I’m good for the 17th. Where? Menlo Grill is now ruled out, they only allow 2 bottles per table free corkage, $25 after that, and apparently aren’t interested in working out any other arrangement.
We used to go to Martins West, but whether we could offline there (corkage/bottle limit) depended on who was the manager. Any thoughts on Donato? I know the GM and could email him. IIRC, there was an issue with cost last time.
The ongoing saga…and herding of cats. Larry and I both have contacts with Donato and they have been accommodating. The first dinner we did there was probably one of the best overall offlines ever. IIRC, we have not been back to Donato since late 2017. Martins West fell out of favor due to overall noise level.
In terms of space, the room in Divino is unbeatable and the food is solid. There was the Chinese night at Cooking Papa in Foster City when Gary ordered the private menu for the CNY, but the type of cuisine tends to be a bit tougher with wine…ditto with LV Mar in RWC (but excellent food).
Iberia in Belmont offered to do $35 for tapas/paella with $10/bottle corkage and guaranteed minimum of 12 covers but there was no interest in pursuing. Hence the current state of play.
Think Sapore in Burlingame won’t charge corkage. I could probably get Broadway Prime in Burlingame to waive corkage as well. Both places are just okay…I can probably get a sushi place in Millbrae near Bart/Caltrain to give us private room and no corkage. Food is okay…Update after I posted, sushi place is closed on Mondays so scratch that.
Anyways add them to the master list if they aren’t already on.