Elegant navy and brass members-only social club lounge at dusk with city skyline through large windows

ICC’s Next Concept · Greater Boston

The GatheringHaus

Good food, better company.

The Concept

A Charming, Versatile Space — By Day and By Night

The GatheringHaus is a charming, versatile Black-owned brunch and event space by day, and a members-only professional social club by night, in Greater Boston — serving entrepreneurs, executives, and creatives across Boston’s tech, finance, and startup community. Open to the public during the day, it delivers warm, sophisticated hospitality with meticulous attention to detail, scaling the same community-first, faster-service operating playbook proven at Shawn’s Kitchen & Piano Bar into a larger, membership-driven format.

Design rendering of The GatheringHaus interior showing long communal tables, exposed brick walls, a navy feature wall and warm pendant lighting — Interior concept for the main dining and event hall — long communal tables, brick and timber finishes, and warm pendant lighting. Design rendering; not a photograph of a completed space.

Market Opportunity

A Large, Underserved Market

$27.8B: Boston metro hospitality market
$45.9B: Global private club market by 2026
<2%: Of Boston liquor-license holders are Black-owned

3-Year Revenue Build

Path to Scale

Year 1

$720K

60 members · ~10% margin

Year 2

$1.2M

130 members · ~18% margin

Year 3

$1.72M

210 members · ~24% margin

The Ask

Seed Round — $750,000–$1,250,000

Equity or convertible note, open to a CDFI + impact-capital blend.

Use of Funds & Structure

Venue build-out, liquor license, and a 12-month operating runway
Structure is equity or convertible note, open to a CDFI + impact-capital blend
Target 30+ local jobs, 24+ community events per year
Target 40% BIPOC supplier spend
Target investors: local lenders, CDFIs, impact funds, community-aligned capital

Why Shawn’s Kitchen + The GatheringHaus, Together

Same Operator. Same Market. Same Model.

Same operator, same market, same community-first hospitality model — de-risking execution for investors. Shawn’s Kitchen & Piano Bar is the live proof-of-concept behind the GatheringHaus playbook.

See the Shawn’s Kitchen Proof-of-Concept →

Explore the GatheringHaus Opportunity

We’re talking with local lenders, CDFIs, impact funds, and community-aligned capital. If that’s you, let’s talk.

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