In 2017, The Factory Café introduced The Factory Café Supper Club, a new type of dinner series prepared in full by Chef Ray, our café team, and members of our local culinary community. The dinners feature multiple courses with wine and beer pairings, specialty cocktails, and a low-key, unique atmosphere. This year the café team has hosted several Supper Club dinners, each featuring a different type of cuisine.
For Valentine’s Day, guests enjoyed a romantic, Italian-style dinner complete with house-made pastas, meatballs, and tiramisu.
Grass Fed Meatballs with Red Sauce
Fettucine Alfredo
Tiramisu
For March’s Ala-Mex Supper Club dinner, Chef Ray partnered with John Cartwright of Rivertown Coffee. The evening included favorite Mexican dishes with a southern spin (hello, tamales with collard greens).
Sweet Potato Tamale with collard greens, Hominy, Salsa Macha
Tri Tip Colorado with cucumber, radish, bibb, and herbs
Michelada – Modelo, lime, spices
April kicked off the 2018 Friends of the Café Dinner Series with Steven Satterfield and was followed by a French-inspired May Supper Club. Think escargot in herbed butter, steak with pepper sauce on a bed of Swiss chard, cheese platters, and toasted pound cake with strawberries and lemon cream—accompanied by this great playlist (below).
Burgundy snails, butter, and herbs
Bonnie Blue Farm Cheese selection from Waynesboro, Tennessee
Toasted Pound Cake with strawberries, tarragon, and lemon cream
If you missed out on the past Supper Club dinners, The Factory Café has four more scheduled for 2018. Next up is July’s dinner with special wine pairing from Broc Cellars, an urban winery in California that creates natural wines through spontaneous fermentation. Tickets go on sale next week and seating is limited. For more details and to see where you can purchase tickets, visit our Events page or call 256-701-8667 or email events@alabamachanin.com.