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Old 05-06-2016, 09:09 PM
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Yea, $80-100 per person was a normal restaurant. One person in the group priced a 3 course meal at Bern's Steakhouse for a group of 18 and it came to $175 pp with everything. No takers. That's when we looked at a normal restaurants at $80-100 pp and had a hard time filling a bus or even picking a mutually agreeable date. Then there were those lactose and gluten intolerant that had special needs. Some didn't want to pay up front too, not even a deposit so they could "cancel anytime". The group was from Bridgeport Village. For a group dinner, some restaurants will tell you: ONE BILL. It was a nightmare. Never got off the ground.

But good luck to you if you tackle it.

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