{"id":7892,"date":"2013-10-23T14:03:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T19:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/?p=7892"},"modified":"2013-10-24T21:46:31","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T02:46:31","slug":"shuttering-the-supper-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/shuttering-the-supper-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Shuttering the supper club"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last 7 years, since October of 2006, I’ve been operating an underground dining club<\/a>. I am a small time landlord. I own two two-flats, one on the west side of Madison where I live and the other on the east side of Madison where I rent the upstairs and do the supper club downstairs.<\/p>\n

I think the supper club has run its course. I have a mailing\u00a0 list with just over\u00a0 200 subscribers, plus I post all the meals on facebook to another 150 or so – although of course there is some overlap between the two groups. For the last six months or so, I just have not been getting enough people to sign up. My minimum is six diners, so I’ve had a few small intimate events, but nothing like the sellouts I’ve had in the past. The inaugural dinner back in ’06 was so well-attended that I added a second night. There were 34 people the first night, and 21 the second.<\/p>\n

Every year I’ve celebrated School Woods birthday with some kind of event, either a sit down dinner or a reception with snacks. Here’s the list:<\/p>\n

School Woods opening night<\/a>, October 22, 2006<\/p>\n

School Woods 1st birthday<\/a> (2007)<\/p>\n

School Woods 2nd anniversary harvest feast<\/a> (2008)<\/p>\n

In 2009, I had a potluck cooking contest<\/a>, and awarded the winner two tickets to the Fall Fancy Feast<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2010, I served a lasagna dinner for School Woods 4th birthday<\/a><\/p>\n

School Woods 5th birthday was an open house with appetizers<\/a><\/p>\n

Last year, 2012, it was a dinner<\/a>: filo rolls and kale salad and trifle<\/p>\n

This year, 2013, I posted what sounded like an appealing menu<\/a> to me, but no one signed up<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The plum tarts we ate at School Woods 1st dinner.<\/p><\/div>\n

You can see a capsule history of the dining club at http:\/\/schoolwoods.com\/past-events\/<\/a> I kind of miss it already, but my plan is to start doing smaller, more exclusive events in my own home. Sort of like this<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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