NEW YORK — Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg teased that he would join Rev. Al Sharpton for a future lunch if he were to run for president in 2028 during a convening of several Democratic hopefuls this week.

“When you ran for president, you met me, and we went out to a well-publicized lunch at Sylvia’s Restaurant in Harlem,” Sharpton told Buttigieg about his 2020 run during a fireside chat at the National Action Network convention in New York. “Just so my calendar is clear, should I be reserving a table at Sylvia’s? Are you going to run again?”