What Makes Supper Clubs Excellent Places To Dine In

By Ruth Walker


A restaurant that has distinct character came out of the Prohibition Era. These were town diners that were patronized by traveling gangsters who were on the run from the law, and these establishments became a sort of underground railroad for them. They simply came for some good food and drinks, paid in cash, were laconic and did not touch the locals.

Also, they provided these places with enough liquor when times spelt dry counties all over the country. Wisconsin supper clubs started out in this way, but immediately took on the legitimacy of clubs patronized by towsnfolk after liquor prohibition was lifted. They became surefire hits with an edge and a 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 state did have a lot of backcountry roads back then. Some little towns were found on these roads, where farming families decided to live together and have a main street. Taking a break from fighting the law, gangs took breaks in these places, away from central locations where the FBI had offices, places with many escape routes.

The main street salon and restaurant, such as it was in these places, came to take them in with some caution. However, these boys were out for a break, some good food to eat and a drink without toting their tommy guns. Eventually, the innkeepers started dusting off their family recipes to give them something special to remember, even as they brought in quality food items and bonded liquor.

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.

These are places that have a past and it often shows on walls. Photos or mementos are interesting, even as those hard times are not in evidence for actual service. The atmosphere is the opposite of furtive joy, but about good times done quietly and with warmth and excellent service.

The cooking is classic American or Midwestern, with big steaks and complete sides. However, the merchandise has expanded to a great extent. These places will become a favorites for anyone after that first time visit, and thus continues a grand tradition of quiet hospitality that even the most hardbitten gangsters appreciated.




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