Lunch Club

Lunch Club

A small, no-agenda lunch where Atlanta agency and agency-adjacent folks grab a bite together, buy their own food, and spend an hour meeting a few new people worth knowing.

About this one

Agency Lunch Club is exactly what it sounds like. Once a month, a handful of Atlanta agency (and agency-adjacent) folks meet up somewhere good and have lunch. No agenda, no pitching — just good people, good food, and easy conversation.

Each month we pick a new spot. Drop in, stay as long as you can, and meet a few new people.

How it works

  • Order and pay for your own lunch. We pick spots where that's quick and easy.
  • We do a fast intro round once everyone has their food. That's the only structured part of the hour.
  • Bring a friend. These hangouts are most valuable when you get to meet new folks. If you were invited by one of the hosts, let us know who we should add.

That's really it.

Why we do this

We like the idea of building community. And after hosting a lot of different kinds of events, the thing people consistently tell us they love most isn't the programming or the venue — it's that they got to meet new people. So we built an event that is only that.

Why we keep it small

The size is intentional. We cap it around 20 people, because that's roughly the point where you can still mingle and actually meet everybody in the room. Bigger than that and you meet whoever you happened to sit next to.

The other half of it is the ask to bring a friend. If five or six new faces show up every single time, then anybody who walks in — whether it's their first lunch or their tenth — is basically guaranteed to meet four or five people they've never met before.

That's the whole point. It's simple, it's easy, and it's built so you leave knowing more people than when you walked in.

Also running it

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