The Supper Club restaurant opens in North Naples

Following a series of soft opening nights, The Supper Club opens Nov. 25 in its new North Naples location in the Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt on the northwest corner of Airport-Pulling and Vanderbilt Beach roads.  

The Supper Club, a local chef-driven venue for informal, intimate prix-fixe dining and wine pairings, remodeled the former space of the Tableside American-Romanian restaurant at 2355 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 158. The 2,225-square-foot space also formerly was Alpine Restaurant for more than 10 years and initially was Bajio Mexican Grill. 

The Supper Club’s local dining concept began on Davis Boulevard as a sister restaurant to Old Vines at Mercato in North Naples. The new, significantly larger space will maintain the dinner lounge atmosphere of the concept since it opened nearly three years ago in East Naples. 

“This is a natural evolvement of what we did the last three years on Davis Boulevard in a restaurant about the size of our lounge. So, it really was an incredible experience to see this come to life under the tutelage of Brooke (Kravetz) as our culinary partner and Chef de Cuisine Sophia (Kiasi). This is just a dream come true,” said Wine Director Zach Bingham. 

A partial wall to create a more defined cocktail lounge area near the restaurant’s entrance was added to divide and define the space. In creating a “polished yet playful” dinner lounge atmosphere reminiscent of classic supper clubs from the 1930s and 1940s, the new restaurant features a modern take on vintage elegance with crushed red velvet wallpaper and drapes and high ceilings with crystal chandeliers. 

“We kept the theme the same in terms of the color scheme and the decor from Old Vines and The Supper Club. We just tuned the decor up a little bit; kept it simple in the dining room but added some of those gold/bronze elements. The velvet really pulls it all together,” said Kravetz, who as chef-partner oversees Old Vines and The Supper Club locations. 

In addition to an expanded kitchen and dining space, The Supper Club’s new space allows the restaurant to expand its beverage program with a full liquor license, introducing craft cocktails, along with international wine and beer selections.  

“We were really searching for the right space,” Kravetz said. “We needed a space that we could have a dining room that still felt intimate, so it didn’t lose that original Davis Supper Club feel. So, now instead of 30 seats in the dining room, we’re about 45 but it still feels cozy and intimate.” 

Old Vines Supper Club was created by the partners behind Old Vines Wine Bar in Kennebunk, Maine, where Kravetz was the first chef about 15 years ago. In Naples since then, she was sous chef at Sea Salt, chef de cuisine of Baleen at LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort and general manager of The Cave Bistro & Wine Bar before launching The Supper Club and Old Vines here. 

The Supper Club in North Naples expands on the concept that began on Davis Boulevard. 

“So, on Tuesdays, we’ve expanded a little bit,” Kravetz said. “We’re doing an interactive dining series, so live music one Tuesday, we have a magician that comes one Tuesday, one Tuesday a month is going to be trivia with Zach, so like a fun kind of competitive wine trivia with a four-course meal, and then community night — our give-back community night — four courses for $50, super affordable kind of thing to get everyone sitting together and enjoying.” 

On Wednesday nights, expect a wine dinner, a four-course meal with wine pairings from a certain winery, distributor or a specific theme. Four-course and seven-course tasting menus are offered Thursday through Sunday nights. 

The tasting menus will be rotated and changed every six weeks. The new restaurant launched with a late fall tasting menu with items such as Local Squash Ravioli, Venison Loin, Day Boat Swordfish and Braised Short Rib. 

“So, in four weeks we’ll be going into our early winter menu,” Kravetz said. “We also have vegetarian, vegan and pescatarian menus available, as well.” 

The dining room is reservation only for the special events and tasting menu, Kravetz said. “The patio will be able to be reserved for the tasting menu, if you’d like to sit outside. We’re opening at 3, so from 3 to 5 it will be open for happy hour and bar a la carte, as well.” 

The Supper Club is open daily 3 to 10 p.m. 

“On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, we just have the one event in the dining room, which starts at 6:30. So, our Tuesday interactives and our Wednesday wine dinners start at 6:30 and usually finish about 9. Then, Thursday through Sunday for the tasting menu, we do open reservations for that, so it’s any time you want to make a reservation from 4:30 up until 8:30.” 

The lounge, bar and outside tables will accept walk-ins for a la carte dining. The bar menu has about 15 items, including some of the dishes on the tasting menu with lighter bites and charcuterie, that also will rotate every six to eight weeks. 

While the new location will serve as the primary dining destination, the original location of The Supper Club at 2795 Davis Blvd. will still be open for private or exclusive events, Kravetz said. 

“What’s so lovely about that space is it’s small,” she said. “It’s like 25 to 30 seats. We can fit up to 32 for the right group, but we’re able to do private buyouts at a small minimum because it’s so small.”