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Private Event FAQ
All of them! Rehearsal Dinners, Baby Showers, Graduations, Celebrations of Life, Fundraisers. The list goes on and on. We love to celebrate and amplify joy while serving our community!!
What sorts of events do you host?
So there is no “rental cost”. We ask a minimum depending on the day and time, which is an amount of money that must be put towards the event (i.e food & drink). This amount is roughly figured based on the amount of business we would normally do with the space without an event. The most common figure is $3,500 for 3 hours on a Friday or Saturday with time blocs of either 4pm-7pm or 7:15pm-10:15pm.
How much does it cost?
However you want it to! We love to cater the event to your party’s specific wants and needs!! That said, complexity requires more hands and involvement. The simplest approach is always a buffet, but if you’d prefer to do family style, or a smaller curated menu that guests select from, it’s all possible. But those are little costs that can sneak up and get you closer to hitting that minimum figure.
How does service work?
What are our food/beverage choices?
Our whole menu is available to you. Some things certainly work better in large formats especially given the time constraints of serving big groups of folks quickly, but we’ll work with you to see if there are any preferred or must-have dishes. Alcohol usually goes one of three ways. Limited beer and wine, guests can open a tab for their own cocktails/spirits. Batched cocktails like sangria or a His & Her’s that lasts as long as it does. And lastly the highly coveted open bar.
Once you’ve nailed down some of these selections, we’ll give you a cost per person to see how close we are to meeting the minimum budget and figure out whether we should grow or reduce the event to match!
