We are pleased to introduce City Club Grill and Bar, your casually elegant member restaurant offering the perfect blend of comfort classics, healthy fare, and City Club traditions. Step into the Southern hospitality of City Club Grill and Bar overlooking the Town Square and experience abundant, satisfying food uniting artistry, taste, and wholesome ingredients that appeals to all palates. South Louisiana is a region where flavorful foods are readily available in restaurants at every corner, not to mention that many of you are skilled in the culinary art of preparing your family favorites in the coziness of your own home. We feel the challenge for City Club, then, is to design a concept with a culinary twist that you will not be able to experience anywhere else in the Acadiana region. Chef Pat Mould’s perceptive understanding of these dynamics has resulted in a concept that embraces the following core objectives:
Offering locally produced sustainable ingredients prepared in a creative fashion.
Changing the menu seasonally to continuously tempt your taste buds.
Offer enough variety to accommodate diverse food preferences.
Provide options for the entire family, business needs, and special occasions.
Ensure paramount levels of personalized service from James Lawrence and his team of dining professionals.
Upcoming promotions include:
Tuesday Nights: Family Night
Wednesday Nights: Martini Madness!
Happy Hour/Drink Specials
Regularly scheduled themed events, lunch and learns, and clubs within the club!
Enjoy viewing menu highlights within this newsletter and stay posted for our Grand Opening and events. As always, please do not hesitate to call, email, or visit with me in person with questions, comments, or ideas.
The Corporate Challenge combines a fun 5K run/walk, unique special events, a two-month training program and a City Club trial membership.
Check out Acadiana’s only Wellness Expo. Get a cool, hands-on experience of what many healthcare & fitness businesses provide.
Live it up at the biggest outdoor office party. Be part of the coolest corporate fitness event around.
Gather your co-workers, decide on a team captain, and then register your company team!
Click below to register online, or talk to your HR department to sign up a company team.
Download training newsletters, join our training groups - shape up and get ready for the run of your life.
Issue challenges to your co-workers and other companies - show Acadiana that you’re fit for business.
Enjoy an afternoon away from the office. Win prizes as a company team or as an individual in many fun categories.
Oasis Renovation Coming Soon The Oasis in the Fitness Center will soon be undergoing a makeover to allow a seating area for members to relax and enjoy tasty, nutritious meals and snacks. Homemade wraps, soups, salads, paninis, and more will be served for lunch and dinner. For breakfast, fuel your day with a high fiber English muffin egg sandwich, steel cut oatmeal, or a garden scramble. Menus available online or at the Oasis.
December 28, 2008 Cupid's Love Slide
Cupid recently shot his new music video, Love Slide, at the Carriage House Hotel Courtyard. We enjoyed helping Cupid to make his video a success and to portray our courtyard in such a beutiful way. View Cupid's new video below and come by to see the Carriage House Hotel for an unforgettable experience.
On behalf of the City Club at River Ranch, I am pleased to present a summary of upcoming member social events hosted in Restaurant Elevenhundred.Please note that the restaurant will no longer be open for a la carte dining in order to host member private parties and regularly scheduled gatherings as outlined below.I look forward to hearing your comments and ideas in regards to these events so that we can structure a yearly social calendar that will be well attended and enjoyed by our members.
Wine Connoisseur’s Club – This 2009 season will introduce a new format consisting of seven gourmet dinners featuring educational components from prominent wine makers and distributors.
Member Appreciation Gatherings – Scheduled quarterly, these casual festive member soirees will feature complimentary beer, wine, and passed Hors d’oeuvres.
Member Themed Dinners – Sure to impress, this rotating menu of special events, such as Prime Rib-eye, Lobster, and Seafood Nights, will resume monthly in 2009.
Afternoon High Tea – Chosen from 20 of the finest varieties, your tea is served in exquisite china and is poured through a strainer for the fullest flavor.Signature champagne cocktails, a beautiful setting, and culinary delicacies will be savored while a harpist creates a harmonious ambience.
Lady’s card day – This City Club tradition will resume the second Tuesday of the month with choice of lunch options, mimosas, and door prizes.
Children’s Events – Anticipate a calendar of events for children of all ages after the New Year.
A Votre Sante’ educational programs – Healthy menu tastings, nutrition workshops, chef meets dietitian, medical symposiums, and more to be presented next year.
