11/8 UPDATE: THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT !!!!……sorry!
“I have a feeling this is going to be just delicious.”
Just like everyone is Irish when St. Patty’s Day rolls around, everybody’s Italian when it comes to watching MOONSTRUCK (1989), no matter if it’s written by an Irish American, directed by a Canadian Jew, and stars the world’s most famous Armenian-Native American.
Loretta Castorini Clark (Cher in her Oscar-winning role) is not a lucky woman, it seems. Widowed by a freak bus accident, she wiles away her thirties as a self-employed accountant who lives with her aging family under the skyscrapers of New York City. Just as she readies herself for a loveless marriage with the sweet-but-simple Johnny Cammarini (Danny Aiello), love strikes in the form of Johnny’s bitter brother Ronny (Nicolas Cage). Can Loretta do the right thing, even if she doesn’t quite know what that is?
MOONSTRUCK is a comedy that works in serious themes, like death, infidelity, faith, hopelessness, and of course food, making it the perfect film for a night with the Tenacious Eats chefs and their Movies for Foodies series. MOONSTRUCK is the latest movie to watch while eating and the event happens next Tuesday, November 12th This is a one-of-a-kind event where food is prepared and plated in front of you, in the form of a 5-course gourmet meal, while you watch a film on the big screen. Tenacious Eats only works with locally produced food procured by them and hard-to-find ingredients imported from places that specialize in them. For each new film, the folks at Tenacious Eats write a new menu specific to that movie’s story. Sometimes the menu is literal and sometimes it is inspired interpretation. In all cases, each dining experience is different because each film is different. By integrating film and food, Movies for Foodies creates an original experience, a feast for the senses, an event that brings food and film, chefs and diners together.
The location is Meyer’s Grove at 4510 Manchester in St. Louis. The doors open at 6pm, and MOONSTRUCK begins at 8pm.
And here is the menu:
First Course: “ Kiss My Aspirations” – Manicotti in white cream sauce, spicy Italian sausage, spinach, ricotta, mozzarella, and mascarpone.
Second Course: “Chow Bella” – Farm Fresh camel eye, house-made Italian bread, roasted red pepper, and coffee Red-eye sauce.
Third Course: “You’ll eat this one bloody, it’ll feed your blood!” – Beef Tenderloin Filet, House-made fettuccini, J&B whiskey butter sauce.
– Intermission-
Fourth Course: “Minestrone, Moonlight, and Martinis” – Minestrone, local fresh veggies, pomodoro tomato broth, and parmesan reggiano and mozzarella.
Fifth Course: “Alla Famiglia! Ti Amo!” – Champagne Zabaglione, raspberry compote, oatmeal and dark chocolate biscotti.
The screening of MOONSTRUCK will feature not only this five course meal, but a five cocktails as well, and will be preceded by an hour of Super-8 Movie Madness and Pre-show music by hot gypsy jazz duo, COCO RICO!!! All tickets are $55.00 per person. Reservations highly recommended. Seating is limited. Surrounded by sounds, smells, sight and passion, a Movie for Foodies dinner is the immediate gratification of the senses.
Tenacious Eats site can be found HERE
The Facebook invite for this event can be found HERE
https://www.facebook.com/events/519062014845471/
