Inside the 'Trend-Free' World of Wisconsin's Supper Clubs - Gastro Obscura

Inside the 'Trend-Free' World of Wisconsin's Supper Clubs - Gastro Obscura

Reminds me of the Celebrity Club in Tulsa: "Apart from the food and decor, supper clubs also function differently from typical restaurants. Many are only open for dinner, or 'supper' in Midwestern parlance. They tend to be owned by families, who may even live on the premises. 'You're in their house, basically,' Faiola says. Employees are family members, or stick around long enough to become family. Supper clubs have unusual hours, based on the family's schedule, and tend to be passed from generation to generation. That's the case with Don Petersilka, owner of the Mill Supper Club, an establishment that Faiola says has the 'Holy Trinity' of supper club decor: taxidermy, twinkly lights, and dark wood. 'My grandparents bought the Mill in March of 1963,' Petersilka says, and he bought it from his parents in 1991."