A meal of Shakshouka at Bar Vlaha

Four times a month, Rachel Amiralian, the founder of ladies-only supper club Amie, gathers a small group of women at a trendy Greater Boston restaurant for a meal. The results are magic. The women, who didn’t know each other’s names before entering the restaurant, chat about their jobs, swap parenting stories, exchange numbers and linger over a bottle of wine. They leave as friends.

In a busy world with ever-pressing responsibilities, it’s hard to make adult friends or even see your current crew. That’s why Amiralian created Amie, which is the feminine word for “friend” in French.

“Women want and need connection in real life,” she said. “And I love food, I want to try different restaurants, I need an excuse to do it. I felt like these small-group restaurant meetups are a great option for women who are foodies and looking for friends.”

Amie works on a membership basis: members pay a monthly fee of $10 to gain access to dinners and then the check is split after the meal. The supper club is a series of weekly intimate dinners of four to eight women at restaurants around Boston, a different place and different people each time.

Recently, Amie has popped up at Urban Hearth, a Michelin-recommended, farm-to-table restaurant in Cambridge; Aatma Curry House, a flavor-packed Indian restaurant in Brighton; and Giulia, an Italian restaurant with homemade pastas outside Harvard Square.

“It’s all about supporting local restaurants,” said Amiralian. “Chefs who have a craft, who are putting out their art into the world, we want to experience it.”

Amiralian also runs the sister concept Amie Concord, a bimonthly dinner club with a $25 a month membership fee. This concept operates slightly differently; these are highly designed events with the same group of women hosted at 80 Thoreau, a contemporary American restaurant in Concord. Members might attend a Tuscany-themed dinner with an Italian olive oil tasting or a “roe-deo” night with caviar tastings and line dancing. Amiralian hopes to launch a version of this membership in Cambridge or Boston this year.

But both concepts have the same goal: bringing women together over good food. The membership currently ranges from 30-something young professionals to 60-something retirees.

Amiralian hopes the breadth and diversity of the group continues to grow.

“I don’t care what you do or where you come from,” she said. “If you’re cool and a good person and you care about food, you are welcome to pull up a chair with us.”

ON THE WEB

Learn more about the club at clubamie.com