Bite Club 2.0

Back in 2010, my friends who live near Rockford complained to me they had little choice in cuisine by them. So I started Bite Club so that every month we could try somewhere we had never been to. We had everything from Bulgarian, Hawaiian, Peruvian, Polish, to differing American cuisines like Creole and Southern.

Now at the beginning of 2024, due to a sick friend, I met with a bunch of my friends downtown for a nice dinner and I mentioned how nice it was to have an adult meal with adult conversations. Covid, life, lack of social groups (at least for me!) have made me decide to try once again to restart my foodie passion with the recreation of Bite Club…2.0! 

The basic idea of Bite Club is we meet monthly and have a great meal and a good time.  At the end of the meal we take all the restaurant suggestions members have made and we vote on where and when we want to go next month.  That’s it!  Sometimes we do things afterwards, we almost always go for dessert unless we decide dessert is better at the place we are currently at! 
Although this is a very fun and loose group, please know there are a few basic rules you must follow to be part of this group.  I learned a lot from Bite Club 1.0 and I want to try to avoid any repeating of those mistakes.

Rules of Bite Club 2.0. 

  1. You must pay for what you order (including tax and minimum 20% tip. If tip is already included that may differ).  If you leave early, you must settle up with me before you leave.  I have an excel sheet that will easily calculate your portion of the bill for you. As my group grew, it got harder to keep track and I’ve been stuck paying extra, so I will calculate the bill for everyone as it’s easier and quicker!
  2. There is no obligation to attend, no fees, no initiations.  We’re all friends and I understand that life sometimes gets in the way. 
  3. Bite Club is a safe space where all opinions and views are accepted.  We are all adults and we want to have engaging conversations, but we also need to respect each others views.  I don’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable and any aggression or unwanted conversations will not be tolerated.
  4. Hopefully this won’t happen with a simple monthly dinner but if there’s any sort of disagreement I will do my best to be impartial but understand I will do what I needs to in the best interest of the group.  I have watched many groups crumble because people running the groups ignored problems until it killed the group.

Thanks for your interest and I look forward to meeting some of you for the first time and re-connecting with others! Please sign up below and you will be sent an invite to join the Bite Club 2.0 Facebook Group.