30th birthday restaraunt/ maybe room rental for ~15? (Bos)

thanks!

"do you want a sit down dinner? or are you open to a mix of apps and then if people want more they can order on their own? this would not be formal seating but lounge seating?.....what are you envisioning? a gathering area with light food and cocktails, fallowed by a sit down dinner where people order on their own?"

This would be Saturday (6/22) night 7pm.

I want to avoid doing a house party because we just did that for my party (thrown by her) where she cooked, etc. That party can not be topped. I feel like we've done every idea for each other already and all that's left is a birthday function at a restaurant. Her and I tend to enjoy steakhouses and nice dinners when its just the two of us.

What I am thinking is perhaps start out in a room somewhere that features cocktails with a good wine and bourbon/whiskey/scotch selection and have mixture of apps laid out as starters. Then we could move to a sit down room set aside for us to have a good meal. Not too dark of a room. We'd want a chance to stand up and move around the table(s) and talk, but the goal is also very good food and wine to be served. Definitely thinking more on the line of business casual, not too trendy that it turns into a night club. Definitely looking above the Boylston bar options. I tend to think of the ncie steakhouse environment here...perhaps along the lines of Ruths Chris but more fun, or along the lines of Capital Grille but maybe just not so steep on the wallet. Is there a meeting in the middle for what I'm talking about?

Also for what it's worth, my inate problem with this idea is I have done 2 bachelor parties where the feature dinner was just like this and was done at a steakhouse. So it's sort of the only thing that comes to mind that I know works well, but that was with a large group of guys and I wonder if it's too 'bachelor party' oriented.

I am 100% open to names of places or anything you've heard about to help steer my thoughts. I plan on calling up the managers of places I land on to discuss things directly to see what they say. THANKS!!

jerrytrey in Greater Boston Area

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