Archive for November, 2009

THE SUPPERCLUB UNDERGROUND IS OPEN – and NEW CHAIRS FOR THE RED ROOM BISTRO!!!!

I spend a criminal amount of time pondering what our Supperclub People are saying about our space, and I’ll mull for hours on the good, the bad, and the ugly. Hmmm…where do we put our resources next?  Being an independent in business is a crazy ride – money’s always an issue, especially when you start on the road to a Big Idea with limited cash.  Case in point -  we sold our BIG idea to the banks 9 years ago with only 10k of cash, 5 years of rejection knocking on pretty much closed doors, and a wild idea to get going in our downtown while everybody else was getting out!

This all  makes for a good story but the truth is that it’s a knuckle scraping experience wondering where to put the next dollar - and if you know the resto business, you know that the profit margins are slim and most of us do it because we’re either chasing passions, or demons…or both.   Long story short, there’s never alot of $$ to play with, so as Founders and Creators and Dreamers, we’re pretty much scrambled at all times wondering what to do next and what matters most to our guests.

This week?

Got a line of credit and bit down finally for NEW chairs for the entire main floor bistro – what we call the Supperclub Red Room.  Never occurred to me that this could be such an issue (and at least we’ve proven that great food and high spirits always wins friends!), but the biggest complaint we’ve  heard is that the chairs suck….truthfully, we knew it all along but there was always some other thing in the way (ie/ broken stove, new fridge, supplier rip off, leaky roof, busted air conditioning, whatever).

So, here’s the BUZZ of the week - finally an entire suite of slick, solid chairs on the way for the SUPPERCLUB RED ROOM (ETA December 7th!), new cool artwork being hung, new menus on the way, and our newly renovated SUPPERCLUB UNDERGROUND is a slam-dunk hit!!

The weekends-only opening (for now!) of our new subterranean SUPPERCLUB UNDERGROUND dining room has massive implications – this textural, moody room underground holds all groups of 6 or more weekend guests with a total capacity of 70 seats!  With our groups now relegated to a new separate space, it means that the energy level on our funky main floor has calmed, cooled, and feels a lot more chill these days…even when we’ve got a full house (which I’m happy to say is more often than not).

The feedback has been awesome (both from Supperclub guests and staff alike!) and we’ve even removed a few ‘problem’ tables from the main floor - you know, the last resort ones that no one ever really wants to be at – and we’ve streamlined the table set-up in the main bar stretch.

SUPPERCLUB MISSION 2010? Keep on chillin’ the RiB!

Funny, since our baby Nova came along, Mini and I have been a lot more chill…and I’ve always said that our space is also our mirror.  We’re growing up, all 4 of us – but we ain’t growing old, friends – not ever.  Let’s just say the Times they are a Changin’ – and it feels damned good!

EXCELSIOR!!!!

CHEF WHO LIKES CHANGE AND A SOLID CHAIR TOO