What’s actually happening.
Washington DC's diplomatic community means 170+ countries are represented in its food culture, and the pop-up dinners, international supper clubs, and chef's tables drawing on this diversity are the city's greatest culinary secret.
14th Street NW after hours
Shaw, Logan Circle, and the 14th Street corridor have spawned a pop-up culture that rivals any coastal city. Borrowed spaces, rotating chefs, and intimate seatings that locals discover first.
Embassy Row to your table
The diplomat community's home cooks and professional chefs create a rotating pop-up circuit of culinary diplomacy, Nigerian street food, Persian feast nights, Filipino kamayan dinners, all happening in private spaces.
Georgetown's quiet tables
Behind the tourist-facing restaurants, Georgetown's historic homes and garden spaces host some of DC's most civilized dining experiences, seasonal, intimate, and, until now, known only to locals.
Five sides of one table.
Guests
The city's international tables await
DC's pop-up circuit draws on 170 countries worth of culinary tradition. Tenseats surfaces the Filipino kamayan dinners, Persian feast nights, and international supper clubs happening in private DC spaces.
Chefs
Cook for the city's most connected table
DC's diplomatic community and policy world create a dining audience unlike any other city. Pop-ups here reach a globally literate crowd that can take a chef's reputation international.
Mixologists
The 14th Street corridor wants your program
Shaw and Logan Circle's pop-up circuit has generated cocktail collaboration opportunities that locals discover first. Partner with the borrowed-kitchen chef scene and reach a crowd that drinks with intention.
Creators
DC's best food travels by word of mouth
The city's most interesting meals happen in private spaces passed along by word of mouth. Creators who map DC's international pop-up circuit are the city's essential food guides.
Venue Hosts
Georgetown's garden spaces have the right guests
DC's historic homes, embassy-adjacent gardens, and Shaw warehouse lofts host some of the city's most civilized dinners. Connect your space with pop-up chefs drawing on the city's diplomatic culinary diversity.
Washington’s tables fill by word of mouth. Now the word is on Tenseats.
The Elements · The Planner
Bring the experience to life.
Hosting in Washington? The Planner keeps every detail in one place: the food, the extra covers, the hours, the overheads, the deposit that's coming back. That way you can focus on the night and still price it right. Free to start.
Hosting rules in Washington
What chefs, mixologists and venue hosts check before a ticketed micro hospitality night. Not legal advice.