Al Forno Caffe
1525 Mesa Verde Dr E, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Monday, Feb 5th @ 6:30pm
Reservation is under my name.
Attending:
Elliot Steele - Red Burg or Barbaresco
Jay Selman - Chablis
Bryan Cottriel - ?
Larry H - ?
Glenn Murlin +1 - CdP
Cris Whetstone - ?
Bruce Weimer +1 - ??
Monday the 5th happens to work best for me but I could probably swing Tuesday as well. Newport is your hood so you choose a place that suits you and we can plan our wines around that. Preferably little-to-no corkage if it’s possible.
Unfortunately there is no place in Newport that I know of that doesn’t have corkage. Maybe some of the foodies can chime in and give us some options #Fu
Looks like Gulfstream or Bandera are options. 1st bottle is free then $15/bottle after with no limit. I’ll do a little more research when I have some time.
We like this little Italian place called Al Forno Caffe. No corkage on Mondays and well priced and tasty food. I’d be willing to go anywhere but a small offline would work well there.
I have heard good things about Al Forno, but have never been. All of these places sound good. Let’s decide on something and start locking in some details. I will be in with a possible +1.
I’m sold on Al Forno. Food looks great. I did notice they close at 9pm (corkage is $15/bottle btw) so I guess we’d start dinner on the earlier side so we have enough time to enjoy. Looks like we are at 6 people including Kenny and your +1 Bryan. We’ll give it a bit more time before booking to give people a chance to join in. The more, the merrier. I’m fine with any start time 5:30 or later. Looking forward to meeting the OC crowd!
Shaping up to be a pretty good crowd. We have 8 total now including Kenny H. I’ll give it till this coming Wednesday to make the reservation. Anyone have a theme suggestion or are we good with the free-for-all theme?