Underground Supper Clubs

    What is an Underground Supper Club? Why are you so fascinated by the idea? Well here is a little bit of information about them: "An underground restaurant, sometimes known as a super club or closed door restaurant, is an eating establishment operated out of someone's home, generally (though not invariably) bypassing local zoning and health-code regulations. They are, in effect, paying dinner parties. They are usually advertised by word of mouth or guerilla advertising, often on Facebook, and may require references to make a reservation. An underground restaurant is also known as a guestaurant, which is a hybrid between being a guest in a dinner party and a restaurant." - Wikipedia

    I first started hearing about this while reading the book "The Art of Eating In" by Cathy Erway. The book is all about how she decided that she was no longer going to be eating out at restaurants in New York City. It details her journey throughout a two year period of learning how to love her stove and home cooking. Oddly enough she was writing a blog about it, which I am currently blogging about myself. 


    Cathy got to experience a lot of things in the city, things like fregans, or urban farming. All of which I found fun and different but the thing that stuck with me most is the Underground Restaurant scene. I don't know if it is the illegality of it, or just the fantastic idea of being at the reigns of such an idea. 

    This idea is something that has been growing inside me. I know that this is something that I want to do, and make happen successfully. I know that I am going to be in Portland until I finish school in July (plus a two month externship, which I haven't decided where). With that I also know that I am going to end up in the Phoenix area at the culmination of my degree, so I am trying to build a voice for my idea before moving there. On that note, if anyone has any ideas they would like to contribute, please do, I am open to anything.