vendredi 24 février 2017

Why Supper Clubs Are Great Places To Go To

By Ruth Walker


There is a type of restaurant that has interesting beginnings during and after the Prohibition Era. At first, they were establishments that operated on the fly in out of the way places, where the FBI and other federal agencies could not easily catch traveling gangsters. Folks simply accepted them because they paid good hard cash, asked no questions and seldom bothered anyone there.

Also, gangsters brought with them good liquor and this was something no one else had in abundance in decent places. Wisconsin supper clubs were founded from this kind of history, but they quickly became popular with many folks after prohibition. Their legitimacy was unquestioned since they took no part in gangster history.

Nowadays, this kind of club is a genteel place for the good folks of a town to gather and have good food and beverages. The standard is for fine dining, and all kinds of new advances in cuisine, styles and technology that have come to pass. The club of this sort is always current to all trends.

Wisconsin used to have lots of empty country crossed by backroads. Hamlets grew here and there, where homesteaders had enough numbers to put up homes and a main street. The gangsters who fought the law started taking pit stops in places that the Feds knew nothing about and had lots of exits and escape routes or hideouts when needed.

Main streets had only one place to eat or maybe drink, anything was shared in these salons, and they took in gangsters with a leery eye. But they were diplomatic and friendly, wanting only to eat, drink and rest without their guns out. In time, the owners and families started to open up so they would come back, again because they paid well and also brough great stuff like cheese and whiskey.

Supper clubs are progressive, and have a great spirit of warmth and camaraderie and quiet, with good food and drinks. Their keep in character so that they are often found outside city boundaries, where highways are quiet and air more rural. However, the highways themselves are the best access that connects them to cities.

The state therefore has its own excellent version of out of the way clubs with an aura. These are not exclusive, but operate more like starred places on the Michelin book on the suburbs of Paris. They are actually very legit, and have nothing of the spirit left from those times when gangsters where their main source of income.

However, there can be some mementos from that era on the walls. These are nods to an earlier, harder time, but these are nowhere found in actual practice or services. In fact, the atmosphere today is the exact opposite of furtive enjoyment, but is more open but certainly somewhat reserved but not at all unfriendly.

The tastes here are American or Midwestern, classic portions of steak, with excellent sides. But then, the owners are worldly enough and feature many kinds of entrees. These are diners that become instant favorites with first timers, and the tradition of quiet welcome continues, a thing that gangs from yesteryear appreciated in their own way.




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