IT’S TIME TO BREAK THE NORM OR THE EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE. Usually when you and a group of friends go for dinner or a night of dining we tend to see the table clothed, silverware, a la carte or 3 course menu, and your normal waiter coming to your table to serve your every need. We also experience it at the table, booth, or a bar in a typical brick and mortar restaurant. Well things are changing so get on board with these trendsetters who are shaking up a customer’s normal dining experience for one that in itself can be an adventure.

Here are a just a few of interesting dining experiences that can take your time of eating out into an entirely different vibe! Let’s take a quick glance at some that offer a fun trend of eating for us lovers of food and fun!

If you’re in NY you automatically think of Broadway with its lights, glamour, and Tony Award winning musicals. Like any theater goer; you try to eat a nice meal before you see the show that you’ve been dying to see but how about eating in the show as you become a part of the production itself? Well at Queen of The Night it’s the best of both worlds. Audience members are treated to a super fun, creative, outlandish, and delicious show while dining. You’re literally eating in the show! Who wouldn’t want to eat a spectacular curated meal for each show along with a dynamic production? Try it out!

This is what you call a sky-high meal! As a Chicago native, you already know there’s nothing bigger or better than the Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower for us natives). With 103 (1,353 ft) floors of greatness you can’t help but take in the beautiful sights of the city. To kick it up a notch you can eat in the stratosphere of the city with a magnificent view. In fact, if you’re a fan of Chicago style deep dish then you can even dine with a “Pie in the Sky” package for your enjoyment. Obviously, this isn’t the place for the afraid of heights but maybe a good pizza and view can help you shake that fear at the Ledge Dining.

In school we learned of the five senses - Touch, Taste, Feel, Smell, Sight, right? Now, imagine one of those being completely removed during dinner. At Opaque in LA, that’s exactly what they do. You are there for dinner, but your one to two hour dining experienced is completely in the dark. That’s right! Pitch black darkness! It’s a new trend of “dining in the dark” where restaurants, such as Opaque, take the diner into the realm of darkness and to be frank – that’s great! It causes one to focus on what you taste, feel, and smell. Research states that when one sense is removed, the others heighten. Now turn off the lights and enjoy that meal!

Grab your wine glass and empty belly the next time you’re in Northern California and enjoy a scenic train on a nostalgic style of transportation and travel while dinging on multiple courses through the trip. It’s a mixture of vintage, beauty, and luxury mixed into the love for great wine in the beauty of the Napa Valley. It’s a great way to have a classy affair dinner party or even a beautiful date with your loved one. With three kitchens set into this antique train there’s no shortage of quality cuisine. With that being said - get your train ticket and start dining. All aboard!!!

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BLEU: What was your main motivation for this concept? ELO: “My

wife loves fine dining and I love nice cars. So, when we were back in England I can recall our nights going great restaurants for fine dining and would drive my nicest vehicle for that evening. With me being a big car en-thusiast, I would find myself excusing myself from the table in order to check on my vehicle during the course of the dinner. I even told my wife that one day I’m going to make a spot where you can sit right next to your car and enjoy your meal! So, with inspiration from a visit

to the London Motor Muse-um and the location of the art district in Miami that’s where Miami Supercars came into fruition.”

What has been the crowd/consumer re-sponse and interaction thus far?“People love it! It’s a perfect merry of the ‘He and she’ where you have the lover of food and a lover of classic vehicles. In fact, sometimes the lover of the vehicle is a woman. I’ve had one lady who race cars state to me she came to the establish-ment for her love of cars. It’s been an overwhelming response since the opening on February 2016. With six

tables, six dining experienc-es, and only open for meal service on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we have been completely booked!”

What should a visitor ex-pect when dining there?“It’s not a dining experience but an auto experience with food. You come and you re-ceive history of the car that includes how it goes from a vehicle to later becoming a piece of road art. Guests come and meet the chefs that are preparing their meal and talk to the diners on a per-sonal basis. In preparation of the experience, we just don’t leave the cars there to sit and be admired but also to feel the revving of the engines.

It helps to tie in the whole entire experience especially when we are technically an art gallery for vehicles moreso than a restaurant. Even our bar is made of a 1972 Ford C30. Lastly, guests leave with an array of ‘magical tool sets’ that we tailor and provide based on what associate members of the car room donate.

What is the fondest din-ing experience you have ever had and wouldn’t mind replicating there within the parameters of your establishment in some way?“The experience of having a chef cooking in front of you. There’s a great feeling

to be in a situation where you eat what you want to eat by talking directly to the person who will make it for you. I wanted to bring that interaction to the table along with the interaction the guests automatically experience with our vehicles in the room.”

What is one solid fact about MSC that we should know and expect when visiting?“We are a gallery of road art. And by road art we mean anything that is super unique, different, and per-sonable”

Live right and eat well!

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QUEEN OF THE NIGHT - NEW YORK CITY

The Ledge – Chicago

Opaque - Los Angeles

Wine Train Dining - Napa Valley Cars, Class, and Food. No need for me to explain more but instead letthe owner, Elo, discuss what Miami Supercar Rooms is really all about.

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