
The Bon Appetit Supper Club and Cafe opens tomorrow for two weeks only at 221 W. 57th Street, between Broadway and 7th Avenue. The supper club, in its second year, is open for lunch on weekdays through October 31st from 11-3pm, and will host private events in the evenings. The website boasts that, in addition to a menu featuring an ecclectic array from renowned chefs, the "select" weekday openings to the public will also include cooking demos, book signings, talkbacks with chefs and sommeliers and special offers and giveaways.
See the detailed schedule of daily events here.
The vast menu of small and reasonably priced eats includes Mario Batali's Empanada with Chorizo, Pancetta, Peppers and Onions ($8), Cat Cora’s Sunday Cheese Steak Sandwich with Provolone Sauce ($9), Charlie Trotter's Curry Braised Chicken and Potato Tart served with Mixed Greens ($9), and Johnny Iuzzini's Cranberry and Vanilla Marshmallows ($3).
The Supper Club dinners are by invitation only.
New York Mag has the scoop on the private events:
Chef Mario Batali hosts a cocktail party and dinner with friends to celebrate the release of SPAIN … A CULINARY ROAD TRIP, the companion book to his and Gwyneth Paltrow’s public television series SPAIN … ON THE ROAD AGAIN. Menu prepared by the renowned Spanish chef Sergi Arola.
The Joyful Heart Foundation Toast Emmy-winning Actor Mariska Hargitay who co-hosts the evening with Celebrity Chef Tyler Florence.
Josh Holdeman, Senior Vice President, Post War and Contemporary Art, Christie’s, Amy Smilovic, Owner/Creative Director, TIBI and Christian Leone host a rare preview of Christie’s Fall Sale of Post War & Contemporary art during a dinner prepared by Chef John Besh & Pastry Chef Francois Payard.
Bon Appétit Editor-in-Chief Barbara Fairchild hosts a cocktail party to celebrate the launch of her second cookbook, The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook.
Valesca Guerrand Hermes, Douglas Hannant, Amy Sacco, Eva Jeanbart Lorenzotti & Frederick Anderson host a benefit for Hale House Center featuring Chef Charlie Trotter.