In the “What’s in a Name?” feature, we highlight New York-based organizations and programs that have clever, quirky, mysterious, revealing, or non-traditional names.

All Day Buffet isn’t a restaurant or catering service, and The Feast is not even a food-centric affair. All Day Buffet is actually a company that promotes and invests in creative projects and innovative ideas that aim to change the world, and The Feast is a conference they organize to bring together these creative and innovative types.

So what’s with the name? Michael Karnjanaprakorn of All Day Buffet explained to me: “The name came from realizing that there was a ‘buffet’ of good things to choose from, we just wanted to get ‘full on good’ doing something.”

In attending a couple of their events, I definitely came away with the sense that there are just so many great ideas and great people out there to work with. Just thinking about all of these forward-thinking initiatives makes my mouth water.