Our idea of being a foodie outlaw is eating ribs in front of a vegetarian or putting chicken on pizza (which we're still not entirely comfortable with). Cheap thrills, we know -- but with thrills, you get what you pay for.

So our ears perked when SFist Matt passed along a link to The Ghetto Gourmet. An East Bay play on the Gourmet Ghetto, this pair of transient chefs serve generous meals under semi-legal auspices at Oakland's Mile High Club. Their bio reads:

The Ghetto Gourmet: Two brothers, a poet and a chef, have been running a little underground restaurant out of their house since January of this year. A loyal tribe of strangers, craigslisters and friends have gathered on their living room floor every Monday night and awed at the dishes that stumble out of the tiny kitchen. Now, the Ghetto Gourmet Private Diners Club is expanding to offer a finely plated, four course feast for 50 people with live music and painting, communal seating and fun for most ages, at the Mile High Club. By Reservation Only. Contact: [email protected].

It cost diners fifty bones for last nights menu of greek salad with feta cheese, olives and raspberry vinaigrette; a Buffalo-stuffed bell pepper; prosciutto-wrapped lamb tenderloin with polenta cakes and sprouts with a house cannoli finish. They also got all they could drink (teetotalers can eat for $30), entertainment and a friendly social atmosphere. All within the confines of a blues club with a history of genuine tragedy. We're saving our money for Thursday the 16th.