Three men are sitting at a restaurant table, smiling and enjoying food and drinks. One man is holding a glass of beer, and there are various dishes on the table, including salads and desserts. The waiter in a white uniform is standing next to the middle man, smiling. The background shows a modern interior with large windows and a brick wall.

Connect Beyond the table.

We design one-day experiences for New Yorkers and the people they bring along, built to be the kind of day that beats staying in.

Private chefs, insider access, and a experience built for real connection, not a checklist, all hosted by people with genuine roots in the city. The friend who knows which door to knock on, not a guide reciting facts or a map to follow. One day, zero planning, all the city has to offer.

Logo featuring an eye with a compass needle in the center, accompanied by the text 'Beyond the Table Experiences'.

An eye is how people first connect, before a word is spoken. It's also how we experience moments: by seeing a place clearly, through someone who knows it well. At the center sits a compass standing in for the iris, what you look at when you meet someone's gaze, and the tool that points you somewhere new. Direction and connection, held in the same place.

the story behind our mark.

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The Team.

Our Story

Moving Beyond the Table

Cole and Ryan met as freshman year roommates and made a pact to move to NYC after graduation. They did, and are still in the city 5 years later, living it the way this business is built around: new coffee shops before anyone else finds them, nights that run later than planned, and always chasing the next great meal and experience.

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Ryan Lipton

Co-Founder

Ryan makes sure everything actually happens. Five years in New York and a background in sports and live events means he's used to high pressure. Golf obsessive, single-digit handicap, and the reason the Golf Experience exists in the first place. Ask him where to get a drink after the round, he'll have a spot from his 400+ pins on Google Maps.

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Cole spent years finding the bar with no sign out front and the restaurant that doesn't take reservations, and turning that into a night nobody forgets at Red Bull. He's the reason every guide, every stop, every "trust me" on the itinerary is worth it. If there's a better version of the evening happening two streets over, Cole knows. It is his job.

Co-Founder

Cole Derksen