Someone who isn't a troll (aka me) should call the place that Spool and a few of us ended up at last year. It's a French place with varyingly-sized rooms.
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HakkekageSpace Whore Academysumma cum laudeRegistered Userregular
Someone who isn't a troll (aka me) should call the place that Spool and a few of us ended up at last year. It's a French place with varyingly-sized rooms.
Works out to $91/person (tax/fees/grat included) AND that covers the minimum for the Market space which they clear out and put a table in and it looks fun and hip and shit
lemme know your thoughts, still scoping out places but it's a lot of work; going down the list one by one but if anyone wants to help me out by giving some places a call and giving me the skinny on the following details:
1. Prix Fixe/person cost + any tax, gratuity, and admin fee %
2. If a room available, food and beverage minimum for the space, and if the cumulative cost of the prix fixe (sans fees) counts toward the minimum
3. If no room, if can accommodate 23 in main dining area
Not sure if you're still looking for leads, and the Asgard is perhaps not classy enough for this, but I like it and they have private rooms that you can book for parties of 25+ (couldn't find pricing details on their website).
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Hops Test Kitchen emailed me back; they look very promising. $45/person for the Prix Fixe and there doesn't appear to be a minimum and LO AND BEHOLD they confirmed that everyone could start a separate tabs for drinks on separate cards MEIN GOTT HALLELUJAH
With gratuity, tax and assumed fee it would work out to $61/person plus any drinks you choose to get on your own. It's also been highly recommended by Will and DK. Only issue is that it isn't a private room, but that isn't an issue to me in particular--let me know what y'all think
Marliave http://www.marliave.com/home/
Private Room
Base $69/person (including fees)
est. $75 average/person on top for F&B Minimum
Menton http://www.mentonboston.com/
Private Room
Base $144/person (including fees)
est. $25 average/person on top for F&B Minimum
Commonwealth Cambridge** http://commonwealthcambridge.com/
Private Room (Marketplace setting)
Base $91/person (including fees)
est. Z E R O average/person on top for F&B Minimum
Hojoko - STILL AWAITING RESPONSE** https://hojokoboston.com/
Semi-Private Space
Base $66/person OR $88/person depending on prix fixe options (including fees)
NO INFO RE: F&B MINIMUM
ALSO HAS OPEN BAR OPTION (full open bar for 4 hours = $95/person)
Granary Tavern http://www.granarytavern.com/
Semi-Private Space ($1,500 F&B Minimum) or Private Space ($3,000 F&B Minimum)
Base $60/person (including fees)
Semi-Private Space est. $20 average/person on top for F&B Minimum
Private Space est. $85 average/person on top for F&B Minimum
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HakkekageSpace Whore Academysumma cum laudeRegistered Userregular
BTW Hops Test is a lil casual and way out in Cambridge but IMO is the most reasonable and has been vouched for
Hoping to make a solid decision by Friday so we can book the space and get the menus together and if I don't get a clear idea on preferences by then I'll probably pull the trigger on it
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Let's be real. Commonwealth's Family Style sides miiiiggggghhhhtttt be an issue.
Menton and Grill 23 are absolutely bananas.
Marliave only meets the minimum if we can get a min of 27 people, two of which are willing to make a serious commitment to the bar tab.
Granary's Semi Private Space has a bar which would be good for post dinner drinking.
Hops sounds cool, but it's not fancy and we wouldn't have a room to cosplay fancy. Could this be downgraded to a smart casual dinner (no jeans, t shirt, naruto headband)?
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Deebaseron my way to work in a suit and a tieAhhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered Userregular
will has never steered me wrong before with food so i say hops unless at the last minute they insist we wear trump masks or something
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I don't have a super strong opinion.
I'd actually prefer the semi private space at Hojoko. But Hops Test seems fine. I don't drink unless there's a direct request for me to get plastered so I could care less about how getting alcohols work.
