HELLO SUPPERCLUB MEMBERS AND FRIENDS!!!

It’s been awhile since last we spoke – the Supperclub is hopping and now with our spectacular GRINDHOUSE FOR HAITI event and our successful bid for our neighbours building (that’s right, Friends and Faithful Followers of Supperclub Mayhem…we’re going to be adding yet another element to our Downtown Dynasty soon enough!!!) under our belts, I thought I’d pause for a moment of reflection…

So far it’s been an incredible 2010 for Mini and I – our little girl is amazing and a true mind-bender and this coup has singularly been our greatest accomplishement to date.  Man, almost 5 months and I still feel high and punch-drunk from the buzz of being a new dad!

Downtown, the Supperclub is buzzing BUSY and I’m hearing more and more from many, many new faces and Supperclub Members how fantastic it is still be on this amazing ride with us 9 years in – our downtown is getting cooler, cleaner, more dynamic and now we’re going to roll the dice again with all of you with increased space and yet another emerging new dynamic!!  We’ll talk about all of that soon enough – but I’d love to hear from all of you on this topic.  What do YOU think we need to add to our Supperclub, Friends???
And now, on to immediate things….

I’M WONDERING HOW MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY REALIZE THAT THIS MONDAY, MARCH 8TH IS RECOGNIZED AS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ALL OVER THE WORLD??!!??

Well, your Supperclub hasn’t forgotten – and we have a HUGE debt of thanks to all the beautiful ladies in our c8ommunity for making us their absolute favourite place to eat and entertain!!!

LADIES, THIS MONDAY MARCH 8TH YOUR RESPECT IS BURNING SUPPERCLUB IS GOING TO HONOUR ALL OF YOU WITH AN ABSOLUTELY FREE PASTA DINNER AT RESPECT IS BURNING SUPPERCLUB.  ON US!!!!

That’s right!! This will be the 4th Annual Supperclub Supper for Ladies recognizing International Women’s Day!  You deserve it, and we want you to know that you’re all very special – and IMPORTANT – to us!!!

(HEY! As an aside, did you know that in Ancient Greece, Lysistrata initiated a sexual strike against men in order to end war???  Now, that’s powerful – and what a way to bring violence and bloddshed to a screeching halt!!  Not that I’m advocating that, no sireeeee, not moi!)

So, this Monday evening we’ll be open at 4:30 and we want to see all of you for a GREAT FREE GOURMET PASTA DINNER – any selection from our Dinner Menu!!  It will be our pleasure, and you can have anything at all, from our deluxe and delicious seafood extravaganza FETTUCCINE VENEZIA to SAGE BUTTER RAVIOLI, TO GNOCCHI DUMPLINGS AND SO ON...!!!

The only condition – and I hate to do this, but we need to muster all the seating possible for this HUGE day of thanks to you ladies – is please, no groups of over 6 guests.

And, if you can, try to bring some of the boys along as well (sorry guys, but you gotta admit fair is fair…and besides there’s going to be puh-lenty of beautiful ladies int he Supperclub House!!!)

My accountant is already freaking out on me over this (you know those bean-counters…).  I told him to take a hike, and as I said, you Ladies deserve this!!!

This is HUGE, Ladies and Gents – One Glorious, Beautiful International Day of Celebrating WOMEN, Supperclub Style!!!!!

Now, someone from my staff (presumably) has leaked this out already (must be Marco, he’s always trying to win favour with the ladies!!!) and the calls are already starting, so please get on the horn and call us for a table for you and your friends – we’re going to cook our hearts out for everyone on Monday niight!!!

KEEP ON SMILING, FRIENDS – IT LOOKS GREAT ON YOU!!!  HAVE FUN TODAY – YOU’VE COME ALONG WAY, LADIES!!!!

ATTENTION ALL FANS AND FABULOUS FRIENDS OF RESPECT IS BURNING SUPPERCLUB!!

Want to know the secret to getting your date closer to you this Valentine’s Day? Nothing says “COME HITHER!” like a DOUBLE SHOT OF HORROR in a darkened room, right?

So how about that double shot of horror in our city’s finest RETRO theatre – with jam-packed FREEBIE Swag Bags, Foot Long Hot Dogs, Barbecued American CLASSIC Pulled Pork Sandwiches, theatre seat-style service, a legion of un-dead Supperclub VAMP GIRLS and a grand prize draw worth THOUSANDS?

And what if I told you that all proceeds were going directly to charity, our night united to boosting Red Cross disaster relief efforts in Haiti?

This is HUGE, and we want YOU to take part in the coolest Valentine event ever!!!

