Built in Chicago. Built for women.

Find your people.
In real life.

An app built only for women — for the friendships that start at the door and last long after.

Beta launching late summer 2026.

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About GDS

An intimate experience
built for women

Girl Dinner Social started in 2024 — a space for women in Chicago to find real friends.

Two years and dozens of dinner parties, coffee socials, and pottery nights later: strangers walk in, friends walk out.

Now we're building the first social platform made only for women. Shaped by our own search for friendship, and by years of hosting the room ourselves. Built so connection actually lands offline — and the friendships that start at one event keep going long after it ends.

Girl Dinner Social attendees gathered at an outdoor event
Intimate dinner with friends and the Chicago skyline at night
Candlelit long-table dinner with members in red
Girl Dinner Social members at an evening dinner with cocktails
Girl Dinner Social cake-decorating night
Members making vision boards together at a Girl Dinner Social craft night
Members shaping clay at a Girl Dinner Social pottery class
Hands-on pottery night in the studio
Members in a candlelit pilates class
Pilates group portrait after class
Girl Dinner Social group at BODYBAR pilates
The app

Coming late summer 2026

Most apps are built for swiping. We're building for the way friendships actually form — through what you love, who's already there, and what happens after the event ends.

01
Through shared interests

Find women through what you love — pilates, books, pottery, runs. The friendships that start over something you both actually care about.

02
Through real-life gatherings

Curated runs, dinners, workshops, classes, and meetups. RSVP, show up, and stay connected with the women you actually clicked with.

03
Through community

Ask GDS for the recs only women would tell you — the salon that actually listens, the doctor who takes you seriously, the spots worth your Saturday.

For organizers

Built for the
women who
host the room

If you're already organizing dinners, runs, or gatherings — GDS gives you the infrastructure. Reach the right women, fill your events, and build a community around what you're already doing.

Whether you host once a month or every weekend, the app is designed to grow with you.

TicketingEvent toolsGroup chatsRepeat guests
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Reach
Get in front of the right women

Your events surface to women nearby who match your vibe — no boosting, no algorithm games.

Tools
Everything in one place

Manage RSVPs, communicate with attendees, and build a following — inside the app your guests are already using.

Community
Turn guests into regulars

Help your guests stay connected between events — and come back again and again.

Upcoming

Events happening
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Curated nights and mornings worth blocking off — every one starts with strangers and ends with friends.

Beta · Late Summer 2026

The app is
almost here

We're beta launching in Chicago late summer 2026, iOS first.
Waitlist members get priority access and the first round of curated events.
Join the list and be first in the door.

No spam. One email when we launch.

Questions

The questions
we hear most

Women in Chicago who want real friendships — not networking, not dating. New to the city, new chapter of life, or just noticing the group chat got quieter? This is for you.
For now, yes. We're proving it works in one city before expanding. If you're somewhere else, join the waitlist anyway — that's how we decide where to go next.
Yes — and we're inclusive about what that means. GDS is a women's community, including trans women and non-binary folks who feel at home in women's spaces. Membership is based on self-identification. We're a women's space because that's the friendship gap women keep telling us they experience. The focus is what makes it work.
Every account is verified by selfie liveness check and phone at signup. Event attendees add a second layer; hosts complete a short video interview. Verification confirms you're a real human matching your photos.
Book tickets directly on the Events page — no app required. Once the app launches, every event lives inside it, with group chats, attendee discovery, and the connections that happen after the night ends.
No. We're building it as home for women-founded communities across Chicago — a single place to find dinners, runs, classes, and gatherings worth showing up to. Have a community you love? Send them our way.
If you're already hosting dinners, runs, or workshops for women, GDS gives you the infrastructure to do it better: event listings, ticketing, attendee messaging, and the group chats that turn first-timers into regulars. Book a demo and we'll walk you through it.
GDS is free, with access to every feature. Premium is optional, never required. Event tickets are priced and handled by the host.
BFF matches anyone. GDS is built only for women — small groups, verified members, real-life events. Less swiping. More showing up.
Eventbrite, Luma, and Partiful are ticketing tools — sell a ticket, disappear. GDS is a community that shows up before the door opens and stays after it closes. Curated, women-only, and built for what happens after the event ends.