GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Chef Matt Overdevest has cooked up a new plan to share his cuisine: Steadfast Supper Club. The plan became a necessity when COVID-19 forced his Grand Rapids restaurant to permanently close,
His restaurant, Marcona on Lyon was building a name for itself when the pandemic hit.
Overdevest said, “We got an industry award. We were on Grand Rapids Magazine’s Top 10 list for restaurants. We started getting that great following. We had a really great core group of regular guests in a really wide demographic. The word was getting around. It felt like we were just starting to get our momentum,”
His restaurant and its 15 employees tried to weather the COVID-19 storm, reaching out to food delivery services like DoorDash and Grubhub even before Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order closed restaurant dining rooms.
Then on May 8, Overdevest made the announcement: Marcona on Lyon would not be reopening.
Overdevest told NEWS 8 before Marcona on Lyon, he served as a local family’s private chef for a decade. Now he’s turning to those skills to bring the restaurant experience into people’s homes.
Now, for a minimum of $450, Overdevest will come into a customer’s home and create a four- or six-course dining experience, following federal guidelines to prevent COVID-19.
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