Anyone Interested in Starting an Underground Supper Club in NYC?
Does anyone have an interest in starting an underground supper club here in New York?
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27 Comments:
Only if all the meetings would actually take place UNDER GROUND.
simon at 2:55PM on 08/03/09
If you advertise it on Serious Eats, is it then not "underground" by definition?--it's just a supper club, no? Or, by "underground" do you just mean an unlicensed roving "restaurant" that people hear about by trusted word of mouth? Either way, seems to me that announcing it on Serious Eats or other above-the-board site is not the way to go.
Lorenzo at 3:13PM on 08/03/09
@ simon, @ Lorenzo - I agree
HOWEVER
This sounds like the Seattle Bourdain episode and the group I was so jealous of. Let me know how you'd like to implement this.
avideater at 3:32PM on 08/03/09
I meant, literally, underground, in subway tunnels and the like.
simon at 3:45PM on 08/03/09
Interested!
alainakunin at 3:58PM on 08/03/09
@ FeliciaLovesFood, alainakunin, simon, Lorenzo -
If you're interested, should we set up an email for our small group. One of us, I can volunteer, can provide their email address, you can email me and I will set up an email group of the 2, 3, 4 + of us who are interested and we can go from there, rather than on this public post. Let me know what you think and I'll send my email in my next post to this chain.
avideater at 4:04PM on 08/03/09
NARC!!!
The first rule of Underground Supperclub IS YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT UNDERGROUND SUPPER CLUB.
That being said, I'm in.
SkinnyFatty at 4:12PM on 08/03/09
I have dietary limitations to work around but I'm interested if I can do an occassional feast. Since I don't know any of you, I don't know how red meat happy you are.
meem21 at 4:39PM on 08/03/09
Email me at avideater@gmail.com and we can discuss limitations, size of the group, etc. Since we are still only 7 members we should be able to shape this however we want.
avideater at 4:43PM on 08/03/09
What is the basic concept of something like this?
jmbaron at 5:03PM on 08/03/09
so we are in agreement then - all dinners will happen underground.
simon at 5:06PM on 08/03/09
That is an option that I'd consider. I really enjoyed the concept in the Bourdain No Reservations Pacific Northwest episode. I wish I could locate a good description of it online, but I can't. Basically it was a group with a varied background who met occassionally to eat and present different concepts. They fix an elaborate dinner that everyone contributes to one way or another.
This group could meet at underground restaurants, restaurants in general, etc etc.
I think the main idea is to get a small group together of people in NYC who are interested in exploring the foodie scene here, but in a more "underground" fashion.
Is that correct, FeliciaLoveFood?
avideater at 5:26PM on 08/03/09
Additionally, I think the idea would be to get an small email group (I started one on gmail) outside of seriouseasts to keep this a more exclusive/small/private group. Thoughts?
avideater at 5:27PM on 08/03/09
I found a clip about the segment in Seattle....
"I sent the following e-mail to Tony Bourdain's people:
"Flying under the radar of the authorities...this (underground restaurant) is where Seattle chefs come to play! The clientele is sophisticated foodies who appreciate all the chef's creativity--no worrying about profit margins or what will sell. Two nights a month, this crowd gathers, underground at an undisclosed location, for pure culinary magic! "
avideater at 5:33PM on 08/03/09
Only 7 members? If more are accepted two of us want in!
noshandtell at 9:13PM on 08/03/09
I'm interested -- I don't know what demographic you're looking at, though; you guys are all awesome, you can tell me if you don't want a broke 22-year-old crashing your party, haha.
kfarrel3 at 9:24PM on 08/03/09
Nope, not just 7. At that point only 7 had responded. Feel free to send me an email at avideater@gmail.com and tell me a little about your food taste. The group is still developing and it would be neat to have people with different backgrounds. Look forward to hearing from you.
avideater at 9:28PM on 08/03/09
@FeliciaLovesFood - I hope you're still interested in developing this. After all, you started the post! Shoot me an email. Hope to hear from you soon!
avideater at 9:29PM on 08/03/09
I too might be interested in creating/eating/participating in an underground supper whatever.......
fieryfudge at 11:48PM on 08/03/09
@ fieryfudge - great! email me at avideater@gmail.com to discuss.
So far there haven't been a lot of responses via email and I'd like to get the email group going so please email if you're interested.
avideater at 10:08AM on 08/04/09
Thanks for collecting e-mail responses avideater! Anyone who is interested be sure and email avideater@gmail.com. As far as the specifics, that I think can be discussed once we have formed a group. There is the posibility of the rotating underground restaurant, which is actually fine to throw out there here because no location is being disclosed, or just dinner parties or cooking club, ect. Basically, this is a shoutout to all my fellow food nerds in the NYC. Depending on our collective interests and culinary skill level (I am sure some who responded are more eaters than cookers!) we can create the kind of group we want.
Lets not let this idea die! Email avid and we will set something up asap!
FeliciaLovesFood at 12:24PM on 08/04/09
I'd love to do this. I had a similar group when I was in Chicago, with a range of culinary palettes, tasting the eccentric nuances of the city's varied palette.
By that I mean we tried about 50 deep dish pizzas. I will also add that there is nothing wrong with that.
dfmny at 2:37PM on 08/05/09
@dfmny - is the club in chicago still around? my bro just moved there and he is feeling lonely and hungry.
arathi at 5:00PM on 08/05/09
I would love it if this happened, with weekly dinners or something like that. Keep me informed!
Alex_of_Troy at 10:10AM on 08/06/09
fyi theres already a bunch of clubs similar to this on meetup.com
jerkfaceirl at 1:48PM on 08/07/09
Count me in!
jaroj at 4:42PM on 08/08/09
Sounds interesting I would love to be a part of this!
liljessyboop at 11:51AM on 08/11/09