\nI mean how do I tell you now about the crazy St. Patrick’s Day party at Le Club or the regular customers who take over my kitchen late night and help me wash dishes and sometimes help me cook and send food? Or the fun patrons who send flowers and wine to the kitchen because they know I’m all by myself and can’t join the rest of the guests. \u00a0Or the private parties for various San Francisco elite including power women like Meg Whitman?<\/p>\n
Gina and I have not updated the website yet, and we both feel that the pictures don’t really give an accurate portrayal at our very special somewhat private club. So let me paint the picture for you…<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nI am having too much fun. Working 16 hours a day feels like a walk in the park. I just don’t know how I got this lucky. Yes, I’m mostly alone as chef, cook, and dishwasher but honestly I am so darned happy just to have my own restaurant.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nI play music in the kitchen and dance around while preparing my mise en place. I take phone calls during the day \u2013 something I haven’t been able to do for at least 6 years. I have a window in the kitchen that allows me to at least glimpse the sun if not feel it. Really, life is good. Friends and neighbors pop in throughout the day to give me a hand or just keep me company.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSo be forewarned, if you come into my kitchen you will be put to work!<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nTo me, Le Club is a rare mixture of San Francisco speakeasy meets Paris Bistro in the 1930’s. It is impossible to walk into the candle lit club and not feel like a character in a colorful cast. It is an intimate environment and a glamourous yet affordable one.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nDorothy Parker would have loved a dirty martini at Le Club and I believe that Hemmingway probably would have written a novel or two here if he knew it existed. Our clientele is eclectic, local, artistic, professional, intelligent, sexy, and often eccentric. We love them for it.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nDespite this crazy mix of artists (including ballet dancers from SF ballet, models, and tight rope walkers) to gifted finance and computer people (including owners of major California hotels and well known computer companies), Le Club has somehow managed to\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0be pretentious. Perhaps it is the private club experience that allows clientele to be themselves, relax and enjoy….<\/p>\n