In February, Gilbert Quesada opened the PM Lounge — Fresno's first private business and social club — on a bet that the city has a higher-end hospitality appetite nobody's been serving. This week, Jordan is joined by special guest co-host Vince Mancini to sit down with Gilbert inside one of the club's private suites and talk through what it takes to build something like this here, and what it might mean for the rest of Fresno.
The conversation covers the real difference between a social club and a country club, why the PM Lounge skipped initiation fees and F&B minimums, how Forbes-level training actually works (all 960+ criteria of it), and Gilbert's vision for a menu that moves between Fresno steakhouse roots, French and Italian technique, and a rotating cast of visiting chefs. Along the way: Macallan dinners, Shaq's oversized DJ rig, the fight against Fresno's brain drain, and Gilbert's vision for the future of the city.
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