Welcome to the beta site for rogueApron, Atlanta's independent speakeasy & supperclub. Partnered with East Atlanta Brewery, rogueApron brings it; food that's been cooked with love, for people who are soon to be your friends, in a relaxed atmosphere where your drunken sated contentment is our only goal.
If you’ve navigated over to our site from Daily Candy, welcome! Here are some links to help orient you to rogueApron. Thanks for visiting!
What’s rogueApron?
rogueApron is Atlanta’s underground supperclub - part of the growing social dining (or “underground restaurant”) movement in the United States. Food-loving folks join us in private homes for delicious meals with strangers who shortly become friends. We are happily unpretentious. All meals are vegan and vegetarian friendly, and we can cater to special dietary needs, if given enough information.
How does it work?
When a new event is announced, we email our mailing list with menu details and an approximate location (e.g. Inman Park or East Atlanta). Folks who make a formal RSVP will be contacted to confirm their reservation, and will receive the address of the event. We suggest donations to cover foodcosts. (More on Events.)
Thanks to all who came out to our June 21st Roll Your Own Sushi Party. We loved getting a chance to roll up our sleeves with our rogueApron regulars - crafting a concoction of veggie-friendly rolls and pickling ourselves with delightful infused sakes. Molly blogged the event here!
An array of prepped fruits, vegges, herbs, fish, tofu and egg for rolling. Jess made it all look so awesome! Tablewares from her funky boutique Urban Cottage in Virginia Highlands (next to Aurora Coffee).
And more thanks: to our gracious host, Drea James, Andrea for her help prepping, and all our rogue regulars for continuing to support our mission of social dining!
If you’d like to get involved - either as a host, or an event volunteer send us an email!
You talk and we listen - just as many of you are as wild about food as we are! So why on earth should we have all the fun?
Our June 21st event is a Roll Your Own … sushi party, of course. Brace your wrists for an evening learning how to craft delicate vegetarian sushi favorites like roasted garlic, chive and granny smith apple. We’ll divide our guests into teams, and pit them against each other in a friendly competition to come up with the best roll … with lots of guidance, hot hors d’oeuvres, and plenty of delicious infused sakes.
Menu
A generous selection of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and a smattering of fresh fish, all prepped and ready for you to roll into your own sushi creations. (Don’t worry - we’ll be on hand to teach you the trade, and offer suggestions on tasty combinations.)
Hors d’oeuveres will include peanut satays, edamame, and other treats.
Drinks and such
Delicious infused sakes will catch you off your guard, and we’ll have a selection of other favorites to infuse your senses.
Tablewares
We’re very excited to announce a partnership with our friends at Urban Cottage, Virginia Highland’s super-cute-and-not-snotty eclectic boutique. In concert with local artist Carla Kaiser, Urban Cottage will be outfitting rogueApron tables with gorgeous tablewares and linens - with a small selection of goodies available for your summer gift-giving.
Dates and Reservations
Join us Saturday, June 21 for an intimate evening in an Old Fourth Ward loft. Make your reservation soon - this is a 20-person event that will sell out quickly. Event on Facebook.
Due to the high cost of sushi-quality fish, we are asking attendees for a $40 donation.
Ah, summer … we can’t wait! June brings us sushi and a big Texas-style BBQ!
As you guys know, we’re constantly looking to improve the rogueApron experience. A couple of you had emailed us - “Hey, how do I know if my reservation went through or not?” - and so when we stumbled on the reservations software Eventbrite.com, we were super excited.
From now on, reservations for rogueApron events can be made on our Eventbrite site, rogueApron.eventbrite.com. This system makes it a lot easier for us to track our reservations - how many vegetarians, how many meat-lovers, how many vegans - without a lot of cutting and pasting and spreadsheet work.
And the system hopefully makes it easier for you guys by generating a pretty RSVP email that you can save to let you know that, yes, your RSVP did go through!
OK, so you can call us nerds.
Let me know if you have any questions about the new way to RSVP!
It’s been a few days, but I still have a smile on my face - our Coconut Island Extravaganza was such a smashing success thanks to your support!
It was really inspirational to see so many great folks come together to help us put together a social dining experience. In just under a few hours, we went from an empty backyard to a full-fledged party - it was really magical to watch.
Many thanks go out to Scott for the tent canopy, Mass for the tables, Molly and Casey for being greeters, Molly and Broderick for taking awesome pictures, Kristin for being her usual super-helpful self, CarlaKaiser.com for doing our signage, the Powe boys for helping with setup, Carrington for donating wine, Russ for sourcing our music, and Jenn and Eddie for doing such a bombass job helping us clean up.
As always, much appreciation to East Atlanta Brewery for partnering with us - I’m still thinking of their delicious Nutmeg Witber and the Roasted Coconut Porter.
And on a final note - thanks to all of you who came out and supported rogueApron - we really couldn’t do any of it without you. Please sign our guestbook and let us know what you thought!
Atlanta - we’ve had enough with snow flurries. We’re thinking spring - imagining sandy beaches, sunshine, tangy fresh fruit. Sounds good, doesn’t it?
So while the details of our next event are still shaping up, East Atlanta Brewery is brewing a Coconut Porter, and we’re thinking about marinating a hangar steak in it. Possibly topped with jerk shrimp? Coconut and jerk marinated tofu kebabs? How about a warm weather backyard picnic? Maybe … April 28th?
EAB Coconut Porter Marinated Hangar Steak, with grilled pineapple and jerk shrimp or Jerk & Coconut Tofu Skewers with Island Vegetables
Chilled Orzo Salad
Tostones
Frozen Pineapple Coconut Truffles … and a few other things we’re still working on …
Event Info
7:30-11pm, Monday, April 28, 2008
Suggested donation: $20 all-inclusive
Island attire is encouraged.
We’re considering a BYOChair for this event, in a sloping, grassy Inman Park backyard.
We email our registered attendees a few days before the event to confirm their reservation. You’ll next receive an email with what to expect, and a final email with the location, parking information and a map. UPDATE, April 25, 2008: We’re OK with a spot to have the event. w00t.
So, we’ve completely recovered from our first rogueApron event and its tornado cousin. We thought the event went smashingly, and we’ve already moved into planning our April event, Coconut Island. We’re making a few changes - like adding official dishwashers, and instituting a more inclusive cover charge so we don’t lose money next time around.
If you had the chance to join us for the event, please sign our guestbook!
Irish Soda Whiskey Bread with butter, empty shots of Irish Cream Whiskey
I made a YouTubes! Here’s a super-not-great-at-making-videos-video-recipe of our Homemade Irish Cream Whiskey from the St. Paddy’s Day Party. (I will attempt to shoot better video of myself making food in the future. And, er, sorry some of those text bits are so fast.)
[Our 'video' is on Vimeo too, ifn you like, but wordpress.com is not down with the vimeo embeds.]
UPDATE: Due to the Atlanta tornado (I know, what are the odds?), our event has been moved to Monday, March 17.
East Atlanta’s independent supperclub debuts with an informal Irish gathering. Our St. Paddy’s Day Feast is intended to help us raise some seed capital for future events. As such, enjoy your succulent corned beef on a paper plate, knowing that your contribution will help us bring your next meal to you on a real plate. Maybe even with silverware.
Menu
Our menu is subject to change, pending ingredient availability
Irish Corned Beef, aged 8 days in East Atlanta Brewery’s homemade porter
Boiled & Beautiful Cabbage, Potatoes & Carrots
Irish Soda Bread
Porter Chocolate Puddin Shots
An East Atlanta Brewery Irish Red will be available, along with a homemade Irish cream whiskey (think Bailey’s), Jameson, and Guinness.
Suggested donation: $10 full meal • $5 veggie
One beverage included with your meal donation; additional beverages available for a small donation. Cash donations only
Event
Saturday, March 17, 2008 at an undisclosed location. Booze information tk. Event info on Facebook.
Reservations
Click here to make your reservation. Location details will be emailed to registered guests 24 hours prior to the event. Cash donations accepted at the event.
Mailing List
Can’t make it this time around? No worries, sign up for our mailing list or add our RSS feed and we’ll let you know about our next event.
[Corned Beef image courtesy Flickr user OldUncleMedia]
Whew! It’s been a whirlwind month for rogueApron. This idea has been floating ever since I met the founders of New York’s Whisk & Ladle over a year ago in Lisbon.
Fast forward a year later, back in Atlanta. I’ve met Lord Apron and the goodfellas behind East Atlanta Brewery.
We’ve done a few test runs of rogueApron — notably our Asian-themed taco extravaganza in December, and now we’re ready to launch.
Our debut effort will be our St. Paddy’s Day Feast - an informal Irish-style gathering to help us raise seed capital for future events. The initial response from folks has been overwhelming - thanks to everyone who has added us as a friend on various websites!
We really look forward to joining Atlanta’s independent food community. Thanks for welcoming us!
