The Stone April - June 2021 Newsletter

GENERAL MANAGER'S MESSAGE

Dear Members, I hope you are enjoying the amazing start to spring at the Club. Please remember the variety of dining options now offered at the Club. • The Café is open 6am-3pm seven days a week. There is no need to go to another coffee shop when you can come to the Club. All drinks are made to order with beans ground to order and pastries are homemade by our Pastry Chef, Kat. The outdoor seating and view are incredible compared to all other coffee shops overlooking a parking lot. You can use the mobile App to order in advance and our staff is happy to bring it out to your car under the porte-cochere. Chef Alan is working on hiring an Assistant Pastry Chef to work with Kat so we can begin producing our own sandwich breads and rolls, dinner rolls and loaf breads for sale in the café. • Cellar 91 has a great menu that will be changing every other month and new summer items will be on the horizon. Our new Sous Chef, Bobby Beard is creating many fans. The service staff is upholding higher standards and performing very well. The experience of a casual and relaxed environment with good food and libations is in full effect. Friday nights are open until 11pm with live music and pizza until 10pm. Friday and Saturday evenings, we feature our Oyster Bar on the patio. Wednesday – Sunday we feature our famous ice cream bar for the kids in all of us. Wine Down Wednesday is 6pm-7pm every Wednesday and Happy Hour nightly from 5pm-6:30pm with $2 off appetizers and $2 off all drinks. Please don’t forget that you can order pizza delivery Wednesday through Sunday and ordering on the Club App is now available. • Our Sous Chef, Jason Schauer is taking Amici to another level. He is making homemade pasta and delicious creations. The attention to detail in the food and service with Saint John leading the front of the

Our Beverage Management responsibility has been given to Krystal Sawyer. She is doing a fantastic job with getting the product organized and ordering efficient and timely. She works with Kerrie Johnson to ensure all bulk wine orders are handled properly & professionally with proper communication and expectations. We have instituted online ordering via the website or Club App to keep it easy for members. Krystal is also working on creating a Bourbon Club and a Beer Club to both launch within a couple weeks after Regions Tradition. Our lease for golf maintenance equipment is coming to fruition on May 31, so after extensive bidding and negotiations we have a new fleet of equipment coming in a late May or early June. This will help the staff morale and conditions for the members as technology changes and there are many enhancements to the new fleet. As part of the negotiations, we were able to turn our golf car fleet over to new Club Car golf cars coming in late June or early July. These cars will have lithium batteries, Greg Norman Shark Experience with 5G GPS and Bluetooth Bose speakers. You will no longer need to bring a speaker to the course. This deal also includes four new beverage cart units. These are not new expenses and prices were negotiated so there are no increases in member cost associated. We are in the process of hiring a Youth Activities Director for summer to create programming for kids 4-16 unrelated to sports camps and summer camps. They will create age specific events and programs a few nights a week. This will allow parents to drop off their kids for fun and kids dinner while they can spend time relaxing. We will start a variety of teen and tween programs as well for specific interest groups. If this position is a successful addition to the Club for the summer, we will make it a year-round position. Every year I get more excited about what we are doing at the Club and how we continue to improve and evolve. This year is for sure the pinnacle after the challenges of 2020. The team and I am so looking forward to making your experience amazing this season!

house is at a high level. It is a perfect time of year to sit outside at Amici and enjoy the experience of the food, service, atmosphere of the falls and great friends. Mangi e bevi con gli amici.

Best,

Dave Porter General Manager

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