I was recently offered the opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream of mine – opening my own restaurant. So, I’m leaving behind a decade of public service to pursue my dream while joining a growing movement to provide communities and more importantly, families, with appealing and tasty, locally sourced and healthy food options. I want to prove that healthy food can and should taste good, and a restaurant that serves healthy food can be fun!
I envision a restaurant offering a simple, familiar, farm fresh menu, featuring locally sourced and seasonal ingredients; in a welcoming atmosphere that brings people and families together. That’s where you come in. I have invested as much of my personal savings as I can in chasing this dream and I need help funding the final push to finish a remodel, purchase the last of our large equipment and open the doors to this amazing new venue.
With that, I’m taking this opportunity to ask friends, family, colleagues, food lovers and anyone who shares my vision of promoting fresh, locally sourced, farm-to-fork fare; to help fund this effort and in turn be rewarded for helping make this vision a reality. In the spirit of a community kickstarting someone’s dream, I’m stepping out on a limb and asking my friends, family, and community to invest in me.
In addition to the satisfaction of knowing you helped someone take the first steps towards fulfilling a dream they have long awaited and prepared for, you will also receive awards based on the amount you choose to invest – from my never-ending gratitude and gift certificates, to VIP tasting menu dinners and free wine corkage and appetizers for life. Just look to the right to see what you will receive based on what you can give.
I thank you for your time and remember, any support is appreciated. I hope to see you at the Smith Flat House soon!
-Jason
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The beautiful and historic Smith Flat House is in Placerville, California in the Apple Hill region of the Gold Country foothills, just 45 minutes north east of Sacramento on Highway 50. The Smith Flat House has two dining venues – the outdoor Courtyard and The Cellar bar which is set in an actual goldmine in the basement.
FRIENDS OF THE SMITH FLAT HOUSE
$20
Heartfelt thanks for investing in me, in our community, and in sustaining enterprising local farmers and artisans.
$50
$25 Dining Certificate and a heartfelt handshake, hug, fist bump, whatever welcome you prefer, when you come visit us and redeem it.
$100
$50 Dining Certificate, complimentary bottle of wine when it is redeemed, same welcome options as above.
$250
$100 Dining Certificate and VIP status welcome greeting which includes complimentary chef's special appetizer and bottle of wine or round of up to 4 beers.
$500
VIP Dinner for 4 taking you through a family style tasting of our entire menu. Includes behind the scenes tour, if you like. By reservation only, includes food and non-alcoholic beverages.
Two $100 Dining Certificates to be redeemed on separate visits, each to include VIP status welcome greeting which includes complimentary chef’s special appetizer and bottle of wine or round of up to 4 beers.
$1,000
Free Wine Corkage for Life!
VIP Dinner for 6 taking you through a family style tasting of our entire menu. Includes behind the scenes tour, if you like. By reservation only, includes food and non-alcoholic beverages.
Four $100 Dining Certificates to be redeemed on separate visits, each to include VIP status welcome greeting which includes complimentary chef’s special appetizer and bottle of wine or round of up to 4 beers.
SMITH FLAT HOUSE FOUNDERS
$2,500
Free Wine Corkage for Life!
Founder status welcome, which includes Chef’s special appetizer for life!
Two All Access Passes to our Founders Grand Opening event (date TBD).
Two VIP Dinners for 6 taking you through a family style tasting of our entire menu to be redeemed in different “seasons”. Includes behind the scenes tours, if you like. By reservation only, includes food and non-alcoholic beverages.
Ten $100 Founders Certificates (they make great gifts!) to be redeemed on separate visits, each to include VIP status welcome greeting which includes complimentary chef’s special appetizer and bottle of wine or round of up to 4 beers.
$5,000
Free Wine Corkage for Life!
Founder status welcome, which includes chef’s special appetizer for life!
Four All Access Passes to our Founders Grand Opening event (date TBD).
Four VIP Dinners for 6 taking you through a family style tasting of our entire Bistro menu to be redeemed in each “season” during our first year. Includes behind the scenes tours, if you like. By reservation only, includes food and non-alcoholic beverages.
Ten $100 and two $250 Founders Certificates (they make great gifts!) to be redeemed on separate visits, each to include VIP status welcome greeting which includes complimentary chef’s special appetizer and bottle of wine or round of up to 4 beers.
"I’m essentially preselling meals to collect the capital necessary to make this dream a reality. And I’m asking each according to their means to invest a little something in the idea, or in me, or just in someone taking a chance and pursuing a dream." —Jason