Post by High Priestess on Nov 28, 2015 15:29:26 GMT
SEe the article here:
www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/S-F-couple-s-elite-supper-club-captures-6660750.php#photo-9028032
"Some of the fastest-growing businesses defy neat categories. Uber is essentially a taxi service that employs no taxi drivers. Airbnb is a hotel firm that owns no hotels. [Excuse me -- I interrupt here with my two cents: no it isn't! Homes are NOT hotels!!]
Jeanne Feldkamp and her husband Dan Diephouse run a restaurant called Hearsay Supper Club that’s not really a restaurant or even a business per se — though there is definitely supper.
“I’m not trying to turn it into a business,” said Feldkamp, 36. “We’re doing something that we really like doing. I thought about ways to expand though: a cookbook, cooking classes. It’s something I’m serious about.”
Every month or so, the couple, who both work in the tech field, host a private dinner for 12 mostly strangers at their home in Dogpatch. [see here for info: Dogpatch is a neighborhood in San Francisco: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogpatch,_San_Francisco ] They develop the menu, prepare the food and select the wine. For $120 per person (mostly to cover costs), guests enjoy a home-cooked six-course meal and a few hours of conversation from a pair of locals well versed in San Francisco’s tech and food culture.
The popularity of the Hearsay Supper Club has also attracted the notice of Airbnb. The vacation rental company is testing a concept tentatively called Journeys, in which people can book a trip to San Francisco filled with tours and events organized by ordinary folks like Feldkamp and Diephouse. The couple has hosted two such Airbnb dinners since August. "We are always experimenting with new ways to create meaningful experiences on Airbnb,” the company said in an e-mail. “We don’t have anything specific to share at this time.”
www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/S-F-couple-s-elite-supper-club-captures-6660750.php#photo-9028032
"Some of the fastest-growing businesses defy neat categories. Uber is essentially a taxi service that employs no taxi drivers. Airbnb is a hotel firm that owns no hotels. [Excuse me -- I interrupt here with my two cents: no it isn't! Homes are NOT hotels!!]
Jeanne Feldkamp and her husband Dan Diephouse run a restaurant called Hearsay Supper Club that’s not really a restaurant or even a business per se — though there is definitely supper.
“I’m not trying to turn it into a business,” said Feldkamp, 36. “We’re doing something that we really like doing. I thought about ways to expand though: a cookbook, cooking classes. It’s something I’m serious about.”
Every month or so, the couple, who both work in the tech field, host a private dinner for 12 mostly strangers at their home in Dogpatch. [see here for info: Dogpatch is a neighborhood in San Francisco: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogpatch,_San_Francisco ] They develop the menu, prepare the food and select the wine. For $120 per person (mostly to cover costs), guests enjoy a home-cooked six-course meal and a few hours of conversation from a pair of locals well versed in San Francisco’s tech and food culture.
The popularity of the Hearsay Supper Club has also attracted the notice of Airbnb. The vacation rental company is testing a concept tentatively called Journeys, in which people can book a trip to San Francisco filled with tours and events organized by ordinary folks like Feldkamp and Diephouse. The couple has hosted two such Airbnb dinners since August. "We are always experimenting with new ways to create meaningful experiences on Airbnb,” the company said in an e-mail. “We don’t have anything specific to share at this time.”