Dinner for Ten with a degree of privacy

[Holly Moore]

An out-of-town friend of mine is making arrangements for a gathering of diverse folk coming to town next weekend (May 24th and 25th). He is putting them up at the Latham but needs to set up two dinners for ten and to recommend a couple of places that can handle 60 high spirited revelers for drinking, preferably not a sports bar.)

The requirements for the dinners are a degree of privacy (not way noisy and tables that aren't on top of each other), a decent wine list, able to set up and serve a single table of ten, and entrees in the $20 to $40 price range. Ideally the place is within walking distance of the Latham, but that is not essential.

The drinking spots are informal recommendations - no preparation, just an ability to assimilate 60 people intending to have a really good time.

Suggestions?

Edited to correct the dates

Edited May 18, 2008 by Holly Moore (log)

[Capaneus]

An out-of-town friend of mine is making arrangements for a gathering of diverse folk coming to town next weekend (May 24th and 24th).  He is putting them up at the Latham but needs to set up two dinners for ten and to recommend a couple of places that can handle 60 high spirited revelers for drinking, preferably not a sports bar.)

The requirements for the dinners are a degree of privacy (not way noisy and tables that aren't on top of each other), a decent wine list, able to set up and serve a single table of ten, and entrees in the $20 to $40 price range.    Ideally the place is within walking distance of the Latham, but that is not essential.

The drinking spots are informal recommendations - no preparation, just an ability to assimilate 60 people intending to have a really good time.

Suggestions?

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Tinto's upstairs room accommodates 10-16. It's a set menu, $45, $55 or $65, but you can order a la carte above and beyond that, and it's "family style": if anybody has dietary requirements, you could order for them, absorb their portion of the main menu (if you can't, I volunteer) and still come in well within your price range.

For the sixty drinkers... Maybe Nodding Head has a private room? Really, that may be a non-starter. It's a big crowd. Are they drinking on the 24th or... you have the 24th twice. If the drinking is on a Sunday, you have some chance of fitting in somewhere. Maybe check if Monk's would let you have the back room? I can't see it happening on Friday or Saturday, even with Memorial Day doldrums.

[KatieLoeb]

<ahem> I'm certain Chef Jim at Chick's could help you put together a menu for ten people. And we certainly have enough wine to go with it. Since everything is open, I could pair glasses for each course if you wanted.

I don't think 60 people would fit in my bar at once, but we could definitely handle the smaller dinner party. Our upstairs piano bar is quite lovely.

[Holly Moore]

Thanks, so far. Both good ideas. They are in town Saturday and Sunday. Neither requires private rooms, though nothing wrong with that for dinner. For drinking they just want to be part of the crowd, no private room.