Jack's Lounge expands, adds full Equus menu

[Robin Garr]

Jack’s Lounge has expanded, adding 50 seats including oversized leather sofas and bistro tables, and it will now offer the full menu from its partner restaurant Equus next door, supplanting the Equus appetizer list that has been available in the past, thus turning the lounge into a sort of "Equus lite" with the same fare in a more casual atmosphere.

Chef/owner Dean Corbett, who runs Jack's, Equus and Corbett's An American Place, said he took advantage of space that had been used as a private dining room.

Jack's is also available as a waiting area for Equus, and the expansion offers will over additional capacity for this use.

That is so great to hear. I love Jack's. What nights do they have the live music?

I wanted to clarify a few things regarding our recent expansion,first and foremost Equus is OPEN and going strong, I have no intention of changing that any time soon.
Secondly, the Jack's expansion was to enable us some flexibility that we were lacking with the current setup, as I saw recently quoted in the forum "the operator must be willing to adapt or change" to survive and fluorish, this expansion of Jack's gives us the ability to utilize this great space for additional Jack's lounge enthusiest while at the same time allowing for private functions on the Equus side. All and all the perfect solution and we now have the best of all scenarios at play.
Jack's renovation will not be completed in full until sometime in mis December as we have custom booths similar to those at Corbett's due to arrive the second week in December, we also will be addressing some other areas such as mood related lighting changes and convenience for our guests. I hope everyone likes the changes and appreciate all the support, comments and suggestions.

Chef Deano

[Robin Garr]

Dean, thanks! I wish you had posted in the first place rather than commissioning a news release. I had to do some serious editing to get it down to publishable shape, and I hope I didn't misrepresent anything about the change in that process.

I wanted to clarify a few things regarding our recent expansion,first and foremost Equus is OPEN and going strong, I have no intention of changing that any time soon.

Received this in Corbett's/Equus/Jack's email yesterday and would love to hear more details:

Corbett's to Host Food Symposiums in 2009
Ask and you shall receive! You told us you wanted to know more about finer aspects of food and wine, so we've created a monthly food symposium starting in January. Feature topics will include a meet-and-greet with local farmers; a champagne and caviar tasting; a bourbon tasting dinner; and how to make candy and chocolates for special occasions and holidays. Our first session will be "A Tribute to Casa Grisanti", on Friday, January 16 at 6:30 p.m. Guest chef Dominic Serratore and chef Corbett will discuss the Casa Grisanti glory days of the 1980s and recreate an entire Italian degustation menu featuring all of the Casa favorites. The evening costs $100 which includes dinner, discussion and pairings with northern Italian wines. Call 502-327-5058 today to make your reservation!

I've never been to Corbett's but this sounds like a wonderful reason to go!

I've never been to Corbett's but this sounds like a wonderful reason to go!

It does sound like a wonderful reason to go, but trust me, Holly, you don't need a reason. Just get thee to Corbett's.

I've never been to Corbett's but this sounds like a wonderful reason to go!

It does sound like a wonderful reason to go, but trust me, Holly, you don't need a reason. Just get thee to Corbett's.

Agreed. They do exceptional work.

[Robin Garr]

It does sound like a wonderful reason to go, but trust me, Holly, you don't need a reason. Just get thee to Corbett's.

Thirded!