IF YOU GO• What: Washington Supper Club• When: 7 p.m. Saturday• Where: Mount Vernon Restaurant, 3535 Broad St.• Tickets: $35 for five-course meal• For tickets or information: washingtonsupperclub.squarespace.com
Hannah Messinger has joined the family business at Mount Vernon Restaurant. She has developed a monthly supper club that will start this Saturday night.The fourth generation has joined the family business at Mount Vernon Restaurant, and Hannah Messinger is making her presence known with a new event that launches Saturday.
The 27-year-old is hosting the inaugural Washington Supper Club, a five-course dinner featuring meat and produce from regional suppliers. The daughter of Mount Vernon owners Jeff and Cindy Messinger, she plans to hold a supper club on the last Saturday of each month.
“Some of my favorite dishes from our first menu are steak and frites with sorghum aioli and buttermilk layer cake with whiskey frosting,” she describes. “Saturday we’ll be using (products from) Cruz Farm Dairy in Knoxville, Porter Road Butcher in Nashville and Niedlov’s Breadworks in Chattanooga.
“The point of the dinners is to be a place for locals to come and meet one another, learn about and support Tennessee products.”