The Algonquin was a restaurant where a round table was reserved by the manager for the "talent elite" of communicative and performing arts. It was an informal lunch attended by hard-working, not well-paid men and women, like Frank Sullivan, Harpo Marx, Jane Grant, and Murdock Pemberton (see full list below). The members of the Algonquin round table never talked about their jobs, but rather concerned themselves with the literary and theatrical values they saw in their community, with new elegance and sophistication, treading frontiers in their own personal field. It became a renowned gathering for literary talents, but many members of the group felt as if it were simply a group of friends, rather large at times, talking about the world around them in a comfortable way.