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Originally Posted by vgod
i say no on renting the room. i don't know this place, and not sure of the setting, but is this the best that we got? 2 hours will not work. it usually takes us 30 min just to say hello, and another 30 to try to leave. that does not give a lot of time for demos or show and tell. last dallas meet, john crowley spent what seemed like an hour just honing a razor for me.
just concerns. i am not in a place to make any suggestions since i do not live there. hopefully everything works out. i love austin. cool city. i am sure the place will be fine, just take a chance on the patrons with blades out and about.
vgod
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The deal with renting the room is that we would be able to bring drinks and food, and the room would be reserved for us alone. After the reservation time we would not be kicked out, but rather all drinks would need to be from texspresso and other patrons would be welcome to sit in our area. I don't think we're suggesting that the meetup be limited to two hours, just that we reserve two hours in order to be able to have some beers and kind of "stake our claim" to the area so that we won't have to be worried about being able to find enough tables together. If we're already there as a group, while someone might come take a table in a corner, when our time is up no one is likely to come in and disrupt the group.
I suggested Texspresso partially for all the space (and it's not super-busy), but also partly for everything that's nearby that we can make use of. In the same complex there is a Fudruckers, an Indian restaurant, a Zen (healthy Japanese fast food), an Alamo Drafthouse (along with its bar), a CVS, and a good pipe/cigar shop. I figured this combination would make sure there's a little bit of something for everyone, and so that after the demos folks could spend some time getting to know each other over their favorite beverage/food/smoke.