Do we have catering costs at all for our party Saturday night?
I have menus as word files, and Marvin says we can give them a budget and they'll work soemthing up that fits it, if we want to go that route. I don't know a good way to disseminate the menus. I can forward them to anyone who wants them, or to someone who can maybe post them somewhere. I don't know if they are on the St. Louis web site.
From cocktail information:
SERVICE FEES
$50.00 bartender fee for the first three hours, $10.00 per bartender for each additional hour.
Cashier fee of $25.00 per hour with a 2-hour minimum/ additional hours at $10.00 per person.
Hosted Bar and Hospitality Bar prices are subject to 9.75% sales tax and 20%gratuity.
Cash Bar prices are fully inclusive of 9.75% sales tax and 20%gratuity.
All mixes and garnishes are included: juices, sweet and dry vermouth, cassis.
Then there's a breakdown of what's available and drink prices. I can post that as well if that would be helpful.
As of last time I mentioned it to Marvin, the Courtyard is booked for that weekend, so we might have to be inside. But that wasn't definite yet. If that's a deal breaker, I'll inquire as to the current status.
So if we have the bar open from 9pm to 2 am, we're looking at $75 for the bartender and then an additional $45 for the cashier?
Also, if the Courtyard is booked and we're in one of the adjacent rooms does that mean we'll be sharing the bar area with the group that books the Courtyard?
Sorry to be peppering with questions, I'm just trying to get a handle on our actual costs for the weekend.
Right now we are at $800 for the Hospitality Suite and for bartending staff. We still need to find out about food costs and possible room charge for the party.
So if we have the bar open from 9pm to 2 am, we're looking at $75 for the bartender and then an additional $45 for the cashier?
I'm coming up with $70 for 1 bartender and $80 for the cashier, assuming we need the cashier the whole time.
Food costs appear to be on a per person basis. I have asked whether there is a minimum charge we would have to meet. Awating further clarification wrt to the courtyard, as well.
-t what format are the menus? I could probably host them.
MS Word documents. I'll go ahead and send them in. Let me know if I should e-mail them to you.
(eta: if they are too unwieldy or whatever, I assume you can delete them without messing up yoru system. Or maybe I should wait until you ask for them? Yes, I'll wait...
Hee! no, go ahead and send them. I'll just turn them into pdfs and put them up on the web. Not the prettiest solution, but easiest for me.
$50.00 bartender fee for the first three hours, $10.00 per bartender for each additional hour.
Wow -- that seems a LOT cheaper than the DC hotel, unless I'm misremembering.
I don't think we really want a full dinner, do we? Just finger food to nibble on.
