Table 25: Dinner with New Friends

Table 25 is back in Leeds on Sunday 25 October, this time at Restaurant of the Week on East Parade. If you've never come across it, the name tells you exactly what it is: a monthly dinner for people to meet and eat together. The whole thing is run by a team that describes its vision as no-gimmicks networking — no app, just four walls, a roof and good food for people to connect, coordinated directly and human-to-human. Each evening is kept small, with a maximum of four to six people, and the outings are framed as friendship gatherings rather than singles events.

The Leeds edition moves house every time, held at a different restaurant each week, so the venue changes with every dinner. This one is at Restaurant of the Week, East Parade, LS1 5PS. The project itself is run out of Austin, and the team operates the same format across several cities, including Austin and Nashville. They've been featured in local news such as Fox 11 Los Angeles and Fox 17's Growing Nashville, and you can follow the project on Instagram at @ermantourage.

Tickets are booked through Eventbrite, and the organisers encourage registering in advance. The dinner starts at 19:00, and a ticket costs £22.53, with food and drink purchases extra.