Posts Tagged ‘Downtown Best Restaurant Sudbury’

I love meeting all kinds of people - and of course, having punished myself for years living the musician’s life on the road I get a real kick hanging out with musical wing nuts every chance I get...ah, those road stories and reflections always stir up the old dust (yep, some day I’ll buy myself an old Volkswagon camper Van and hit the road again…this time with Mini and little princess in tow!).  And , you know, what I’ve found over the years having met many celebrities, bigwigs, party people, family people, musicians, artists, moms and dads, and folks of all walks of life – is that we’re pretty much all very much the same. 

Good people are good people, no matter what you’ve gotten up to in your life – and good people can always relate, like old friends. Especially at the table, with good food.

Case in point -  Rockstar LUKAS ROSSI was in the house on Thursday night  – you may remember him from the wildly popular ROCKSTAR:SUPERNOVA phenomenon a few years back – and I had the cool ‘trip’ of cooking, hanging, and smokin’ darts with Lukas and his handler for a couple of hours….funny, the song really does remain the same – no matter who you are, where you’ve been and what you’ve seen. We hit it off like old pals, and he spent some time getting to know our guests around the Supperclub room.

We shot breeze about food, paying our days, working for a dream, staying sober in search of real goals, making waves and staying true to self, our insecurities, and the importance of having only our allies (and great women) by our sides as we help each other figure out this beautiful puzzle of life.  Sound Familiar, friends? The things of life that make us all one and the same…Yep, we truly are all Rock Stars, aren’t we?

And good food, as I’ve always said, breaks down all barriers and unites us at a common table! Of course (note the last name) Lukas is a died-in-the-wool Italian boy and we traded off  food anecdotes (and old Italian swears)  for a bit – and Rossi swears the chow at our Respect is Burning Supperclub would put most L.A. ‘BUZZ’ restaurants in place…and that great Italian food like ours is next to impossible to find – even in the City of Lights.

Duh, no surprise -  we’ve travelled enough to know….’nuff said, my nonnas taught me right!

Ah, look at the bags under the Boy Eyes...Mini's, of course, are perfect!

We had some chuckles about some of his exploits with fellow Rock Gods Tommy Lee (ex Motley Crue), Dave Navarro (ex Jane’s Addiction and ex-hubby to uber-BABE Carmen Electra), Jason Newstead (Metallica, Bassist!) and Gilby Clarke (guitarist legendary Guns n’ Roses!) – whatever he could remember,  as he says that the year and a half after ROCKSTAR: SUPERNOVA was a friggin’ blur of a rocket ride…and that’s, of course, where most musicians definitely can relate.  That having been said, I was getting the old itch..just a quick shot or two of grappa  down the hatch…just to catch that old down n’ dirty rock n’ roll buzz….

Anyways, we both held firm and stayed away from the bar - Lukas never drinks before a show – anymore ;) – and I haven’t had a drink in 3 months (and I won’t till my soon-to-be-born first child and little princess is born…and then look out, wine cellar!)  – and we parted ways with the handshake deal that we’d re-unite for a Godzilla versus King Kong style showdown with a few bottles of good red vino and tequila, and a party of legendary proportion in L.A. sometime soon.  God forbid, and somebody please get me a doctor – I promise I’ll do Sudbury and all of you BIG justice and show the Hollywood Bad Boys that we mean business!!

Love ya, and till next time - EXCELSIOR!!

signed - CHEF WHO WILL ALWAYS LOVE THE ROAD

With RIBFEST now behind us, I thought I’d take you and I both on a look back at another killer event pulled off late this summer – again, in the streets of our DOWNTOWN Sudbury!!

Recently, the Greater Sudbury Restaurant and Food Association was formed – sounds like a dull tag, but the motivations and goals are dynamic and cool and the implications are HUGE (more on that on a later post, I promise – and this is going to interesting!  Watch as I peel back the curtain W-5 style on the REAL differences between chain restaurants and what you’re getting when you support a local fightin’ INDIE resto like our Respect is Burning Supperclub!!!  This is gonna be good and it sure won’t win me any favours in corporate franchise world – but you deserve to know!).  ‘Nuff Said!

Anyhoo, the first mission of the GSRFA was to throw a downtown Dinner Party to showcase the major players in our City’s Indie Restaurant Scene.  Dubbed “SAVOUR THE STREETS”, this smokin’ event was the first of its kind and it ROCKED!

One massive, galley-style table snaking down Durham Street feeding 7 courses to a seated crowd of over 200 hungry (and very thirsty) downtown dreamers and supporters!!! We jumped at first course, serving up Tuscan Coal-Grilled Lamb and Stuffed Quail over summer Canellini Bean and Prosciutto Salad…mmmmmmmm…..

Sure, there were a few minor glitches, but definitely one for the history books and one great piece of the puzzle in the dream of bringing our people back to the heart (or, as they say in the old country, ‘La Piazza”) of the city, our collective birthplace. Look out for a repeat – BIGGER AND BETTER – of this awesome event next year, and many, many more new events being taken back to the streets - for all of us!

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO, courtesy of Rob Provencher of WESTMOUNT PHOTOGRAPHY (www.westmountphotography.com) – who was everywhere that day – including jumping roof to roof (you know, the view is pretty amazing from the top of Respect is Burning Supperclub…gonna try to get something going on our rooftop someday!).

HERE IT IS – ENJOY, AND EXCELSIOR!!!!
ROB

WITH GREAT JUBILATION, WE HEREBY LAUNCH THIS – Our official RESPECT IS BURNING SUPPERCLUB BLOG – and move towards an era of even bigger FUN, VISION, GOALS, OPEN ARMS AND EYES WIDE OPEN TO THE GREAT ‘THING’ OF LIFE, ENTERTAINMENT, CHILLS, SPILLS AND COMMUNITY THRILLS, UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES and break-neck FOOD, DRINK and TRAVEL ADVENTURES (and other kinds we’ll get into later!)…

EXCELSIOR, Friends – ENJOY THE RIDE!

We’ve finally gone LIVE with our RESPECT IS BURNING BLOG:
“BLOG-TASTIC RANTS FROM THE SUPPERCLUB!!!”!!!

Want the REAL INSIDER SCOOP and behind-the-scenes dig on the lives of a couple of zany downtown restaurateurs??

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The SUPPERCLUB BULLPEN promises to pack it with PHOTOS, GOSSIP, SURPRISES and SCANDAL -  and we want YOU to be a part of our Respect is Burning LEGACY PROJECT! Sign up for ‘BLOG-TASTIC RANTS FROM THE SUPPERCLUB!!!“ GUYS AND GALS, AND GET READY!

We’re already planning a BIG MASSIVE PARTY (REALLY, the stuff that memories and are made of!!)…and first invites will only go out to Subscribers, Members and Facebook fans!!!

This year, we lunge forward to the next steps of our RESPECT IS BURNING DREAM- creating an entertainment ‘happening’ and movement unlike anything we’ve ever had in the north.

Now, JOIN US IN THE NEXT STEP…

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