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Hops Test Kitchen emailed me back; they look very promising. $45/person for the Prix Fixe and there doesn't appear to be a minimum and LO AND BEHOLD they confirmed that everyone could start a separate tabs for drinks on separate cards MEIN GOTT HALLELUJAH
With gratuity, tax and assumed fee it would work out to $61/person plus any drinks you choose to get on your own. It's also been highly recommended by Will and DK. Only issue is that it isn't a private room, but that isn't an issue to me in particular--let me know what y'all think
frankie and i are planning to swing by Hops after work. I'll ask Kenny any questions anyone has.
Hops is a neat restaurant. The head chef, Brian, was the sous chef at Menton ($$$ Barbara lynch French restaurant) before starting the food program at Hops. His food is great, and really a great value. I recommend it without reservations.
I told Hakks that Hojoko was created in a secret government lab to appeal to nerd weebs but still have enough hipster authenticity and actual culinary chops to avoid embarrassing the rest of us. I went there for Frankie's company holiday party and drank my way through their open bar. It was a delight. It might be a little out of the logistics/ price range for the fancy dinner, but you dorks should check it out while you're in Boston. Be forewarned that you'll probably need reservations.
I've been to commonwealth a time or two. It t was fine. Kind of rustic decor, kind of mainstream meals and preparations. Safe for any of you with babymouth predilections. If ordering off the menu, it's IMO kind of spendy for what you get (because all the sides are extra money a la carte), but I don't really have anything bad to say about the food.
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Also I've not been to Granary Tavern, but it's right near Faneuil Hall/ Greenway which means probably aimed at babymouth tourists. Also has a bullshit pub menu IMO. Sets off a lot of alarms for me, but if you guys know something different about it (or if these things are things you're into) then I guess I'm game for whatever.
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This babymouth hatespeech...
Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
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OAK Long Bar + Kitchen in Back Bay
Ocean Prime in the Seaport
Forage in Cambridge
These venues all do parties of our awkward size with private rooms.
I would wait to hear back from Hops Test Kitchen, that place is great, and I have actually been there.
Thanks. Jotting these down, gonna call Hops Test to be like DID YOU GET MY GODDAMN EMAIL
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i already did and it's $$$$$$
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what's that place we went to with a foodie menu where vh ate like, 7 bowls of the pickled green bean appetizers?
that tapas place was real good but i'm p sure we each spent a good hundred bucks and we didn't even order much alcohol
also my strongest memory isn't vh loving green beans, it's you trying to neck kiss that waitress
I believe that is Alden & Harlow.
How many of y'all are up to take out a line of credit for this meal.
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first of all she was in love with ME not the other way round
as the bad boy of the group, I often find myself having to fight off admirers
So far Commonwealth looks promising: http://commonwealthcambridge.com/privateventscatering/
Menu: http://commonwealthcambridge.com/s/Prix-Fixe-Dinner-Winter-2017-spcd.pdf
Works out to $91/person (tax/fees/grat included) AND that covers the minimum for the Market space which they clear out and put a table in and it looks fun and hip and shit
lemme know your thoughts, still scoping out places but it's a lot of work; going down the list one by one but if anyone wants to help me out by giving some places a call and giving me the skinny on the following details:
1. Prix Fixe/person cost + any tax, gratuity, and admin fee %
2. If a room available, food and beverage minimum for the space, and if the cumulative cost of the prix fixe (sans fees) counts toward the minimum
3. If no room, if can accommodate 23 in main dining area
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OMG, it is both hipster and Weeb. So amazing.
