OK, here are the options I'm aware of. Most were supplied by the good folks at ba.food. I reproduce their suggestions verbatim. Also, Sean suggested the California Buffet in San Jose. I don't have an address for that one at the moment.
* The Original Pancake House, De Anza Blvd. in w. San Jose improved food, reasonable prices, closable mtg. room Lions Club may still meet there. * The Pizz'a Chicago on El Camino in Palo Alto has a large back room, good pizza, and, most importantly, beer. Parking is reasonably good, price shouldn't be a problem, but it is at least a couple of miles from 101 and far from CalTrain, so accessability might be an issue. * The Hometown Buffet on Capitol Ave and McKee has a meeting room with a door you can close. It seats at least 40, IIRC. We had homeowners association meetings there for a while. You don't need to pay a separate fee. Following the link from the page you referenced: http://www.buffet.com/html/us/ca/SanJose.html That doesn't mention the availablity of a meeting room, so I don't know if the others in the area have one. * The Tied House in MV has a back room that might work for you. * When I was doing this sort of thing, we often met at Tied House, but that's not real quiet. One place with a separate room, though, is Armadillo Willy's at El Caminio and San Antonio. I'm pretty sure they'd accommodate you, and the food is OK (as good as Harry's was anyway). Oh, and you should ask Austin's, also on El Camino, in Mountain View. They have special events some nights, which would work against what you want, but when they aren't having the events, they'd be perfect. They usually only seat in one of their dining rooms. I eat there often. Hometown Buffets in San Jose/Santa Clara: San Jose 408-448-6373 Hacienda Gardens Shopping Center 3085 Meridian Avenue Hwy. 17 (I-880) south towards Los Gatos, at Hamilton Ave. exit left (east), right on Meridian Ave.(south), to Hillsdale Ave. on right. - or - I-280 East towards San Jose, Meridian Ave. exit right (south), to Hillsdale Ave. on right. Corner of Meridian Ave. & Hillsdale Ave. San Jose 408-254-7740 Capitol Square Shopping Center 408 North Capitol Avenue I-680 to McKee Exit, east to first light, left (south) on Capitol Ave., right into shopping center. We are behind GNC and Sally Beauty Supply. San Jose 408-378-8886 Westgate Mall 4735 Hamilton Avenue Hwy. 17 and I-880 to I-280, north to Saratoga Ave., exit south two miles. We are behind Westgate Mall - or - Hwy. 85 exit Saratoga Ave., north one mile behind Westgate Mall. Santa Clara 408-247-9001 Moonlight Shopping Center 2670 El Camino Real Hwy. 101 to San Tomas Expr., east to El Camino Real, north to Moonlight Shopping Center. Sean, can you report on the California Buffet? I'll check out the options in Mountain View, plus The Original Pancake House, and the Hometown Buffet in Santa Clara. Can somebody else -- Dave M? -- check out the Hometown Buffets in San Jose? Chris W. _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
