Eating With Erica Supper Club: A Galentine’s Dinner at Hal’s The Steakhouse
An intimate Atlanta girls’ night of roses, candlelight, and conversation at one of Buckhead’s most iconic steakhouses.
Featuring Sarah Beth Brown of Brown & Co. Jewelry
There’s a reason the Eating With Erica Supper Club keeps finding its way back to the table. That’s where the real magic happens. Not at a networking event, not over email — but shoulder to shoulder, candlelight flickering, glasses refilled without anyone asking. For Galentine’s this year, we gathered at Hal’s The Steakhouse. This Buckhead institution has quietly perfected the art of hospitality since 1989. It felt like exactly the right room for the evening. The night celebrated women, roses, and conversation that lingers well past dessert.
An Atlanta Supper Club Evening at Hal’s The Steakhouse
Hal’s The Steakhouse has always struck me as one of those rare Atlanta spaces that manages to feel both timeless and alive. It’s the kind of restaurant where you sense the decades of dinners that came before yours. Even so, the room hums with something entirely present. Tucked on Old Ivy Road in Buckhead, it’s a steakhouse with a distinctly New Orleans soul. That warmth made it the perfect backdrop for an evening celebrating friendship, femininity, and a little bit of sparkle. In 2024, Hal’s opened a second location in Nashville. The Buckhead original remains, as far as I’m concerned, the heart of it all. We took over a corner of the dining room and dressed it in roses. Then we let the night unfold the way our best Supper Club evenings always do: unhurried, unscripted, full of laughter.
The Galentine’s Tablescape
I wanted this table to feel like a love letter to the women sitting around it — romantic, but never fussy. Crisp white linens set the stage. Gold-beaded glass chargers and gold-rimmed china caught the candlelight all evening long. Then, gold flatware added just the right glint against the white. Low arrangements of deep red and blush roses, mixed with variegated greenery, ran the length of the table. We kept them intentionally low so no one had to peer around a centerpiece to catch a friend’s eye.
Blush and ivory taper candles, some with a delicate fluted twist, rose above a scatter of flickering votives. Finally, we scattered red rose petals across the linens for that unmistakably Galentine’s touch. Each seat had its own handwritten gold place card — a small gesture, but one that always makes guests feel special. We made the evening just for them. It’s a detail I come back to again and again. It’s never just dinner — it’s community, set with intention down to the very last card.
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Every Supper Club dinner has a guest of honor whose story anchors the evening. This time, it was Sarah Beth Brown, President of Brown & Co. Jewelry. As part of our Meet the Dinner series, I wanted our guests to sit with someone who carries something forward. She knows it in her bones. Sarah Beth is a working mother steering a family-owned brand. In fact, she’s not simply preserving it — she’s thoughtfully evolving it. Her new generation of customers defines luxury a little differently than the one before them.
Talking with her over dinner, I noticed how gracefully she holds both roles. She’s the daughter of a legacy and the architect of its future. It’s the kind of duality that so many of our guests understand intimately. Whether they’re running a business, raising a family, or doing both at once, they get it.
Why This Atlanta Supper Club Dinner Felt Different
Something about this particular evening felt different from the moment everyone sat down. Maybe it was the roses. Perhaps it was the timing, so close to Valentine’s Day. Or maybe it was simply the company. Galentine’s dinners have a way of stripping away pretense. Nobody was performing. Nobody was rushing off to the next thing. Instead, an easy, unforced intimacy settl
ed over the table somewhere between the champagne and the calamari — and it never really left.
It’s the kind of feeling I chase every time I plan one of these dinners — elevated yet effortless, polished but never precious. Hal’s gave us the room to do exactly that.
A Galentine’s Dinner to Remember in Atlanta
By the time dessert arrived, the table had that particular glow. You only get it after a few hours of good food and better conversation. Everyone was a little louder, a little looser, and leaning in. Meanwhile, someone was refilling wine glasses withoutBlack and white candid of Erica laughing and toasting with guests near the end of the evening being asked. Someone else was already talking about who to invite next time. That, to me, is the whole point of Galentine’s. It’s not a holiday that celebrates romance — it’s one that celebrates the friendships that hold us up all year long.
The Dinner Menu
We began the evening with champagne and Hal’s flash-fried calamari with marinara. A few shared starters got the table talking before the meal even began. From there, a Hal’s Chopped Salad set the stage. Each guest chose her own main course: the center-cut filet mignon, a delicate sea bass with crispy frizzled potatoes, or a roasted rack of lamb finished in a red wine and mint reduction.
True to Supper Club tradition, the sides came family-style — white truffle mac and cheese, creamed spinach, mashed potatoes, and sautéed mushrooms. We passed them around the table so everyone could try a little of everything. Finally, we closed the night with warm bread pudding. Throughout the evening, we kept glasses filled with chilled Sancerre and pours of red.
Lessons on Legacy and Leadership
A few of the threads that stayed with me long after we left the table:
- Honor your legacy while still leaving room to evolve it.
- Balance ambition with family, presence, and grace.
- Trust, relationships, and storytelling build true luxury — not just the product itself.
Who the Eating With Erica Supper Club Is For
If you’ve ever wondered whether the Supper Club is for you, here’s my honest answer. It’s for the woman who wants more depth in her dinners and her friendships. She craves a table full of good conversation as much as good food. She believes a meal can be both indulgent and meaningful. And she’s always looking for a reason to gather the women who matter to her. You don’t have to know everyone at the table when you arrive. You just have to be open to leaving with a few new favorite people.
Supporting Atlanta’s Local and Family-Owned Businesses
One of my favorite parts of the Supper Club is watching guests fall in love with Atlanta institutions like Hal’s. Sometimes it’s all over again; sometimes it’s for the first time. In fact, one guest summed up the evening perfectly:
“There is nothing like this in Atlanta. The women are amazing and kind, and the conversation was just different.”
That’s the whole reason I keep doing this. There’s a real magic in supporting local, family-owned businesses — the ones that have shaped Atlanta’s dining scene for decades. Pairing that with rooms full of women who show up for each other makes it even better. You can explore more of these evenings on the Dinner Parties hub.
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