Welcome in to The Luncheonette - an online third place, for hospitable times and hospitable people. Channeling the days of neighborhood counters with steaming cups, soul nourishing plates and thoughtful conversations. Between home and work, a word filled spot to engage in dialogue, exchange ideas and find a little humor in a sometimes dark world.
From corner bars to Michelin stars I’ve been working in and around restaurants for three decades - and created a Hospitality Hyphenate™️, portfolio career along the way. After owning a wine bar, in one of the greatest food cities, I hit the reset button by working in hospitality technology, and ended up learning the art of strategic partnerships from one of the largest financial institutions in the world. Today, I take those experiences and apply them for the change I want to see for a stronger, creative working class in the hospitality industry.
Who Subscribes?
Restaurant Folks
Creative Folks
Working Class Folks
Small, Independent Business Folks
All kinds of folks, especially women, craving more community in and around the craft and philosophy of hospitality.
Why Become a Subscriber?
Beverage Culture — with a special nod to the growing world of dealcoholized wine. Including Another Round — quarterly recaps on cultural perspectives of the Non-Alc industry.
Hospitality, Reimagined — exploring how every generation of hospitality pros are becoming multi-hyphenates: educators, consultants, creatives, and connectors.
Equity and Access — centering fairness, care, and opportunity in an industry built by creative, working class people.
Behind the Scenes — a peek into the business building of a Hospitality Hyphenate™️ at Aldea Hospitality + Productions.
Paid Subscribers
First access and member pricing to workshops, events, experiences, and the HYP ‘26.
Dealcoholized Wine Database: since 2021, I’ve been taking my award-winning sommelier expertise and applying it to the dealcoholized wine and alternatives category. Paid subscribers get a database of dealc wine + alternatives recommendations, updated quarterly.
Stickers and Stuff: very much a work in progress … however, restaurant folks dig notebooks, markers, and basically anything arts and crafts. My love for such things also extends into stickers, especially referencing the glorious decades of the 80s and 90s - if you’ve been to a concert with me or run into me at one, you’ve likely been a recipient of said stickers. Because energy 🔮 So, I’ll be sending stickers to paid subscribers and referrals as a fun, tangible thank you 😎
A year’s subscription is $60, which works out to about $1.15 a week, there’s also the option of subscribing for $6 per month, and monthly subscriptions can be cancelled at anytime.
Community
Members of this community are expected to treat each other with kindness and respect. All of The Luncheonette posts come from the heart, in an effort to bring healthy discussion to an industry that services the world. Our journey here, with these words on the screen are rooted in welcoming hospitable times, for hospitable people.
We do not tolerate racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist or ageist language and behavior. We also give everyone the grace to learn, and ask the community to do the same for the writers in this space - because we’re all flawed and hopefully doing our best with the capacity available to us. At the same time, The Luncheonette will remove members and comments that are harmful to our community.
Housekeeping
If you are on the fence about a yearly subscription, we recommend choosing the monthly option - as those can be canceled at anytime. We are unable to offer refunds for yearly subscriptions. If you are a hospitality professional or artist looking for organizational or leadership development, but don’t currently have the funds for a paid subscription - reach out to Aldea Hospitality + Productions to chat about scholarship subscriptions or send a direct message through Substack.
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