Sinkles

Framed as a polished commercial, the sketch opens on a man too tired to cook or set a table, gnawing at whatever is in the fridge while hunched over his kitchen sink. A suited spokesman then unveils Sinkles, a restaurant on Glisan Street where every diner gets a private counter with a working sink, a menu of sad pantry odds and ends brought out all at once, and an ambience recreated from a silent kitchen and a humming refrigerator. Customers wolf down cold leftovers side by side without acknowledging one another, and the ad closes by teasing an even bleaker follow-up concept.

IFC posted the Sinkles ad online on February 14, 2018, and Slate covered it the next day as a Valentine's Day pitch aimed at people dining alone.