http://www.classicirish.com/asgard-home.php
With gratuity, tax and assumed fee it would work out to $61/person plus any drinks you choose to get on your own. It's also been highly recommended by Will and DK. Only issue is that it isn't a private room, but that isn't an issue to me in particular--let me know what y'all think
Here is the dinner menu (if we go here i will work with them to make a prix fixe): http://hopsnscotchbar.com/cambridge-dinner/
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Hops Test Kitchen**
http://hopsnscotchbar.com/hops-n-scotch-testkitchen/
No Private Room
Base $61/person
NO INFO RE: F&B MINIMUM
Marliave
http://www.marliave.com/home/
Private Room
Base $69/person (including fees)
est. $75 average/person on top for F&B Minimum
Menton
http://www.mentonboston.com/
Private Room
Base $144/person (including fees)
est. $25 average/person on top for F&B Minimum
Commonwealth Cambridge**
http://commonwealthcambridge.com/
Private Room (Marketplace setting)
Base $91/person (including fees)
est. Z E R O average/person on top for F&B Minimum
Hojoko - STILL AWAITING RESPONSE**
https://hojokoboston.com/
Semi-Private Space
Base $66/person OR $88/person depending on prix fixe options (including fees)
NO INFO RE: F&B MINIMUM
ALSO HAS OPEN BAR OPTION (full open bar for 4 hours = $95/person)
Grill 23
http://grill23.com/private-dining/rooms-and-descriptions/
Private Space Exeter Room
Base $119/person for lowest prix fixe (including fees)
est. $32 average/person on top for F&B Minimum
Granary Tavern
http://www.granarytavern.com/
Semi-Private Space ($1,500 F&B Minimum) or Private Space ($3,000 F&B Minimum)
Base $60/person (including fees)
Semi-Private Space est. $20 average/person on top for F&B Minimum
Private Space est. $85 average/person on top for F&B Minimum
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Hoping to make a solid decision by Friday so we can book the space and get the menus together and if I don't get a clear idea on preferences by then I'll probably pull the trigger on it
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Menton and Grill 23 are absolutely bananas.
Marliave only meets the minimum if we can get a min of 27 people, two of which are willing to make a serious commitment to the bar tab.
Granary's Semi Private Space has a bar which would be good for post dinner drinking.
Hops sounds cool, but it's not fancy and we wouldn't have a room to cosplay fancy. Could this be downgraded to a smart casual dinner (no jeans, t shirt, naruto headband)?
I'd actually prefer the semi private space at Hojoko. But Hops Test seems fine. I don't drink unless there's a direct request for me to get plastered so I could care less about how getting alcohols work.
frankie and i are planning to swing by Hops after work. I'll ask Kenny any questions anyone has.
Hops is a neat restaurant. The head chef, Brian, was the sous chef at Menton ($$$ Barbara lynch French restaurant) before starting the food program at Hops. His food is great, and really a great value. I recommend it without reservations.
I told Hakks that Hojoko was created in a secret government lab to appeal to nerd weebs but still have enough hipster authenticity and actual culinary chops to avoid embarrassing the rest of us. I went there for Frankie's company holiday party and drank my way through their open bar. It was a delight. It might be a little out of the logistics/ price range for the fancy dinner, but you dorks should check it out while you're in Boston. Be forewarned that you'll probably need reservations.
I've been to commonwealth a time or two. It t was fine. Kind of rustic decor, kind of mainstream meals and preparations. Safe for any of you with babymouth predilections. If ordering off the menu, it's IMO kind of spendy for what you get (because all the sides are extra money a la carte), but I don't really have anything bad to say about the food.
"Smart casual" is for suburban dads, deebs. Everyone ends up looking like they work at best buy
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yeah regardlessof where we go we should be F A N C Y
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
I'll take some photos. It's not a super fancy space, but it's fine - elevated dining area, good bar, raw bar, etc.
I'll ask about the other stuff.
Chu you have been consistently fancy in the past as recently as last year and I believe in you to be as appropriately fancy as is required
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and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
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No, though by next week would be nice. Am sure they can accommodate +/-3 variation in our numbers
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No hidden charges, no minimum. I talked with the owner and he said they'd do right by us. Here are a couple photos of the dining area and the bar: