Can you duplicate the supper club experience at home?

The question was recently posed to me by Tribune Company food writer Bill Daley. At first I thought it was a doubtful proposition since supper clubs are so much about destination.

But then I looked at my home tiki bar.

And how the older I get the earlier I have supper.

I reflected on how the best supper club recipes were, in fact, created at home and popularized in family owned supper clubs.

I walked into my kitchen and saw the very cool Pflatzgraff Lazy Susan I recently picked up for $15.75 at the Old Towne Antique Mall in Kewaunee, Wis. en route to a book event at the Sister Bay Bowl in Door County.

Platzgraaff has been making ceramic house wares for 200 years out of York County, Pa..

The Lazy Susan was a staple of the 1960s Midwest supper club scene and my research concluded it is fading away.

But real Lazy Susan freaks should head to Bo Diddley’s hometown of McComb, Ms. and check out the Dinner Bell. You can eat outstanding fried chicken while sitting around a huge Lazy Susan. This place has always been a must stop when I am driving from Chicago to New Orleans for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Here is Bill Daley’ report which appeared in the Baltimore Sun as well as the Chicago Tribune.

So now I think I can pull this off.

I have the home-made recipes (see the recipe category of this website.)

I have several vintage supper club albums for soft background music  (see Supper Club Music)

I already have dim lights because of my tiki bar escapism. Maybe I’ll go buy a Schlitz beer neon sign,

And make me a Brandy Old Fashioned.