Pavement Coffee House in Smith Campus Center.

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Students and faculty can either gather informally through the Pavement Coffee Break option or choose to meet for a restaurant meal in Harvard Square through our restaurant partners.

Participants in Classroom to Table must be the course head of a Harvard College undergraduate course offered this semester, ladder faculty for the College, or a currently enrolled Harvard College undergraduate student. Students may participate in one restaurant gathering and unlimited Coffee Breaks, as long as each is with a unique group of students and a different faculty member. 

Additionally, students may invite ladder and non-ladder faculty and athletic coaches to dine with them in the Harvard Dining Halls. Faculty can swipe in with a Harvard ID and enjoy up to 10 complimentary meals per semester when accompanied by their students.

Ready for your coffee break?

Classroom to Table is currently closed. The application portal to submit requests for coffee breaks and restaurant gatherings will re-open on October 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM.

Guidelines and Procedures

This semester, currently enrolled Harvard undergraduate students may attend one restaurant gathering (either lunch or dinner), and an unlimited number of coffee breaks as long as each gathering is with a unique group of students and faculty. Faculty are not limited in the number of gatherings they may attend. Please follow the guidance below for gatherings. Only faculty members who are primary instructors in a Harvard College course and currently registered Harvard College undergraduate students are eligible to attend. 

Coffee Breaks at Pavement Coffee

Coffee Break gatherings may include one faculty member and 2 to 10 undergraduate Harvard college students. Once all group members have confirmed interest in and availability to participate in a gathering, the student or faculty member organizing the group may use our online C2T application to provide information about the gathering’s participants. Once the gathering is approved, each participant will receive an email with a $15 voucher for Pavement Coffee (located in the Smith Center). Gatherings of more than 10 undergraduates are occasionally approved under special circumstances. If you have a request for a larger gathering, please email classroomtotable@fas.harvard.edu with the reason for your request. Separately from the C2T Web Application, you’ll schedule your gathering for any location and time that Pavement is open, then print out your vouchers, and get together to enjoy coffee and conversation.

Pavement Coffee does not have a mechanism to accept electronic vouchers, so please make sure to print your voucher. Please do not ask Pavement staff to accept a copy shown to them on your phone or other device. They unfortunately can’t accept an electronic format at this time. 

Restaurant Gatherings

For restaurant gatherings, a faculty member may invite between 3 and 5 students, or a group of 3 to 5 students may invite a faculty member. One faculty member per group. Group limits for restaurant gatherings are firm. All members of the group should agree upon a date and time and confirm their plan to attend before the submitter enters a restaurant gathering request. 

Once you have consensus, enter the information requested into the online C2T application, and wait for confirmation. Please be aware that requests may take a few days to process, as restaurants need to confirm availability for the time and date of your gathering. Unlike the coffee break version of Classroom to Table, the restaurant option requires an exchange of information between application and restaurants. If your first-choice restaurant is unavailable at the time you request, the system automatically checks with the next restaurant on your list until options are exhausted. 

Please do not contact our partner restaurants directly with any requests. Alterations, such as time or date changes and changes to the attendees, can be made directly through our Application. If you need help, email us at classroomtotable@fas.harvard.edu.