--- --- # This Is The Most Popular Place to Have a First Date by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 7, 2015 6:02 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 7, 2015 6:02 PM UTC It turns out that your dating life is just as predictable as you thought it was. According to a recent study by mobile dating app [Clover](http://clover.co/), the most popular place to have a first date is none other than Starbucks. (Hopefully one that [serves alcohol.](http://time.com/32543/starbucks-is-going-to-start-selling-booze-almost-everywhere/)) The app offers an [on-demand dating option](http://www.bustle.com/articles/48926-clover-apps-new-on-demand-dating-feature-is-the-seamless-of-online-dating) that allows its users to select a nearby location to meet up with a date. After analyzing data from its 200,000 users (between the ages of 18 and 65), Clover tracked the most popular first date spots. Note: Olive Garden is very high on the list.  Clover Here’s how favorite date spots differed based on age. Unsurprisingly, Chipotle reigned supreme for the 18-to-24 demographic.  Clover Clover also found that men prefer restaurants for a first date while women opt for coffee shops.  Clover Starbucks might seem like a pretty basic first date meetup, but look on the bright side: If it goes well, at least we already know that the chain [hosts](http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/01/wedding-at-starbucks-some-people-are-doing-that.html) weddings! Starbucks is the Most Popular First Date Spot ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3774236/this-is-the-most-popular-place-to-have-a-first-date/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3774236/this-is-the-most-popular-place-to-have-a-first-date/"},"headline":"This Is The Most Popular Place to Have a First Date","datePublished":"2015-04-07T18:02:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:46.562Z","description":"You probably won't be surprised","url":"https://time.com/3774236/this-is-the-most-popular-place-to-have-a-first-date/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","Dating","relationships","Starbucks"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3774236/this-is-the-most-popular-place-to-have-a-first-date/","name":"This Is The Most Popular Place to Have a First Date"}}]}] ```