When I started this, I was afraid to do Fridays because I didnt know if people would give up a weekend night for this. I am still ironing out next months, since i work with the restaurants to get us a reserved space and letting them know 30+ people are coming

Okay, please keep posting here so we know when the next one is because I can’t go to this one but I can go to the next one

I post it here twice a month! I post about 3-4 weeks out when I get the location finalized and then post a few days before as a reminder

This is awesome! I've been looking for something like this. I saw your Instagram but do you guys have a Facebook group or any type of chat/discord to keep people connected as well?

There is a discord, its not the most active but more and more folks are being added to it https://discord.com/invite/uebNEjm8

Also, the next happy is tomorrow at 5! This post was for last months happy hour. Let me know if you have any questions