The more the merrier on this TWISTED VALENTINE dark and dirty eve…. this is going to be BIG, friends!  WE’RE PROUD AND EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU AT OUR VERY FIRST GOTHAM ENTERPRISES ENTERTAINMENT EVENT – presenting a KILLER DOUBLE GRINDHOUSE EVENING of FRIGHT, FOOD and FREAK-OUTS!

The Gregorini Bros own GOTHAM PRODUCTIONS in conjunction with our restaurants RESPECT IS BURNING TAKEOUT EXPRESS and the LEGENDARY FRANK’S DELI are proud to present to you A TWISTED VALENTINE!!!  On Friday, February 12, 2010 starting at 7:00pm at Rainbow Cinemas, get ready to get freaked, squeeze tight and SCREAM OUT LOUD!

*Tickets are ONLY $20 for this awesome fundraiser package, and here’s what you get:*

- DOUBLE GRINDHOUSE NIGHT featuring both the ORIGINAL 1981 cult classic My Bloody Valentine and the twisted love story JENIFER, by Italy’s Master of Horror DARIO ARGENTO!!!!!!!!!!!

- BIG Kansas City Pulled Pork Sandwich from your Respect is Burning Turbo Express Kitchen (aka Vespa Panini), Frank’s Delicatessen’s LEGENDARY FOOT LOG HOT DOG, HOT BUTTERED POPCORN a la Rainbow Cinemas

– all this right in your seat – and served with a crooked smile by our very own gorgeous Respect is Burning SUPPERCLUB VAMP SQUAD!

- Incredible SWAG BAG filled to bursting with FREE STUFF from some amazing local supporters!

- INCREDIBLE Grand Prize Draw featuring TATTOO TIME from mega award winning Ink GOD and LIVE ONCE TATTOO Boss Denis Prevost, PHOTOSHOOT and HUGE Wall Mount by outrageous award-winning photog JAMES HODGINS of HODGINS PHOTOGRAPHY, $$$ Gift Cards from La Renaissance Day Spa, , a FREE One Night EXECUTIVE ROOM HOTEL ROOM STAY AT THE QUALITY INN SUITES HOTEL and In-Room Midnight Catering by Respect is Burning Takeout Express, EXCLUSIVE 3-COURSE CHEF’S DINNER from our own Respect is Burning Supperclub, DAIRY QUEEN GIFT CARDS, RISTORANTE VERDICCHIO GIFT CARDS, and MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!

++++AND WHAT’S THE BEST PART?!?!?!??   ALL the proceeds go to The Canadian Red Cross HAITI RELIEF FUND – and nothings better than giving out and getting so much cool stuff in return!!

You can grab your TWISTED VALENTINE PASSES up at Respect is Burning Supperclub, Respect is Burning Turbo Express Kitchen (aka. Vespa Panini), Frank’s Delicatessen, or from Q92/Rogers. Get Them Fast – because they’re selling TURBO FAST (only 200 remaining available!!!)! – and make some Twisted Memories with us!

<****And for all you who are wondering ‘Who the heck is this chick?” please allow me a second to introduce myself….*****>

My name is Ashley. I find myself a VERY LUCKY girl lately. I get to follow around your fabulous and freaky Supperclub Founders and Food Lovers and find out what really makes their passions fill up ‘til overflow… and let me tell you it has OVERFLOWN and bubbled over and I am excited!!!

Why am I excited??? The answers, friends, will unfold and be revealed to you throughout this year 20-10…I know the suspense is killing you – but it’s well worth the wait.

I think that I can speak for all of us Supperclub Guests, Fans, Friends and Followers when I say we are all one-of-a-kind, out-of-the-box, very passionate people – we create our own culture and rules to live by – and we LOVE entertaining and being entertained alongside our friends, allies, supporters and families.

Life and REALLY LIVING is an experience and we hope that every time you come in to visit us at Respect or come to one of sponsored events you leave already talking and wondering about the next time! I’m here to guide you through that growing experience, as this year we expand our horizons, productions and offerings – beginning with our BRAND NEW awesome Mighty Member Supperclub Society (that’s right…more on that later – You don’t want to miss out on this one) and the ongoing INSIDE SCOOP on some MIND BLOWING events that we got lined up for you beautiful people this year.

So, friends, Be EXCITED – yes be very EXCITED WITH US! This is all just the beautiful beginning, with MANY twists, turns and Supperclub Surprises to come in 20-10 and BEYOND!

HEEPS OF SUPPERCLUB LOVE YOUR WAY!

Ashley XOXOXO
Your Mighty Membership Guru, Downtown Events Insider and Fellow Respect is Burning Lover!

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!