![]() ![]() However, there are plans to work with other culinary experts - locally and regionally. So far, Thunderbird has chosen to highlight the in-house chef as the bar recently announced that it is now also open for lunch. 18, followed by The Princess Bride on Valentine’s Day, the black comedy Heathers in March, and possibly a film like Steel Magnolias for Mother’s Day.Īlthough Thunderbird has a kitchen, Gonzales originally planned to join forces with another restaurant's chef. Another classic Burton film, Edward Scissorhands, will screen on Dec. ![]() The team is now hosting the Culinary Cult Classics about every other month, working for them logistically, but also allowing for excitement to build around the next event. Before the show could go on, Gonzales had one stipulation: If they were going to do Culinary Cult Classics again, they would do them 100%. The Thunderbird crew took a break from producing until August 2016. “It became very apparent very quickly that it was difficult to pull off on a monthly basis, and sometimes the movies were sometimes not the best choice,” said Gonzales. As one might expect from a major production, it went overboard. Over the course of six months, the team hustled to put Cult Classic events together - creating new menus, new drinks, and decorating the whole place. “Stylistically it was easy to put together and it's got a great following." Great movie, lot of food references in it, lot of beverage references in it,” says Gonzales. “We did American Psycho and it was awesome. The Culinary Cult Classics is a resurgence of an event that may have become too popular too quickly.Ī year after opening Thunderbird in 2014, Gonzales and his staff started flirting with the idea of a “dinner and a movie” series. This foodie ticket may sound vaguely familiar for those who’ve closely watched Fountain Square grow and establish itself as a strong contender for Indy’s top foodie neighborhood. And it allows us to show how creative we can be in the kitchen and at the bar,” said Gonzales.“It becomes a test kitchen of sorts allows us at the bar to test drinks for the next menu that we have rolling out.” Guests are also invited to wear costumes and get into the evening in a full attempt to engross and immerse diners in the film experience. The bar is decorated attentively with the film’s elements and iconic cult artifacts and the staff dresses up (they could almost be considered extras in the film). ![]() “The menus are usually designed thematically, the physical aspects during the dinner are aimed to reinforce the dining experience with the movie.” “We like to have fun here and all the effort that we put into the place is done to immerse you in the film and make you feel like it's part of the dining experience,” says Gonzales. Turning open the handbook revealed seven courses including dishes like the bone marrow with a beet salad (“My Little Accident”), a dry aged ribeye skewered above charcoal (“Recently Deceased”), and a trio of desserts filled with Pop Rocks, Chia seeds and chocolate goodness, named after and delivered at arguably Beetlejuice/Michael Keaton’s most iconic part of the movie: “It’s Showtime!” “The cocktails are themed around the movie, generally the name, less so in terms of design.” ![]() “Hopefully there are food references in the film that we can run with, and then we time the serving of the dishes with scenes in the movie that are pivotal or representative of the dish that we're presenting,” said Gonzales. The event was hosted on the eve of Halloween and guests were seated with an artfully designed menu that looked eerily similar to The Handbook for the Recently Deceased featured in the movie. In October, the Thunderbird team relaunched the event with a screening of Tim Burton’s 1988 classic, Beetlejuice. Dinner that lets you know, "It’s showtime!" ![]()
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