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Regulating The Underground: Secret Supper Clubs, Pop-Up Restaurants, And The Role Of Law, Sarah Schindler
Regulating The Underground: Secret Supper Clubs, Pop-Up Restaurants, And The Role Of Law, Sarah Schindler
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Instagram pictures of elegantly plated dinners, long farm-style tables, and well-to-do people laughing in what looks like a loft apartment are followed by commenters asking, “Where is this?” This is the world of underground dining. Aspiring and established chefs invite strangers into their homes (or their friends’ stores after hours, or the empty warehouse at the edge of town, or the nearest farm) for a night of food and revelry in exchange for cash. Although decidedly anti-establishment, these secret suppers and pop-up restaurants are popular — there are websites to help people locate them, and many respected publications have penned …