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[Shane Wright]

My guess is Jeff Shelman will come if he can and he may not have seen this yet.  I'll send him a note.

Shane

[Jeff Shelman]

Count me in. Should be a great time. Looking forward to it.

[Patrick Hodgdon]

Ok so Edina Grill wasn't willing to do much for us other than the standard calling ahead that day for priority seating.

I've inquired with Big Bowl in Edina about their private room for 12-15 guys and will let you know what they say. (So far we have 10 RSVPS)

So in the meantime if anyone has another suggestion for a place that would work well for us let me know.

[Ben Kodadek]

Patrick,

Turns out I'll be in MSP for business that week.  If there's still room, I love to stop by.

Ben

[Patrick Hodgdon]

Patrick,

Turns out I'll be in MSP for business that week.  If there's still room, I love to stop by.

Ben

Definitely, would love to have you if your available as to anyone else that happens to be in town not named Jason Jones or Eric Smith.

[Ben Kodadek]

Patrick,

Two options that are in the area:

Tavern on France, don't know about a private room, but it's easy to get to, has decent beers and OK bar food

Beajou's Wine Bar, nice wines by the glass and a private room that can accomodate 20 

[Chris Tritabaugh]

Bummer...mid-week and the 2.5 hour drive from Duluth leaves me out but it sure would be fun.

[Mark Johnson]

Some other thoughts in the area that i am pretty sure have private rooms.

Crave
Kozys
Tejas (if u like Mexican, they have very good margaritas)
Bar lurcat (wifey just had baby shower here)

[Jeff_Brauer]

Body will be in Florida that day, but spirit will be in St. Paul.  Dan Kelly is authorized to speak for me in all matters.

[Patrick Hodgdon]

Some other thoughts in the area that i am pretty sure have private rooms.

Crave
Kozys
Tejas (if u like Mexican, they have very good margaritas)
Bar lurcat (wifey just had baby shower here)

Good suggestions Mark. However Tejas closed in Dec. '09 (and has been replaced by Parasole's Mozza Mia) and sadly Kozy's is closing Mar 26th for good. (To be replaced by Parasole's Pittsburgh Blue in Sept.) I thought about moving it up a week to the 23rd to go to Kozy's one last time.

I thought of Crave as an option and Bar Lurcat could be fun too.

[Dan Kelly]

How about Salut -- right next door to the Edina Grille?

Full bar. Great frites, steak sandwiches (etc.).

They set up a space for a family group of mine. Not private, but it worked.

[Patrick Hodgdon]

How about Salut -- right next door to the Edina Grille?

Full bar. Great frites, steak sandwiches (etc.).

They set up a space for a family group of mine. Not private, but it worked.

That could work. I'll can call and inquire.

[Mark Johnson]

Some other thoughts in the area that i am pretty sure have private rooms.

Crave
Kozys
Tejas (if u like Mexican, they have very good margaritas)
Bar lurcat (wifey just had baby shower here)

Good suggestions Mark. However Tejas closed in Dec. '09 (and has been replaced by Parasole's Mozza Mia) and sadly Kozy's is closing Mar 26th for good. (To be replaced by Parasole's Pittsburgh Blue in Sept.) I thought about moving it up a week to the 23rd to go to Kozy's one last time.

I thought of Crave as an option and Bar Lurcat could be fun too.

You can tell how often wifey and I eat out.  (though now i remember hearing something about Tejas).   Kozys is shocking to me; we eat there a good deal and it is always packed.

[Patrick Hodgdon]

Some other thoughts in the area that i am pretty sure have private rooms.

Crave
Kozys
Tejas (if u like Mexican, they have very good margaritas)
Bar lurcat (wifey just had baby shower here)

Good suggestions Mark. However Tejas closed in Dec. '09 (and has been replaced by Parasole's Mozza Mia) and sadly Kozy's is closing Mar 26th for good. (To be replaced by Parasole's Pittsburgh Blue in Sept.) I thought about moving it up a week to the 23rd to go to Kozy's one last time.

I thought of Crave as an option and Bar Lurcat could be fun too.

You can tell how often wifey and I eat out.  (though now i remember hearing something about Tejas).   Kozys is shocking to me; we eat there a good deal and it is always packed.

No worries Mark. I'm a big fan of Kozy's too as I worked as a host there a while back and am good friends with the owner who I grew up caddying for.

[Patrick Hodgdon]

Any more RSVP's?

Any votes between Salut or Big Bowl?

[PCCraig]

Any more RSVP's?

Any votes between Salut or Big Bowl?

Looking forward to it. My vote is for Salut...looks good on Yelp

[Jason Topp]

I am in.  Just let me know where to go and when.

[Ben Kodadek]

Salut for me.

[Patrick Hodgdon]

Ok I've got a reservation at Salut for 10-12 guys at 7:00pm March 30th. Currently 12 are RSVPed so please confirm if your name isn't listed.

Patrick Hodgdon
Dan Kelly
Rick Shefchik
Mark Johnson
Buck Wolter
Shane Wright
Morgan Clawson
Jason Topp
Jeff Shelman
Ben Kodadek
Matt Vandelac
Surprise Guest and New "Minnesotan"  - Pat Craig

[Jeff Shelman]

This is great. Will be a good evening.

Looking forward to it.

[Buck Wolter]

I'll bring a sleeve of Pro V-I's for the person wearing the most logos from Jeff Brauer's Minnesota courses.

[Bruce Leland]

Can't make it this year guys.....will be in Alabama on the trail.  Would be up for a long overdue golf outing in MN though once the snow melts. Have fun and post copius notes of the evening.  I nominate Dan K and Rick S as scribes.

[Dan Kelly]

Can't make it this year guys.....will be in Alabama on the trail.  Would be up for a long overdue golf outing in MN though once the snow melts. Have fun and post copius notes of the evening.  I nominate Dan K and Rick S as scribes.

Bruce --

Sorry ... but what's said at Salut stays at Salut.

Oh, and by the way: "Can't make it this year guys" was sufficient. "[W]ill be in Alabama on the trail" is a bit of salt in our (still frozen) wounds!

Which reminds me of one of our paper's old advertising guys, who specialized in playing golf with car dealers. (You could have seen a picture of him on Page 1 the other day, at a golf outing with Denny Hecker.) EVERY TIME I'd run into him in the elevator, in the frozen dead of a Minnesota winter, he'd chirpily tell me about some damned golf trip he'd just returned from -- to Florida, or Arizona, or even, once, to Cypress Point. Probably the RTJ Trail, too. The bastage!

Dan

P.S. Have a great trip. Don't tell me about it when you return -- but, yes, let's play this year. My best to the girls!

[Mark Johnson]

Hey now, with the thaw upon us, we should already have some golf in us before the 30th

[Patrick Hodgdon]

Hey now, with the thaw upon us, we should already have some golf in us before the 30th

That would be lovely. Hopefully we'll all be able to plan some golf for very soon after we meet.