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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Call it the ultimate blind date. The latest fad to hit New York City's singles scene is 'Dinner in the Dark.' Imagine a gourmet four-course meal with champagne and fine wine -- served and eaten entirely in darkness. Only the waiters, wearing night-vision goggles, can see what's going on. Promoters promise the dinner is intimate and people lose their inhibitions in the pitch black, making it a great way to meet people. 'It was great. You got to grope strangers, like that blond woman right there,' a 36-year-old business manager named Jeff said gleefully. He also admitted to tossing pieces of bread at other diners under the protection of darkness. 'Dinner in the Dark' began innocuously enough. Thirty or so patrons, who paid $89 apiece, gathered in a downtown restaurant, sipping cocktails. Organizers explained how the diners would be led into a darkened dining room, how they should feel cautiously for the food, how not to knock over their wine glasses and how to signal a waiter for an escorted walk to the bathroom...
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