Wisconsin Supper Clubs: An Old Fashioned Experience

Wisconsin Supper Clubs,Second Edition is a book that celebrates the tradition of supper clubs in Wisconsin by featuring stunning photographs and archival materials, as well as regional specialties served at these clubs. It also revisits many of the clubs that starred in the first edition, recording their struggles and triumphs in the years following pandemic shutdowns. The supper club experience is a tradition that emphasizes food made from scratch, slow-paced dining, and family-run businesses, and is hugely popular with Wisconsin locals and foodies alike.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 04 January 2024
Publisher: Surrey Books,U.S.

Wisconsin Supper Clubs, Second Edition is a comprehensive resource for and about supper clubs throughout Wisconsin. It features charming photographs of the unique interiors, proprietors, and customers, as well as fascinating archival materials. The book also records the regional specialties served at these clubs, ranging from popovers and fried pickles in the northern part of the state to Shrimp de Jonghe in the south. One Northwoods supper club even features fry bread, a traditional Native American dish uncommon to most restaurants.

In this updated second edition, supper club guru Ron Faiola revisits many of the clubs that starred in his first edition, recording their struggles and triumphs in the years following widespread pandemic shutdowns. New to this edition are fifteen extra clubs that have entered the scene in the past decade, striving to be a part of this custom that is hugely popular with Wisconsin locals and regularly frequented by all midwestern foodies in the know.

The supper club experience is a tradition embodied by many long-standing restaurants scattered throughout the small towns of Wisconsin. It is based around a bygone idea that going out to dinner should be an experience that lasts an entire evening, emphasizing food made from scratch, slow-paced dining, and family-run businesses. Combine this with stately dark-panel decor, complimentary relish trays, and the best brandy old-fashioned sweet you'll ever have, and you have barely scratched the surface of the Wisconsin supper club's appeal.

Weight: 1232g
Dimension: 286 x 223 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781572843318
Edition number: 2 ed