He reeled her in with rigatoni. Meet Cutes NYC posts videos of couples on the streets of New York sharing the sweet stories of how they first met, and the trio behind the popular social media account recalled the boldest come-on they heard — a man who fed cold pasta to a woman he’d never met. On his three-hour drive to East Hampton, Lance picked up from his favorite restaurant, Cafe Baci in Westbury, LI, and brought it to Serafina in East Hampton, his “local watering hole.
” While he was chowing down, he laid eyes on “super cute” Haley. She thought he was “super hot.” “And what I decided to do was ask her if she wanted to taste my pasta .
. . and I actually force-fed it to her,” Lance said in the clip.
The Post spoke to the three New York natives behind Meet Cutes NYC, Victor Lee, Aaron Feinberg and Jeremy Bernstein, who launched the platform @meetcutesnyc in February 2023. It now has 2.5 million followers on Instagram and 1.
3 million on TikTok . To find the love stories, they walk the streets of NYC, and Bernstein, the designated questioner, stops unsuspecting pairs by saying, “Excuse me, are you two a couple? Would you mind telling us the story of how you met?” The Meet Cutes trio, who recently partnered with Pedigree to feature stories of how New Yorkers met their dogs , estimate they’ve done 4,000 interviews, and recalled some of the most memorable: A post shared by Meet Cutes NYC (@meetcutesnyc) Craziest Jay met Gail on the dancefloor at a weddin.
