The New Orleans Eat Club Dinners

About The Eat Club
You're welcome to our dinners! Click here for more about them and how they work.

Check On Your Reservations Below
Updated August 30

Below is the only official list of who is confirmed for which dinners. Allow 24 hours after you send your reservation to give me time to post it. If you're on the list, we look forward to seeing you. If not, please contact me again here. I will still send an e-mail to you as soon as I can after you reserve.

If you need to cancel, please let me know no less than two days before the dinner. Please understand that I sometimes have to pay for no-shows out of my own pocket.

Impastato's--Sept. 1

Cerise 2
Ellis 2
Roscher 4
LaNasa 2
Lodriguss 3
Vincent 3
Thibodeaux 4
Sue H 2
Woitha 2
Nichols 4
Daussat 2
Tanet 2
Schneider 2
Davidson 2
Hall 1
Zander 2
Celino 2
Sauviac 2
Cornette 2
Thornton 2
Eirich 2
Henderson 2
Borey 2
Schellhaas 1
Horaist 2
Burdett 2
Girard 2
Giancola 2

A Summer Evening In Taormina--Almost

Impastato's
Wednesday, September 1, 7 p.m.
Metairie: 3400 16th, behind the Morning Call.
$75 per person, inclusive of tax, tip, and wines

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Bread

APPETIZERS
Marinated Crab Fingers, Shrimp Scampi And The Like
Wine: Joel Gott Sauvignon Blanc

PASTA
Seafood Pasta
Paper-thin, homemade noodles with crabmeat and shrimp in a sauce of cream, butter, and Parmesan cheese

INSALATA
Romaine And Tomato Salad
With the house Italian dressing
Wine: Joel Gott Riesling

ENTREES
Fresh Gulf Fish Marcello
Whatever comes in that day (Joe buys great fish!), with artichokes and mushrooms with lemon butter and sherry sauce. (My own favorite dish here.)
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Soft Shell Crab Peyton
Fried soft-shell crabs with crabmeat, shrimp, mushroom, and artichoke.
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Pecan Smoked Filet Mignon
A substantial slice of filet of beef, smoked in house.
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Veal Marianna
Baby white veal medallions with Marsala wine sauce.
Wines: Joel Gott Chardonnay or 815 Cabernet Sauvignon

DESSERTS
All The Desserts in the House
They'll bring them to the table, and you pick the one (or two) you like.
Wine: Terra d'Oro Zinfandel Port

Wines will be paired with all courses. Roy Picou will be vocalizing in the bar; I will join him after the dinner.

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About The Eat Club
Eat Club events are open to everyone! Singles are as welcome as couples. Don't worry about being among strangers. About a third of the people at every dinner are first-timers, too, and you'll make friends with the others at your table quickly. Our dinners are convivial and unpretentious. We don't give speeches or long diatribes about the food or wines (just a little at the beginning). Just good food and wine.

The host is me--Tom Fitzmorris, host of The Food Show on 1350 AM radio, and the publisher of the New Orleans Menu Daily. I move around from table to table all night long so I can tell the same jokes over and over again. I hold these dinners as a service to diners and restaurateurs. The entire payment for the dinner goes to the restaurant--I get no part of it. I'm there for the fun and camaraderie.

Reservations Essential!
Once you're reasonably sure you'll be there. We usually sell out, so reserve early. If you need to cancel, please let me know no less than two days before the dinner. Please understand that I sometimes have to pay for no-shows out of my own pocket.

Unless otherwise noted, the prices include the complete dinner, tax, tip, and wine, but not cocktails. Cash will get you out faster, but credit cards are okay. At some dinners, we collect at the beginning just to speed things up at the end. Smoking is not permitted at Eat Club dinners.

First-Timers
If you've never been to one of our dinners before and are hesitant, please give it a try! You'll find a very sociable bunch of people, many of whom will also be first-timers. Singles (some of whom are married to too-busy spouses) are also always with us. We sit together at big tables, and share easy conversation as well as the wine and food. No gourmet pretensions or speeches; we're primarily interested in eating well and having a fun evening. The chefs and wine distributors give us unusually good work at attractive prices.

Non-Drinkers Discount
There isn't one. The wines are usually provided by a wine distributor or wholesaler, and we don't pay much (or anything) for them. But if you'd rather drink iced tea, go ahead! You won't be the only one.

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