Slàinte (pronounced "slawn-cha) is a new Crystal Lake area restaurant opening Tuesday, February 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the McHenry County College dinning area. It is more than a restaurant. It is a student-run restaurant, featuring the best that MCC’s culinary management program has to offer in a controlled setting designed to both educate its students and delight its customers. Slàinte is also a classroom full of future restaurant owners, executive chefs, pastry chefs, sous chefs, cooks, bakers, servers, bussers, bartenders and more. Slàinte will embrace an emphasis on local and sustainable ingredients and a delicious diversity of dishes. Menu changes are planned for three times per semester.
Why the name Slàinte –it is a Scottish toast that means “to good health!” According to MCC’s Chef Thomas Kaltenecker, the name “represents MCC’s connection to the Scottish roots of the community. To good health also encompasses what my values and vision as a chef and educator are about: integrity of food, use of local producers, sustainability, and a strong foundation in business.”
Building upon MCC’s current certificate program in Culinary Management, the College will launch an Associate in Applied Science degree program in Culinary Management in Fall 2011.
The exact location is the employee dining room in Building B. The seating capacity is 60 and the hours are 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. with special Valentine’s Day Prix Fix seating Monday, Feb. 14 at 6:30 p.m.
The average dinner price per guest is $20. Reservations are welcome, especially for parties over eight. Please contact the reservations hotline at 815-479-7800 or email slainterestaurant@mchenry.edu. Walk-ins will be seated on a first come first served basis.
According to considerations discussed at a committee meeting of the Board of Trustees last evening more plans are in store for the newly formed restaurant.
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