Three Guys in the Kitchen

It was a great idea the Great Mushnik and Silent bill had the other night -- to try out the Bernal Supper Club, which is nothing but three chefs who cook together on their night off from working in other joints. They have been operating out of a house in Bernal Heights but currently use The Corner on Mission and 18th Streets, on Monday nights only.

A small menu with few choices and really good food. That risotto above was delicious as well as the millet cake with a fried egg down below. You don't see Plottie's split pea soup which was maybe the best of all.

Everything is changing. A chef has to find it difficult to open the doors of a restaurant six or seven nights a week -- not only rent, but all the up-front costs and city permits to deal with. This way, these guys have a paycheck coming in six nights a week and get to do what they love on Mondays.

Apparently, they come in at 11am with the ingredients for the food they're going to cook, then make everything up fresh and serve it out that night. When the food's gone they're gone too.

It was a lot of fun. This will be a new paradigm for sure, around the country. It already is.