Need Feedback from Ft. Worth Cars and Breakfast Attendees – Possible New Venue

Per our discussion in March, Steve and I have scoped out some alternative venues that might provide improved parking. If you have regularly attended our event or plan to attend more in the future, please provide feedback on the following 3 options. If you have another option you want to put forth, feel free to post that too. My only constraint is that you keep it within 15-20 minutes driving time of downtown Ft. Worth. Our next event is on Saturday the 12th at 8:30, so please post your feedback by May 9 if possible.

Option A – Starbucks on Camp Bowie Blvd. across the street from LaMadeline where we normally meet.
Inside seating area – about half the size of LaMadeline’s.
Outside seating area – about the same size as LaMadeline’s.
Food – typical Starbucks (pretty narrow selection).
Parking – if we park close to the street there is a good likelihood of keeping all our vehicles together and protected even without any reserved space; however, they would not be immediately visible from where we sit.

Option B – Yogi’s Bagels on Hulen just south of Vickery Blvd (about 10 minutes southeast of LaMadeline)
Inside seating area – about 2/3 the size of LaMadeline’s
Outside seating area – about twice the size of LaMadeline’s
Food – appears to be a very good variety of American and Mexican breakfast items, hot and cold.
Parking – Steve is working with the owner to see if he will block off some spaces for us if we tell him how many are coming and when. The configuration of the lot with reserved spaces would likely give us good space that is reasonably protected and visible. We won't know about this for a few more days.

Option C – stay at LaMadeline
The biggest concern expressed is the parking situation with a crowded lot and impossible to keep our cars together and protected. People seem to enjoy the food and we’ve been able to accommodate the recent larger crowds inside or outside.


There were numerous other places I looked at but I eliminated the others because of parking inferior to what we have today at LaMadeline. Feel free to ask questions but by May 9 please post your personal preference if you have one. If there is a pretty strong consensus we’ll go with that. If it’s pretty well split, I’ll make the decision and you can vote by showing up or not.

Thanks.

Charles

 

Steve (Tirepro) has secured an agreement from the owner of Yogi's to both reserve tables for us (if we can provide an estimated number of folks) and to enable us to park along the south perimeter in the lot next door (which he also owns). That lot is totally unused on Saturdays so we should have the pick of the places and it is fully visible from the outdoor tables.

Any other feedback?

Thanks Steve!