Hey folks;
OK, by now you've no doubt learned that The Artist's Cafe is closed. So we need to find a new place to have the pre-SELEM dinner party on Thursday after we finish the load-in and setup.
We were looking at a place called Bistro 127 (in Hickory, about 12 miles from the venue or about 10 miles from the Holiday Inn Express) for dinner, but they want a deposit and a guaranteed number of guests. Also, they want a pre-set (IE: limited) menu. So I'm not sure this would be our best option.
There are several chain restaurants in the area, including the Texas Roadhouse steakhouse that we went to last year on Sunday evening. I think one of those restaurants would be more than willing to accomodate us without any deposits or stipulations on how many people need to be there.
So I started this thread to see what people want to do. Please post your thoughts, and if you feel froggy, go ahead and search around on Google maps and see if your favorite restaurant is in the area. Greg (Displaser) is coordinating this, so I'm sure he'll be chiming in here soon. We'd like to get some sort of consensus in the next week or so from the people who plan to be in Newton on Thursday, August 18th and who want to attend the dinner. Then we'll make arrangements with whatever restaurant we choose and publish the information on PL.
Adam