DC
Trattoria Night @ Tina's | DC (6/20)
Navy Yard
Members $1506 seats left
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Closer is a members-only community of
people hosting in their real homes.
Host the night you've been wanting to throw, without footing the bill.
Open your home to people you wouldn't meet on your own.
Show off the space without doing the planning.
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NYC
Wine & Cheese Night @ Fran's (6/21)
Fran's Home | Astoria
Members $5012 seats left
NYC
Private chef · Steakhouse at Home @ Robert's | (6/25)
Chelsea
Members $1658 seats left
DC
June | Private Chef in DC
Address shared after sign-up
Denver
JUNE | Soirée in Denver
Address shared after sign-up
Montreal
JUNE | Homecooked Dinner in Montreal
Coming Soon..
How It Works
Members, in three steps.
1
Become a member
Membership covers curation, programming, the concierge, and trust-and-safety screening.
2
Reserve your seat
Find events by city, format, or host. Members reserve directly.
3
Show up
The feeling of friends-of-friends. The night runs itself.
Recent Events
Why members keep coming home.
Aperol Hour @ Allison'sWest Village · NYC
"Best Tuesday night I've had. I met the coolest group of people."
Spring Picnic @ John'sUpper East Side · NYC
"The kind of dinner where people are really present, really interested in you."
Mediterranean Dinner @ Tina'sNavy Yard · DC
"I wish you could have heard the genuine laughter at this table."
Holiday Dinner @ Jess'sBushwick · NYC
"By dessert, I had friend crushes on everyone at the table."
An Amalfi Evening @ Cindy'sHarlem · NYC
"Five courses in, I'd made so many new friends I lost count."
Tacos in Tenleytown @ Chioke'sTenleytown · DC
"First time in years I left a Wednesday night feeling like I'd actually done something."
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For Hosts
You host. We handle the rest.
What We Handle
- Food budget (or chef booking and payment)
- Vetted guest list (members and your own friends)
- Custom invite page for your night
- Trust and safety screening
- Concierge support, end to end
What Hosts Handle
- The date
- The format
- The vibe
- The menu
- Inviting your own friends, if you want
Tell us about your space
Curious first? Come to an event as a guest.
Hosting is on us. The food, the guest list, the invite, the concierge.
What's covered
- A 1:1 Closer concierge before, during, and after your event. Message us anytime.
- Every member is trust-and-safety verified before they can book, and re-verified each year. You don't host strangers off the street.
- Closer covers the food budget and books the chef when applicable. The host runs the night.
- Your friends fill the seats first. We fill the rest with members in your city who match what you're looking for.
- You pick the format and the date. The rest is on us.
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Everything else like this, I go to for the dinner. I go to Closer for the people.
Mimi C. · Closer member
FAQCommon
Common
questions.
Only if you want to. The format menu has three options: a soirée with light bites, a home-cooked dinner where you cook what you actually love to cook, or a private chef night where we book the chef. You pick.
Doesn't matter. Hosts have run events in 400-square-foot studios and lofts that fit twenty-five. The format and the headcount get matched to your space, not the other way around. We figure it out with you when you apply.
There isn't one. Closer covers the food budget and books the chef when you choose that format. Hosts get a free year of membership and run the night in their own home. The trade is your home, your time, and the people you bring to the table.
Closer covers the food budget and books the chef when applicable. The host runs the night. Members pay an annual $19 Trust & Safety fee to book (curation, programming, concierge, and trust-and-safety verification included). Per event: $50 for a soirée, $95 for a home-cooked dinner, $150 for a chef night. What's served is up to the host.
Members. Every member pays an annual $19 Trust & Safety fee and verifies their identity before they can book, and re-verifies each year to keep booking. Hosts can also bring their own friends, vouched for by the host. You won't host or sit with strangers off the street.