Get your gold wine glasses out. ‘Love Is Blind’ is filming in Philly.
Alleged season 11 couples have been spotted in restaurants around Philadelphia.
Gold wine glasses are popping up in Philadelphia bars and restaurants. Which means only one thing: ‘Tis the season for Netflix’s Love Is Blind.
Last year, the show announced that it would be casting in Philadelphia for the show‘s 11th season. For months, local fans of the hit reality series have speculated when and where the show will begin filming in the Philly area.
Their questions were (sort of) answered last week when fans spotted Love Is Blind singles and crew members filming inside restaurants throughout Center City and South Philly.
Social media users posted videos of cameras aimed at a group of Philadelphia singles, mingling in and outside of the Mediterranean restaurant Dear Daphni, Queen Village’s Casa Oui, and the Italian restaurant and gelato shop Vita with golden wine glasses in hand.
One Facebook user posted a video outside of Dear Daphni, showing a handful of crew and cast members coming in and out of the Rittenhouse eatery.
An Instagram user posted a video of the filming team at Casa Oui. “We were casually watching from the corner of the restaurant!” the user wrote in a caption.
“I literally can’t wait for this season!!!” another user commented.
The gold wine glasses, as noted by many, were the giveaway.
While the restaurants didn’t respond to inquiries at the time of publishing, a source told The Inquirer that they were made to sign a nondisclosure agreement when they were dining at Vita on Saturday.
On the Love Is Blind Netflix subreddit, users said they spotted other couples at other locations, including Ambrosia, the Fitler Square eatery.
Others chimed in, commenting on which wedding venues they think will be used for couples to officially tie the knot.
After seeing videos of the alleged cast members, some viewers weren’t so enthused. Many pointed to the lack of racial diversity among potential couples.
“Nobodies even a little bit brown how did they pull this off,” one Instagram user commented.
“Not a single Black person in sight,” another wrote.
The show, rated among the most streamed in Netflix history, has drawn international audiences and discourse, largely because of its high-stakes concept.
Each season, a new group of singles begins dating in pods, where they can only communicate by voice. They are allowed to meet face-to-face only after their engagement.
Couples then vacation, live together, and decide whether to marry.
The 10th season of the series features an Ohio-only cast, with singles hailing from Cincinnati to Cleveland. It premiered Feb. 11.
Casting for Season 11 took place in Philly last summer, with production members on the hunt for “brave, open-minded” singles who are ready to make huge romantic leaps.
There’s no premiere date for the Philly-set season just yet.
An earlier version of this article misidentified Ambrosia’s location. It is in Fitler Square.
