Omnivore Atlanta

Tonight is $3 slider night at the Shed on Glenwood. Among this evening’s flavors is one made with pulled pork from Community Q, a new barbecue joint in Decatur. I’ve heard lots of positive buzz about Q, but haven’t made it yet…

Pizzeria Vesuvius, new on Edgewood, will host a “soft opening” tonight and be officially open Friday. Follow the new restaurant on Twitter, @PizzaVesuvius….

Speaking of Twitter, you can follow me there, @CliffBostock, but I use Facebook far more often. You can friend me there, also by my name….

I’m also hearing lots of positive buzz about the new cajun spot, Cafe Nouvelle, from downtown lunchers. It’s located across the street from Ted’s Montana Grill on Luckie Street..

I took my friend the professor, Lee Orr, to La Pietra Cucina Tuesday and he loved it. The restaurant has hired a new general manager, Chris Martha, who was the manager of Spice and was with Fifth Group Restaurants since the group’s opening of South City Kitchen….

The Big Gay Supper Club meets for dinner next at Waterhaven on Dec. 8….

Mark Petko has some great pictures of the Iberian Pig on his website, Sponfed Atlanta….Broderick Smylie of Savory Exposure is featuring pictures of some San Francisco venues…

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The Big Gay Supper Club meets tomorrow night, Tuesday, at One Midtown Kitchen. Cocktails will be served at 7 p.m. and a four-course dinner will follow at 8 p.m. Cost is $35 (not including cocktails or tips).

This is a great way to sample the restaurant’s menu, since the family-style service allows tastes of many dishes. Check it out.

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The Big Gay Supper Club will hold it’s monthly brunch at 12:30 p.m. Sat., Aug. 22, at the Lobby at Twelve. The club’s next regular dinner will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at Agave. Tickets are $20 for the three-course brunch and $35 for the four-course dinner.

Meals are served family-style, so participants get a broad sampling of the restaurant’s fare. You can see the full menus for both meals and buy tickets on the social club’s website.

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After a year’s hiatus, the Big Gay Supper Club is resuming its monthly dinners. The next will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at the Spice Market at the W Midtown (188 14th St.) Consult the club’s website for more information.

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Here’s a cool way to try out Beleza and Cuerno, Riccardo Ullio’s new Midtown restaurants, without breaking the bank. There’s just one stipulation besides the $35 charge. You need to be gay. I bet you can do that for a few hours. I’ve seen it done.

The Big Gay Supper Club convenes at Beleza at 7 p.m. March 11. For more information and to make a reservation, call 404-668-5649. The monthly dining club’s website is here.

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The Big Gay Supper Club will hold its fifth anniversary dinner at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at (the recently remodeled) Floataway Cafe. Cost for the four-course meal is $35.

The club was founded by Rande Head and Matt Ruppert, longtime friends who wanted to provide Atlanta gay men and lesbians an opportunity to socialize outside the bars. Says their website:

The Big Gay Supper Club is a social dining club that meets every month in Atlanta’s best restaurants. Our mission is to provide the Atlanta gay community with a more civilized and elegant activity that gay men and women can enjoy outside the club and bar scene.

Every month, between one and two-hundred gay men and women join us for a four-course meal at a restaurant in Midtown or Downtown. The price per head remains fixed at $35, excluding alcohol, tax, and gratuity. The tables in these restaurants are usually arranged in long rows so as to encourage a communal style of dining and interaction. Joining us each night is our resident mistress of ceremonies, our drag entertainer, Jason Jupiter, who delivers a brief skit to break the ice and commence the evening.

Our guests find different reasons for attending the BGSC each month. For some, it’s an alternative to the club and bar scene, an escape from the social monotony. Others use our events as a way to finally try a restaurant they’ve been meaning to try, or revisit one of their favorite restaurants on our itinerary. Some guests come because they’d like to meet new people and establish friendships or even more intimate relationships. Still others find the BGSC to be the perfect way to network in the gay community. Whatever the reason, the Big Gay Supper Club has catered to thousands of gay Atlantans in over 40 restaurants, and we continue to grow.

Past venues we’ve visted [sic] have included Sotto Sotto, the Food Studio, Agave, BED, City Grill, Nakato, Taverna Plaka, Joel, Wisteria, Toast, Spice, Cherry, Sala, and Two Urban Licks.

To make reservations for the Floataway meal, visit the club’s website here.

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