WITH...Code Restaurant and Lounge:

What’s cooler than a nice night out at a good restaurant? How about burning off those calories at a dance club? Well, yeah, but then you have to drive across town and find a dance club, too. What a hassle. But what if you could go dining and dancing at the same place? That’s what they have on the menu these days at Code Restaurant and Lounge in Newport Beach. This week we check in with owner Moe Ghazi and entertainment director Alan Freeman.

Tell us a little about this new Friday night attraction at Code. What do you have planned?

Code Restaurant and Lounge is an upscale Newport Beach venue that combines terrific food with Dancing and Lounge entertainment. We thought we’d bring together locals and visitors alike for something like a supper club, where people can enjoy dinner and stay for dancing, lounge socializing, and relax and have fun after the work week. We have excellent rotating top name deejays, drink and food specials, extended Happy Hour, free champagne for the ladies, and other regular deals to welcome patrons in. And starting May 15, we begin “Show: The Supper Club” on Fridays, with live entertainment to create a full-sensory experience that will pay homage to the successful supper clubs past and present.

What inspired you to offer the dinner and dancing on Fridays?

Many people, our friends around the area, have told us that they want to visit an upscale place — someplace they can have dinner, dance and enjoy the evening.

But they say all the local dancing and socializing venues cater to a very young and sometimes touristy crowd. We thought we’d start “Our Night” on Fridays, provide excellent food at reasonable prices, giving local people who are maybe just a little bit older a place they can have fun and call their own ... hence the name “Our Night.” We cater to people in their 20s through 40s on Friday nights and provide food, dancing and socializing in an upscale atmosphere.

You say in the ad you’re spinning ’80s, ’90s and Top 40. What’s your favorite dance tune? And what’s the one you dread the most?