<p>I’m in charge of pulling together a “post game reception with hot meal” after a lacrosse game at YALE in March. Yale does not seem to have a room we can rent … (GRRRRR … they used to …) and are suggesting they supply us a 20x20 tent complete with trash cans. Since they <em>mention</em> the trash cans, I presume this is not including tables, chairs or heaters. In March. For too much bucks. I don’t think so …</p>
<p>So … I am looking for a restaurant/rentable space in the vicinity of the Yale athletic complex – within 3-5 miles – for this event. I will have a caterer, or it can be catered by the restaurant. I have a tight budget. </p>
<p>Sorry I can’t be more specific, but I’d look to one of the Italian restaurant in New Haven’s Little Italy like Sally’s. Some are much bigger than others but there’s definitely some bigger restaurants and the kids generally love them.</p>
<p>There will be about 40 cars to park, along with the huge team bus. And 100+ people, although we typically only feed the boys and coaches. The parents generally supply the drinks, appetizers and desserts – and at away games, we don’t feed the parents the big meal. I am hoping we can find a restaurant that can work within my budget to accomplish this. (Willing to feed everyone if we can do the whole thing for about $8/head)</p>
<p>Have you considered an Elk’s Lodge, VFW Hall or church hall? They usually rent out their facilities for not too much money. Not very glamorous, but neither is your budget. There’s an Elk’s Lodge on State St.–no idea on the parking situation.</p>
<p>We don’t need glamour! We need a decent nearby place where we can put out a hot meal for the guys and we can all be together under cover. Cox Cage at Yale is what we’ve used before – but for some reason the bulldogs are being … bullish?</p>
<p>I found a list of halls for rent online … hoping that one of them will come in at our price point. I also have a couple of possible places for the food …</p>
<p>Have you looked into anything on campus, like the President’s Room (I think that’s what it’s called) in the Woolsey Rotunda? Some residential colleges have rooms for social activities–Saybrook Atheneum Room and Berkeley Swiss Room, for example. Those two would be small for 100 people, but other colleges might have larger ones. Maybe you could rent the main hall of the Rose Alumni House? Does the Ray Tompkins House (next to the gym) have an area for receptions? There are random rooms all over campus that can be used for receptions, like one at the Whitney Humanities Center next to TD. If you did something on campus, the dining halls could cater it, although I think they are not too reasonably priced.</p>
<p>In terms of restaurants, if you could get one of the rooms a BAR on Crown, that would certainly fit 100 and you could just order their (tasty) pizza.</p>
<p>On campus won’t fit in the budget. And at the athletic complex, they aren’t interested. We have used Cox Cage in previous years but this year, all they want to offer is a tent. 20x20. For 100+ people trying to eat a hot meal. In March. And although I have declared it spring, since it’s lacrosse season, Mother Nature is quite capable of tossing a snowstorm, a sleet storm or some other form of frozen, mixed, or otherwise nasty precipitation our way. A month later I might chance it – and add a few pop up tents of our own to the proffered 20x20. </p>
<p>I’ve found a list on the web of halls for rent – we start calling them this morning. One is less than 2 miles away. (It might have been nice to get an actual answer from Yale when we started asking them in January … this came up yesterday.)</p>