Anonymous
Post 04/17/2013 21:04     Subject: Re:restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
Restaurant Nora, they are closed to the public for lunch but will open for private events
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2013 17:34     Subject: restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
[OP here] Hey, thanks everyone! The option of doing cocktails in the bar and then dinner in the restaurant is a great one.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2013 17:23     Subject: restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have friends who did an event just like this at Taberna del Abardero (Italian, 18th & Eye St). Cocktails in the bar then dinner in the restaurant next door.

You might also look at the Tabard Inn.


Taberna del Alabardero is Spanish.


What is the problem w that?
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2013 14:44     Subject: restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
Tabaq Bistro has a nice ambiance
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2013 11:46     Subject: restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have friends who did an event just like this at Taberna del Abardero (Italian, 18th & Eye St). Cocktails in the bar then dinner in the restaurant next door.

You might also look at the Tabard Inn.


Taberna del Alabardero is Spanish.


Oops! You're right, so it is.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2013 08:09     Subject: restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
Old Ebbitt Grill has a pretty atrium space
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2013 07:19     Subject: restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
Sequoia, but the food isn't great.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2013 02:37     Subject: restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
LaFerme in chevy chase
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2013 22:13     Subject: restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
We did Normandie Farm in Potomac and loved it. It was super affordable and a crowd pleaser ... not one complaint, they were very accommodating. We had 88 guests, so right in your target range.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2013 22:10     Subject: restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/2941-restaurant-falls-church/914fb48acb4c52b3.html

Love it here.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2013 20:33     Subject: Re:restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
This might be worth a look:

http://www.amazon.com/Unique-Meeting-Wedding-Greater-Washington/dp/1574271199/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1366158727&sr=1-1&keywords=party+places+in+washington%2C+dc

Anonymous
Post 04/16/2013 19:58     Subject: restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
Anonymous wrote:I have friends who did an event just like this at Taberna del Abardero (Italian, 18th & Eye St). Cocktails in the bar then dinner in the restaurant next door.

You might also look at the Tabard Inn.


Taberna del Alabardero is Spanish.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2013 17:11     Subject: restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
Anonymous wrote:I have friends who did an event just like this at Taberna del Abardero (Italian, 18th & Eye St). Cocktails in the bar then dinner in the restaurant next door.

You might also look at the Tabard Inn.


I second both of these.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2013 17:04     Subject: restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
I have friends who did an event just like this at Taberna del Abardero (Italian, 18th & Eye St). Cocktails in the bar then dinner in the restaurant next door.

You might also look at the Tabard Inn.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2013 13:45     Subject: restaurants with pretty reception spaces?
(And, obviously, lovely food.)

This isn't quite the right fit for thist forum, but people go out to enough corporate things that I thought I'd ask. I'm looking for wedding reception space for 75-90 ppl in the winter. I don't really care about dancing and my fiancee and I really, really do care about food and wine, so I was thinking about just cutting to the chase and renting restaurant space. It'd be nice for it to not seem completely impersonal or corporate, though, and for there to be some socializing time and space, without just herding everyone to a table. Any ideas that spring particularly to mind? Anyone been to anything nice like that? I vacilate between a La Chaumiere type space and wondering if one could rent the new cafe at the Canal Park by the Navy Yard.