Some data points:
At the end of the day, your family’s company will eclipse the venue and menu.
Heard back from the Asian Art Museum about The Peterson Room & Garden. The rental fee is $3500, events can run from 5:30-10 pm (setup and breakdown from 4-11 pm); access to a gallery floor is an extra $2000 (includes up to 2 docents for tours). Only two authorized caterers (McCalls, and the museum’s Cafe Asia, which in fact is run by McCalls).
Would be a wonderful venue, but out of our league.
Whoa! Strictly for corporate outreach, I imagine.
I’ve been to events where they had noshes and drinks from third party vendors on the second floor outside the Samsung Gallery, so I thought they;d be more flexible regarding catering.
I think for other spaces they have a longer list of approved caterers, but Peterson Room seems to be more limited.
It was a great suggestion though!