The origins of the name go back more than 90 years. In 1933 Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst saw a London performance of a radical anti war ballet choreographed by German performer Kurt Jooss. The name was The Green Table.  The couple invited Jooss, stage designer Hein Heckroth and Jooss’s mentor Rudolf Laban to come and live in Dartington and escape the Nazi regime.

Warren House in Warren Lane was built for Jooss and his family, and he taught at Dartington Hall until after the war, when he went back to Germany. The cafe was named The Green Table in 2017 and while the inside has been revamped by the team, the name will remain.