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MARCH 2011: CorkBar This month the DTLA Supper Club explored a wonderful hidden gem of downtown, Cork Bar on 12th and Grand. We worked out a fabulous family style menu that included 3 courses plus dessert and a glass of 1 of their exclusive wines.

First Course - White Bean Puree Topped with seasonal herbs and truffle oil

- Cheese Board Aged Gouda (Vintage - Holland), Manchego (Merco- Spain), Blue (Maytag - Iowa) - Cheddar Cheese Gougeres Farmhouse cheddar in a delectable puffy bun Second Course - Mac & Cheese Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Roasted pasilla chiles. - Mixed Greens Salad In an original CorkBar dressing Third Course - Farmer's Market Veggie Sandwich Roasted eggplant, peppers, cucumbers, spinach, red onion & on olive toast - Banh-mi Sliders *** NEW spring menu item*** Dessert - Chocolate Boards John Kelly chocolates topped w Sea Salts and Fresh Strawberries

Wine: Red: Genuine Risk Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Ynez Valley, 2006 White: Stags Leap Viognier, Napa Valley, 2009

About Cork Bar: Celebrating 2 successful years in DTLA, Corkbar is a California wine country inspired restaurant. Casual environment, large selection of exclusive wines and artisanal beers, and food menu is always farmers market fresh. http://www.corkbar.com/ Special Thanks to Shannon Davis, Garry Muir, Natalie van Waardenburg, Matthew Eldredge of CorkBar for hosting us!

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DTLA Supper Club chooses CorkBar for March ........ BUT WHY? Before we upload our pictures from our March dinner, we want to discuss the reason why we chose CorkBar as a venue for the DTLA Supper Club...

Our Experience: Upon arriving to CorkBar, we really enjoyed the intimate yet casual environment. The lighting was dimmed to a romantic setting which set well against the wood interior.

We were greeted by Shannon Davis, super sweet and had wonderful menu and drink suggestions. She sat us a great table, overlooking the outside patio which has a lovely fire pit.... We picked an incredible rare to find bottle of wine, "The Prisoner" from Napa Valley which went great with all of our dishes. For a soft wine, the finish was long with the perfect balance of dryness and fruit. Highly Advisable...

We were a party of 4 and we wanted to sample everything family style. Shannon was able to suggest some popular dishes for us to share... Everything was delicious, the standout dishes were: The Cheese & Cured Meat Boards, The Grilled Cheese, The Burger, and the Jalapeno Infused Mac N Cheese... For Dessert we all shared a Chocolate board which featured truffles, hazelnut, caramel - topped with sea salts and complimented with fresh strawberries...

After having such a wonderful experience, The CorkBar was definitely a high contender on our list for our next DTLA Supper Club... We shopped the idea around to our close DTLA Supper Club Friends and most had never been which prompted us to host our next monthly dinner there. We just couldn't keep this hidden gem all to ourselves...