Really did not get the impression it was a pub crawl. There were three generations at the table.
I didn't mean pub crawl literally, as in a bunch of drunken college students. But I have seen people use these restaurant weeks as a chance to try a bunch of different places. Some even treat it as a challenge to try to get to all of the participating restaurants in one week. This often requires eating at 5 or more each day, so splitting the meals is the only way to do it. But, I'll admit that I've never seen a family of 8 split one meal