Dining club

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A dining club (UK) or eating club (US) is a social group, usually requiring membership (which may or may not be available only to certain guests or people), which meets for dinners and discussion on a regular basis. They may also often have guest speakers.

United Kingdom

A dining club differs from a gentlemen's club in that it does not have permanent premises, often changing the location of its meetings and dinners.

Clubs may limit their membership to those who meet precise membership requirements. For example, the Coningsby Club requires members to have been a part of either OUCA or CUCA, the Conservative Associations at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, respectively. Others may require applicants to pass an interview or pay an entrance or membership fee.

Early dining clubs include the Pitt Club, the Bullingdon Club, and the 16' Club.

United States

In the United States, similar social clubs are known as eating clubs. Eating clubs date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries and are designed to provide college students with an opportunity to enjoy meals and engaging conversations. Some clubs are called bicker clubs due to the process of bickering over which applicants to admit as members. Largely replaced by the modern fraternity and sorority system, eating clubs now exist at only a few colleges and universities, most notably at Princeton University, although other institutions like Stanford University, Davidson College, the University of Mount Olive, and Reed College also have eating clubs.

Dining clubs often have reciprocity agreements with other dining clubs across the nation or even internationally. Some are able to establish reciprocity with other private social clubs that offer additional amenities beyond dining, such as overnight guest rooms and gyms. An example of such social clubs is the Penn Club of New York City, which has reciprocity with the India House Club at 1 Hanover Square.

List of dining clubs

This list is incomplete. Date of founding in brackets.

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Dining club

United Kingdom

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List of dining clubs

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