Algonquin Hotel - Algonquin Round Table

The Algonquin Hotel hosted the Algonquin Round Table, a daily lunch group of writers, critics, and actors in the 1920s that included Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, and Alexander Woollcott. The informal gatherings at the hotel's Oak Room and luncheon tables became a noted center for literary wit and commentary and helped solidify the hotel's reputation in New York's cultural life. The hotel's association with the Round Table is widely documented in contemporary accounts and literary histories.