HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012 Sep 03 - Email from Frank Tammaro to A.Arnault, Bldg.Insp. � . ;
From: F]TL@Comcast.net [mailto:FJ72@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 12:16 PM
To: Arnault, Andrew
Subject: Answer to question
Mr. Amault,
Your questions about me, and Frank's Cucina are easy to answer. I started cooking 40 yeazs ago
and all my friends kept on telling me over the past 20 yeazs to open a restaurant and I said no I
don't want the hassle.
Last year I found out about private Dinning Clubs/Supper Clubs and that appealed to me. So I
checked with some previous boazd members of the town and there was no requirement for them.
Under advise I took a Serve-save course to make sure I would handle food correctly and then I
started.
The premise is simple, I make a menu, estunate the cost of making the meal, and place the cost
on my blog. Then I notify my friends that the menu ar menus are posted and if anyone wants to
attend they register thru the blog. They show up and we have dinner.
I have cut&pasted this information from my blog below for you:
Not your ordinary Italian dining experience. Enjoy Fine Authentic Italian dining in an
elegant unique dining atmosphere—We welcome our friends to enjoy Frank's Cucina
Italian dining at its best on Cape a Cod
Each dinner is a unique experiences unto itself, featuring usually 6 courses with time ranging 3 to 4 hours
and stay as long as you like. Don't be afraid of coming on your own, so grab your wine and join us.
Our menu changes daily. A unique way of enjoying Fine Italian Cuisine. You are being invited to a dinner
party in our home, which is a beautifully restored circa 1800 Cape; dinner is in an informal atmosphere at
a large communal table and the environment relaxing. The food is authentic, with creative flavors that will
open your senses into a different world and a singular unique dining experience that you are sure to
remember.
Franks Cucina supper club brings the authentic Italian food to the table, learned from cooking (30 years)
and working with my Italian family, my mother, grandmother, and my mother-in-law all in the family
kitchen. You will dine uniquely in an old world New England home atmosphere with authentic Italian
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cuisine. Prior to dinner you can stroll around inside, watch the cook, sit in front of a fire or stroll outside or
sit in the gardens (summer meals will be served outside weather permitting and if desired).
Every meal is prepared with layering of flavors, which enhance every dish. All is made with a careful
selection of the best locally fresh organically grown vegetables as well as from our gardens and locally
caught fish and from purveyors of other meat products. While working only with the best Italian
ingredients available, making your food delicious while being lovingly prepared.
A question was asked of Gualtiero Marchesi(Known as the 1st Chef of/talyJ, What don't you like about
gourmet�estaurants? When / was young, and my family owned fhe�esfaurant Albergo Mercato, l didn?
like the fact that people came to eat. /fhought, "Now that we have everything ready, we should c%se the
doors and eat it ourselves.' Why didn't/like it?People would insult you whi/e they ate. Dining wasn't a
sacred act, as it had always been fo�me...
"Today, /understand�is.�qain/hope to pass this a/o�to you.'
If you enjoy fine /ta/ian dining. Please subscribe to our email list we will keep you updated about
upcoming dinner events, specials, and some great recipes from our kitchen and other tid bits.
Fino a che non p�anziamo
?JnS/we dine'
Frank Tammaro
Your Personal Chef
Reservations page
We welcome our friends to enjoy Frank's Cucina, a unique way of enjoying lta/ian Cuisine. Dinner is in an
informal atmosphere there is a communal table that seats many people, unless we are dinning outside.
Don't be afraid of coming on your own, we welcome single guests and everyone is very friendly, so grab
your wine and join us. We accept reservations for the evening, up to the previous Wednesday, before the
dinner. Ail reservations are handled online and are not complete until you receive a confirtnation email.
Each dinner has a suggested donation; please make your reservation using the form below.
What we request. That you arrive between 6:15 and 630 p.m. so that we can start at 6:45. We and your
feilow guests, appreciate your punctually.
We suggest a minimum donation of(What is on the menu, see menus)to cover costs of ingredients and
helping hands. This includes a 2 out of 3 (appetizer, salad or soup), pasta or risotto, enhee and dessert,
wffee or tea and sparking water. Should you desire wine, we encourage you to bring a bottle.
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Sincerely,
Frank Tammaro