The idea is simple and a little daring. You book one seat. You do not know who else is coming. You arrive a stranger and leave having met a whole table. Across Ontario, a quiet wave of supper clubs is built on exactly this. Here are the ones worth finding.
Eat Out Supper Club
Toronto, roving
Sara Baron Goodman’s dinner series moves between homes, farms, and bars, and centres queer and sapphic guests. The guest list stays small on purpose. Small enough that everyone leaves having met someone, and no two locations are the same.
Oui Aïa
Toronto
An underground supper club where the address arrives only after you have a ticket. Chef Ayah Hanafieh rebuilds the menu every time, a run of small plates meant to be shared, so no two nights repeat.
k.Dinners
Toronto
Chef Ken Yau and his partner Ashley host blind tasting dinners in a converted garage filled with handmade ceramics. A handful of guests gather around a farmhouse table and taste each dish before they name it.
Jeudr3di
Toronto
Alexandra Francis began hosting dinners behind an old warehouse and grew them into a series catered by a rotating cast of chefs. Every dinner still opens the same way, with a shared toast that turns a table of strangers into a room.
Between Space
Toronto
A photography studio by day that becomes a supper club every couple of months. One long table, a seated dinner, and a conversation guided by a single theme. Seats are released through Instagram and go quickly.
Most of these gather in Toronto, for now. We know there are tables like this in towns we have not found yet.
Know about a supper club in Toronto we’ve missed? Tell us. We’re always listening for the next one worth finding.