Archive for January, 2010

I GET SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT INFLUENCES, WHAT DRIVES US TO CREATE A RESTAURANT SPACE AND FEEL THAT’S SO OUT-OF-THE-BOX FROM WHAT’S HAPPENING ON A DAILY BASIS IN THE ‘OUT THERE’ RESTAURANT WORLD…..

Folks are noticing that the Supperclub is different – and perhaps there was a time when different meant strange or unwelcoming, but RIGHT NOW I’ll tell you that it’s AMAZING and so much fun and so great to be working in and for a community whose eyes are opening to the possibilities of a city that’s not the same as everywhere else….especially when it comes to food and the culture of entertaining socially.

The ongoing revelation and peel-back-the-curtain phenomenon was bound to happen and the general public is truly catching on to what I call The Difference.Independent restaurants are so vastly set apart from national chain restaurants in so many ways – and this is what I mean by ‘The Difference’…

Someone suggested to me a while back that perhaps I should discuss these differences in my blog. Fair enough, and I’m pumped!!

This ain’t gonna be pretty but at the end of it all,  we’ll all – I believe -  be that much prouder of our decisions to frequent the one-of-a-kinds out there in food land for so many reasons.  And maybe we can all spread the gospel to our peers – bless their souls – who unknowingly answer the cattle call on the odd occasion and blindly step through the doors of a factory calling itself a restaurant.

We both know that all it takes is that one awesome discovery of a fantastic independent restaurant gem that’s never seen national media advertising or muti-million dollar brain-chip branding…and the floodgates open to the possibility of a  Food and Culture life and voyage of discovery  and personal enrichment that goes far beyond just food for food’s sake.

Maybe I see it to an extreme, as a Chef and restaurant guy who’s driven to travel and seek out stories and families and tradition and culture whose form of honest expression of these things is through the human medium of sharing and food.  AND that means  food, stories, real human testament and warmth that you can’t find in an identical box store or on an identical plate through an identical doorstep in every mass manufactured restaurant in every city and town across North America and beyond.

I vote for DIFFERENCE, as I know you do too.  And I don’t want to be part of a world where one day we’re all relegated to homogenous and mediocre consistency and sameness everywhere I may roam.  No way, no how.

Stay tuned, Friends – ‘Blogtastic Rants’ is just about to heat up….just because YOU asked for it!!!

EXCELSIOR!!!!!!!!

Chef Who Votes for People, Culture, Community and REAL Food EVERYTIME!

Been awhile since I posted news, friends – the Christmas season was an unbelievable rush for all of us down here at the Supperclub – and man, we’re still humming along at a manic pace I’m happy to report!!

Our new SUPPERCLUB UNDERGROUND dining room has been a runaway HIT since the moment we opened it to weekend traffic and has even surprised the hell out of us as reservations for this room are coming in up to 2 weeks in advance these days for Friday and Saturday tables!!  Boasting a surreal airy feel, our trademark Supperclub Edge  and a look that combines old and new all at once (hmmm….anyone getting the overall theme here, folks??), a bar set up that looks like it was dragged out of the gothic hills of some distant European village) and a sensational BOSE 3-D sound system, this room is the PERFECT space to bring friends and family out for a smokin’ weekend Supperclub shindig celebrating the end of a long week!

The Supperclub Underground capacity is 70 guests and this space is TOTALLY unique - the smallest table in the room is for 6 guests, the largest up to 10. Besides all the cool design features I mentioned, the VIBE is really what it’s all about – and I can tell you that we’ve had a packed house in the SCU every Friday or Saturday since October and our Supperclub crowds fill this room with off-the-hook energy!  Too cool – come see it soon...this is truly another feather in the Downtown cap!

DESIGN is done for the brand new MIGHTY MEMBER SUPPERCLUB SOCIETY VIP Hard CardAgain, my apologies but wait till you see what we’ve done for you now!!!!! This process has been a little slower than anticipated….  For all of our newest inductees, rest assured that your Member Package is being developed and will be mailed soon enough.  We’re admittedly a bit behind, BUT…..

The added extra time we’re spending on this unbelieveable new platform has NEVER been seen in the restaurant forum before – and even way beyond – and it will be sooooo worth the extra wait time. And, here’s the plan – if we experience anymore delays, stay cool – we’re going to send you a FREE GIFT on us to make up for the wait…fair deal?

Alright then, I’ll be back soon with a missive about our history…and what really makes us tick.  And when you read this I think you’ll agree that you and I truly have alot in common….

HAVE A WICKED SUPPERCLUB WEEK, FRIENDS – ALL BEST FOR AN INCREDIBLE 20-10!!!!

EXCELSIOR!!!!!!

CHEF WHO LOVES HIS CITY, OUR DOWNTOWN, AND OUR FRIENDS MOST OF ALL!

Yeah, I know - she's really too damn hot for me!