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Dinner for 60

HI guys,


Here are the parameters:

-Money is no object
-Separate dining room would be ideal



What about Davio's?

Any other thoughts/ideas appreciated.

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  1. The private dining room at Mistral! If someone told me to plan a large dinner with $$ as no object, I'd be all over that.

      1. I was in the same boat last month, trying to plan a dinner but for only a third of your party (20 people). A few places that were on the short list (all have special arrangements for group dining): Eastern Standard, Central Kitchen (lunch only, but served upstairs in the Enormous Room, which might be fun), and Brasserie Jo. I had some other places in mind, but much smaller, funkier spaces that would not be able to accomodate 60 (one was Orinoco).

        1. Quintessential Boston that can handle this big a group: Locke-Ober Room, certainly their upstairs (third-floor) private dining room if not the main or downstairs rooms. Very nice, swanky, old school.

          Avila and Davio's are two rather similar high-end places (same owner) with extensive private-dining options. I'll bet 60 is in their wheelhouse. They're both basically luxury chophouses on one half of the menu, New Italian (Davio's) or pan-Southern-European (Avila) on the other. Of the two, I prefer Avila.

          Mistral is a good suggestion given these parameters.0

          Armani Cafe's upstairs private dining room might work. It's decent creative Italian in a nice-looking space on Newbury Street.

          1. Recently went to a couple of private functions at the State Room atop 60 State St. Once was the site of the Bay Tower. Food was quite good, much better than I remember from its earlier incarnations. New ownership and management seem to have poroduced significant improvement. And you can't beat the view.