As far as a replacement, I reckon our choices are pretty slim because from what I've heard we have at least 4 criteria:
1.) The restaurant must allow those who choose not to eat to come in.
2.) A buffet option is necessary.
3.) It needs to be fairly centrally located.
4.) It needs to be fairly inexpensive.
That is what we've always had (or at least attempted to have) . . . it doesn't necessarily mean that's what we must always have . . . except for 3 and 4. It does need to be centrally located and fairly inexpensive.
It doesn't "have to" be a restaurant. Because it's in the evening on a week night and lots of folks have to travel a little to get there, a meal just about has to be involved . . . I kind'a like the idea of meeting somewhere and having pot luck, pizza, KFC, etc.
The first I heard of the price increase is when I was walking to the table with a plate of food and the waitress handed me a ticket. I think it was Anthony I overheard saying something to the effect of, "They went up on the price, but at least they did give us less to choose from."
I'm not "against" staying at Country Place . . . It's a pretty good location, the room is big enough, etc., and I can handle paying $10 once a month for a meal that isn't really worth $10. But if I had a wife and 2 or 3 kids with me at every meeting I don't know that I could afford to attend every month. I've also heard more than one visitor complain about both the meal and the cost. I just wanted to hear other's opinions so we could start looking for something better (which, as we've already found out isn't easy to do!) if the general opinion is that's what we need to do. :-k
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