What began as a Monday night ‘pirate restaurant’ in a basement apartment in Oakland, CA in early 2004, with three clear goals – to try new things, to build a cool clientele and to
make the world a better place – has since turned into a global movement.
Fast forward to 2010 and The Ghetto Gourmet Dinnerparty Network has become a portal into the world of underground restaurants, speakeasies, supperclubs and other community-based alternatives for dining and entertainment. As a ‘wandering supperclub’, it has produced over 350 community dining events from coast to coast and has now set up regular dinners in LA.
“Any night of the week you can go out to dinner, but this is unique,” explains Jeremy Townsend, founder of Ghetto Gourmet in a recent New York Times interview. “People want to get out of that cookie-cutter experience and have a shared experience that has some meaning and authenticity, and some story behind it.”
The pop-up dining experience brings together local foodies, both amateur and professional chefs and a cast of poets, performers, eccentrics and perfect strangers — all in the name of experiential eating in unpredictable places. If meeting new people, experiencing new types of food and showing two fingers to the regular restaurant scene, then The Ghet is definitely for you.
Until the next LA dinner meeting go and check out the extensive website which offers a great networking function and allows you to join local underground dining groups, post pictures of your own supperclub events and share recipe ideas.
image: Vera Devera
