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Known as the "Shibui Room" for many years, this elegant space has been transformed into a new private membership restaurant and cocktail lounge! Mingle opened to rave reviews on May 2, 2011 and provides daily dining services for Club members. Click Here to learn more . . .
A room for all seasons, the new restaurant offers an inviting fireplace as a warm focal point in the winter, and sun-splashed atrium overlooking the pool in summer. Other times of the year, the view of flowering trees or autumn foliage naturally draws people into this lovely room. Comfortable private booths and a mix of table placements offer a variety of seating options for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Mingle restaurant is the perfect spot to invite friends or colleagues for dining, or intimate meetings over lunch or dinner.
Dining at the Club
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The Cash Corner is an elegantly appointed
semi-private dining area within the Club's Mingle restaurant where members may entertain groups
of 8 to 15 with advance reservations.
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The Cash Corner is available only for restaurant menu service, at breakfast, lunch, or dinner. U-Club members who wish to reserve The Cash Corner
may call the Club receptionist at 353-5111.
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A History of the Shibui Room . . . |
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When beauty reaches great subtlety, say the Japanese –
as in maple leaves breaching a bamboo fence, or rusty rivets in an old wooden door –
they call the effect shibui, meaning restrained elegance.
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At a general meeting of the membership on April 26, 1971, Club members approved the name "Shibui" for the University Club's original dining room. This name had been suggested by Club member Ed Zabrusky. Inspired by the new name, Hideya and Lillian Kumata presented the Club with a gift of four original Japanese wood block prints. In 1973, Dr. Fred Siebert gave the Club six additional Japanese prints. The series of ten prints were displayed in the room for many years, and still grace several common areas of the Club.
As the Club's membership grew, the Shibui Room also became a favorite space for members to host private parties, small receptions, and meetings. The 2011 renovation of this room and the adjacent cocktail lounge have once again established this west room as the member's favorite dining space.
In Japanese, the word Shibui may be used in many ways to describe design in rooms, subtle beauty in furnishings or clothing, and even artful presentation of food. It connotes a warm aesthetic feeling of natural beauty, restrained pattern and color, and purity of form.
The unpretentious artistry of the concept is not dull, but interesting in its simplicity and creation of tranquility. In Japan, Shibui is considered the ultimate in taste – as is Mingle!
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