CMP, Senior Meeting and Event Planner
The Boeing Company
Seal Beach, Calif.
Do you have a favorite restaurant with a private dining room that you rely on for off-site events?
Spark Woodfire Grill in Huntington Beach, Calif., has great food, a good location and it’s reasonably priced.
What dish at this particular restaurant has won over groups?
All the food is good at Spark Woodfire Grill, but if I have to name one item, I would say the corn chowder. Instead of serving the group a choice of soup or salad, I order small cups of soup and half-orders of chopped salad. The soup is too good to pass up.
Why book a restaurant for an event?
Dinner at a restaurant offers a change of scenery for small groups during meetings. Planners can usually select a limited-choice menu for attendees to choose from at a restaurant, instead of serving everyone the same banquet meal in a hotel ballroom. A restaurant may provide better pricing than a hotel banquet menu. Private rooms in restaurants are also good for recognition events and holiday receptions/dinners.