Please communicate with me any ideas or comments regarding the above events, or to meet with our Events Coordinator to schedule your private party in Restaurant Elevenhundred, call 216-6521.Thank you.
Kindest Regards,
Mary Beth Langlinais General Manager 216-6502 mlanglinais@cityclubatriverranch.com November 2, 2008 It’s never too late – or too early – to take charge of your health so that you can enjoy life to its fullest. At City Club at River Ranch, you can become more aware of how exercise, nutrition, relaxation, and engaging social experiences connect to how your body and brain perform. Our goal is to assist you in maintaining a balance in life through the choices you make every day. What are some plans, habits, or routines you can implement that will help you reach your optimal health and performance? How can you balance work and leisure? How can you correct imbalances that have manifested over time? John Keats, poet of the English Romantic movement, writes Give me books, nourishing food, French wine, and fine weather with a little music outdoors played by someone I don’t know. City Club at River Ranch would be a place Mr. Keats would enjoy, I believe. From enjoying an array of fine wines at the Wine Connoisseur’s events, to listening to great music at Rhythms on the River, or choosing nutritious options at Sunday Brunch, we have plenty of opportunities for balancing wellbeing and pleasure. In 2009, you can anticipate a variety of new Health and Vitality programs as summarized below:
Expanded healthy menu options in the Oasis – Great salads, grilled lean proteins, wraps, burgers, and more within a casual seating area in the fitness center. Plan to visit after your tennis game, workout, or with business associates.
Nutrition services including whole food cooking demonstrations, nutritionally appropriate meals for sale to take home (prepared by our chefs and designed by our dietitian), weight loss and diabetes management classes, nutrition and aging well symposiums, and more.
A Votre Sante’ presentations, acupuncture, and naturopathic consultations with Dr. Bridgett Simon in Riverspa.
Wine Connoisseur’s Club, light selections at Sunday Brunch, and Chef meets Dietitian for nutritional calculations of our selected menu items.
The professionals in the fitness center are always researching trends in the industry to ensure you can participate in the most popular and effective programs and services. Bosu ball classes are on the way, new strength training and cardio equipment are on order, and an invitation for a complimentary 30 minute Pilates session on the equipment is extended to members. Read more about ski camp, Zumba, XOW, or Small Group Training in this newsletter!
I invite you to explore the many possibilities that we offer to add excellence and satisfaction to your life. If you have any ideas or insights, do not hesitate to share.
September/October 2008 Great customer service is only delivered by passionate, caring employees. We take pride in our team because we understand that other organizations may be able to match our price or offer similar services, but they cannot replicate the spirit and attitude of our staff. City Club has four WIGs, or Wildly Important Goals, that we infuse into our Corporate University employee customer service training. They are summarized as follows:
Providing Professional Service. This includes the personal appearance and attitude of our staff in the perception of our members and guests.
Offering Personalized Service. Anticipating the needs and expectations of you, our members, by knowing your names, your favorite retail items, your signature cocktails, or your favorite workout classes.
Being Empowered. Our organizational culture is to give every employee the tools he/she needs to handle a request, problem, or difficult situation in a timely and appropriate manner.
Embracing Information. As portrayed in this newsletter, we offer many programs and events ranging from tennis tournaments to Carriage House Suites member preferred rates to Riverspa member specials, etc. We aspire to educate our employees so they can better serve you.
What makes City Club truly spectacular is that no two members are exactly alike. We don’t assume that everyone wants the same amenities, so the best way to find out is to ask you. We speak with many of you on a daily basis and have implemented services and programs based on our conversations. Examples include offering more variety of food items in our Member Social Night. So, in addition to the Lobster Night theme, we now provide Prime Rib-eye, Tuna, Seafood, and more.
An overwhelming number of you also want more activities for your children, thus we have accordingly enhanced our youth programs, including age appropriate dining opportunities and more interactive activities in the Fun Zone and Kids’ Club. We will not say Wow, we love complaints, but as ironic as it might seem, we welcome your feedback, including complaints, for that is how we will provide consistent and excellent service. If you should observe an employee exceeding the desired service standards depicted in the WIGS summarized above, or if you have a comment or complaint, please communicate with me in person, by phone, or via email. I ensure you that your observations are valued and action will be taken.
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