Right before COVID, the three of us were working together at The Last Hotel downtown. When the pandemic hit and we were all furloughed, Elliott and Brandon began what would become Dinner at the Loft. It started simply — posting menus on Instagram and filling the eight seats around our dining room table. What began as a way to stay busy quickly became something much bigger while restaurants remained closed.

From our home table, Dinner at the Loft grew into cooking in other people’s homes, and then into one-night pop-ups inside small venues across the city. Over time, it became a community — families welcoming us into their kitchens, friends inviting us back year after year, and guests sharing meals that turned into memories.

Eventually, we found a space of our own, the home of our sister restaurant, The Biscuit Joint. For the first year, we returned to our roots and hosted monthly pop-ups there, keeping the spirit of Dinner at the Loft alive.

Now, we’ve reached the next chapter: our first true brick-and-mortar home. A permanent place for the business that started it all. Dinner at the Loft has brought us through more than 150 dinners — in our home, in your homes, and everywhere in between — and Scout’s is the result of everything we learned along the way.

Scout’s is the home we built from those years of shared meals, borrowed kitchens, and unforgettable tables. A place that finally feels like ours — and becomes yours the moment you walk in.