Part dinner + part provocation, Course / Course played on the dual meaning of the word itself: the progression of a meal, and the direction of movement. As the evening unfolded, guests encountered subtle perceptual shifts across five courses and five senses as taste, scent, texture, and expectation took turns leading the way.
Those who paid the most exquisite attention were rewarded, curiosity eclipsing caution as LEONA came to life through TXA TXA’s brilliantly creative culinary lens. Objects became performers, provocateurs and co-conspirators, provoking diners to reconsider seemingly familiar rituals and to approach the table with heightened curiosity + devotion.
LEONA
TXA TXA CLUB
MAY 21, 2026 | CHICAGO
CURIOSITY >
caution
imagine thirty guests gathered at a single table; dinner and its instruments cast as actors upon an (otherwise) ordinary stage, toothbrushes + lipsticks set alongside knives + forks...
indulgence
+
RESTRAINT
imagine the familiar rendered entirely un- through a procession of courses designed to blur the line between ritual + performance, indulgence + restraint held in delicious tension through each object + its operation; each bite + its manner of consumption...
= CURRENCY
attention
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imagine the stranger across from you now an accomplice: a fellow traveler navigating senses that can no longer be trusted; the usual social currencies replaced by attention + shared experience...
/ AFTERGLOW
appetite
imagine bringing a vision to life with collaborators whose creativity is boundless, matched only by their willingness to dream alongside me to transform even the smallest morsel of an idea into something worthy of center stage...
I’ve wanted to work with TXA TXA since I first attended their supper club several years ago, so this evening was truly a dream come true...and I hope the first of many more 🖤
gratitude + acknowledgements
lIZ, DANIEL, TXA TXA TEAM: FOR DREAMING WITH ME LIMITLESSLY AND FOR BRINGING THIS DELECTABLE VISION TO LIFE
FOR YOUR STUNNINGLY VERSATILE VENUE AND FOR BEING SUCH A DELIGHT TO WORK WITH
for capturing the evening IN ITS ENTIRETY (UNLESS where OTHERWISE NOTED)
BALBINA DEBOER
FOR WORKING WITH ME TIRELESSLY TO DRESS THE TABLE + SPACE THE DAY-OF
+
you
For your trust, your enthusiasm, and for paying such exquisite attention.
