Sur La Table - Wikipedia Sur La Table This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2008 ) Sur La Table Type Private Industry Retail Founded 1972 Headquarters Seattle, Washington, USA Number of locations 121 Products Cookware, bakeware, cutlery, small electrics, cooks tools and housewares. Owner Investcorp Website http://www.surlatable.com/ Sur La Table, Inc. is a privately held retail company based in Seattle, Washington, that sells kitchenware products, including cookware, cutlery, cooks ' tools, small electrics, tabletop and linens, bakeware, glassware and bar, housewares, food and outdoor. As of June 2015, Sur La Table sells products in over 100 stores in 30 states across the country and the District of Columbia, as well as through their website and catalogs. Cooking classes are available in 82 stores. The company launched a new website and gift registry program in January 2011. Started in 2014, Sur La Table has a blog, A Sharp Knife & Salt, that focuses on food, chefs, restaurants and products. Sur La Table plans to include a kitchen into every new store that they open. In French, sur la table means on the table. French pronunciation : ​ ( syʁ la tabl ) History Sur La Table 's Pike Place location in Seattle, Washington. Shirley Collins founded Sur La Table in 1972, opening a single retail location in Seattle 's Pike Place Market. In 1995, Collins sold the company. Sur La Table is currently owned by Bahrain - based Investcorp. Sur La Table 's Corporate headquarters are located in Seattle 's Georgetown neighborhood. Jack Schwefel, who was the company 's chief executive officer until he was removed by Investcorp in September 2014, advocated an expansion policy of opening new stores in lifestyle centers, malls, and on city streets, `` with a mix of upscale national brands and creative local merchants, anchored by an upscale or organic - themed grocery store that encourages frequent trips. '' As of 2005, it is the second - largest specialty cookware retailer in the US, after Williams - Sonoma, Inc. Many of the stores offer cooking classes, which serve the dual purpose of teaching kitchen techniques and promoting the sale of Sur La Table 's inventory. References Jump up ^ `` Sur La Table ''. Retrieved 26 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` A Sharp Knife & Salt ''. Retrieved 19 June 2015. Jump up ^ Oxford French Minidictionary. Oxford University Press. 2002. p. 279. ISBN 0 - 19 - 860467 - X. Jump up ^ `` Sale of Sur La Table may be recipe for growth ''. Retrieved 30 April 2017. ^ Jump up to : Tice, Carol ( June 24, 2005 ). `` A wiser Sur La Table picks its outlets selectively ''. Puget Sound Business Journal. Jump up ^ `` Cooking Classes - Cooking Courses and Lessons at Sur La Table ''. Retrieved 30 April 2017. External links Official website Pike Place Market Main History of the Pike Place Market Victor Steinbrueck Park Notable people Betty Bowen Victor Steinbrueck Mark Tobey Emmett Watson Businesses Beecher 's Handmade Cheese Lowell 's Original Starbucks Pike Place Fish Market Sur La Table Uli 's Famous Sausage Unexpected Productions Landmarks Butterworth Building Gum Wall Rachel the Pig This Washington - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sur_La_Table&oldid=848293324 '' Categories : Retail companies of the United States Companies based in Seattle Private equity portfolio companies Pike Place Market Home decor retailers Washington ( state ) stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from December 2008 All articles needing additional references Pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2018 All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 1 July 2018, at 01 : 25 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: what does sur la table mean in english
Answer: on the table