The Social Brunch Club


The new social ritual

A private table for people who are still curious about things.

Why we set the table

A long afternoon,
on purpose

Delhi is full of places to eat and short of places to linger. Somewhere between the reservation and the bill, the afternoon gets away from us.

So we started a club. One long table, twenty-five seats, and an afternoon built around things worth tasting and people worth meeting — the roasters, the fromagers, the perfumers, the ones who actually make the thing.

Nobody is here to network. You come hungry, you sit next to someone you don't know, and you stay longer than you meant to.

One table  ·  Twenty-five seats  ·  No hurry

How an afternoon unfolds

The ritual

I
The arrival

You are met by name and handed a glass. The room is small on purpose — by the time you sit down, you have already met half the table.

II
The table

Twenty-five seats, one long table, and a seating plan we think about carefully. You will not be put beside the person you arrived with.

III
The tasting

The makers take the table through what they have brought — what it is, where it came from, why it tastes the way it does. Ask them anything. That is the point of them being there.

IV
The lingering

The plates go back and nobody stands up. This is the part of the afternoon we plan for, and the reason the club exists.

The particulars

How it works

The table
Twenty-five seats, once an edition
The city
Delhi, in rooms worth sitting in
The makers
Invited edition by edition, and present at the table
Joining
There is no membership to buy. Seats are offered by registration, a few at a time.

A seat is waiting

Twenty-five seats  ·  By registration

Tell us a little about yourself — we read every one.