The other Canal Street thread has become a little unwieldy. Anyone have any preferences or ideas for pre-show gatherings? I've already suggested Uno's Chicago Grill, but do we want to do that both nights?

Doors at Canal Street open at 8 on Saturday & 7 on Sunday, which means the lines will start forming at 7 & 6.

Lines will start at 5pm. Trust me. Not because I'll be there, but because I used to get there that early... I'd recommend anything but Uno's... but since I'm not meeting y'all for dinner... don't listen to me.

My recommendations for non-chain eating...
THAI 9 - 11 Brown Street (MAP) - Thai & Sushi
SEATTLE EAST - 33 East 1st (MAP) - coffee, sandwiches, wraps, crepes, omelettes
ZOLA - 219 N. Patterson (MAP) - pseudo-european american sit-down place... kind of pretentious for being located in a parking garage... but a kick ass black bean burrito assuages any ill-will... plus it's partially owned by the owner of Seattle East (my fav lunch spot).
DUBLIN PUB - 300 Wayne Ave (MAP) - irish pub... great beer... good food for carnivores. onion rings and veggie boxty for vegetarians.

All way fweakin' better than Uno's. All within walking distance. Zola and Seattle East are the closest to CST... Thai 9 and Seattle East are the best... hence the BOLD.

fweakin' bwacket,
~fafs

Any place where I can get something fattening and unhealthy and a Corona is fine with me.

Okay, lines may start forming at 5, but generally don't become something to be concerned about until about an hour before doors open in my experience.

Do any of those restaurants have the capacity to handle larger groups like ours? (Say 15-20 or so)

I will say the only time I ate at Dublin Pub, I wasn't impressed. I haven't tried the others.

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My friend and I got in line for the U2 show in 2001 at 9:00 AM. There were about 115 people there before us. It was totally worth it though.

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I'd say 90 minutes before doors to be safe, but...figure that given the amount of people that we'll have in our group, assume everything will be about 15-30 minutes behind whatever time we plan...at least for Saturday when everyone's still arriving.

I got excited when I saw the words 'Dublin Pub,' then I realized it would still be in Ohio.

A few websites with menus:

Uno

Zola's

Dublin Pub

Therapy Cafe More of a blurb than a website.

Seattle East closes at 5 on Saturday & isn't open on Sundays.

Zola has capacity. It's huge and generally not busy.
Seattle East has a back room, and is generally not-busy. But I guess it's closed at the times needed.
Dublin Pub is smallish... and yes, not impressed is my general concensus on it, too.
Thai 9 is bigish, but jam packed, especially on a weekend. But it's the best place.

veggie-sushi goes "yum,"
~fafs

Therapy Cafe is a blurb. It's a cafe beside a salon.
don't expect to eat there on Saturday night...

I like Zola's menu best, personally.

It also has the advantage of being catty-corner from Canal Street. I think we could definitely do that at least one of the nights. Anybody else who's going to be there wanna weigh in? (So to speak...)

I'm casting my vote for Zola's , at least for Sunday Dinner.
Saturday we will not be ready in time for dinner, but will happy to meet folks there (or anywhere) if we get there in time. Otherwise, we'll be meeting you in line.

I honestly could care less, I ain't going to Dayton for the food. As long as they're casual, can seat us together and can get us in and out in a reasonable amount of time (especially Saturday), I'm happy.

What y'all should do is find a good filet mignon place and invite Karin & Linford.

That was their rave in all of the interviews when OHIO came out...

addicted to sitting in a semicircle.
~fafs

Mmmmm....steak. Now I'm hungry.

Well why doncha then? Care less, that is.

(Finally got to catch him! The rest of you people have no idea the hell I've taken.)

Love you Keith!

Sorry, Trudes. I just went back to Zola's web site & noticed they have no Sunday hours listed. We could still try them for Saturday, since they're a very short walk from CST.

i'm feeling very 'whatever-ish' about it.

as long as we're all together. *tear*

At last! When I think of all the openings I've so charitably left you that merely languished, pathetically unavailed of...

Dan. That is SERVICE!!! Thanks for the info man!!

I'm proposing Zola for Saturday and Uno's for Sunday (because so many places seem to be closed on Sunday).

Comments? Objections? Head counts?

Jeanne, I'm just gonna follow you around once I get to Dayton. Well, I'll let you go home Saturday night, but I'll be waiting outside your door Sunday morning.

How will she know it's not Matthijs?

sounds good... let's do it!

looks like there will be around 20-25 folks at dinner the first nite, and even more the second nite.

saturday - zola's at 5??

Looking at the list in "Looks like canal street..." it seems we're numbering more like 31 and 30 on the lists, respectively (sat. and sun.)

Lists, I may add, that I'm on!!! Totally stoked about that.

And since I know *jack* about anything in Ohio, anything that's cool with Kylie is cool w/ me.

Troy

Just tell me where ya'll are going, I'll follow. I'm easy (don't even think about making a comment on that...)

Yeah, what she said... in fact, since you lot made me come, you're STUCK with me.

Color
me
clingy!!!

This is gonna be a hoot.

yeah, but i don't think everyone is eating with us. (fear of michelle not taking a shower)

gosh, troy - you're *so* clingy!

Yes, I can see the names on the lists, but the question is whether all those people are planning on dinner beforehand. I seem to recall Dan saying that he wasn't going to dinner with us, and there may be others who are not as well. I'm starting a list, so I can make reservations ahead if possible. I know others are planning to be there, but since I'm not certain, please add or remove your name from the list as appropriate.

Saturday:

Jeanne
Keith
Fred
Anna
Phil
Bill
Michelle (late if at all)
Trudy (late if at all)
Lenny (late if at all)
Steve C. (Walrus)
Troy
Joe
Tracy

Sunday:

Jeanne
Keith
Anna
Phil
Bill
Michelle
Trudy
Lenny
Steve C. (Walrus)
Troy

ahem!

*tear*

Saturday:

Jeanne
Keith
Fred
Anna
Phil
Bill
Michelle (late if at all)
Trudy (late if at all)
Lenny (late if at all)
Steve C. (Walrus)
Troy
Joe
Tracy
kylie

Sunday:

Jeanne
Keith
Anna
Phil
Bill
Michelle
Trudy
Lenny
Steve C. (Walrus)
Troy
kylie

Sorry, Kylie. I thought you were probably in, but I didn't want to make assumptions.

Geez! Troy's stalking Michelle and you'll be stalking me, Mr. B? Well, just make sure Jake can't see you out front or he'll never stop barking.

Jeanne...
I thought you knew, a bunch of us are camping on your front lawn.
Jake and Tina are gonna be the bed-warmers.

I am NOT a stalker!

See, stalkers single someone out and go after them... I'M gonna harrass Michelle AND Kylie, get it? I'm a *serial* stalker.

And I'm getting really good at it, too. Brandon is teaching me how to ::brood:: for effect.

/T

Wendy & I will be up for dinner on Sunday.

Saturday:

Jeanne
Keith
Fred
Anna
Phil
Bill
Michelle (late if at all)
Trudy (late if at all)
Lenny (late if at all)
Steve C. (Walrus)
Troy
Joe
Tracy
kylie

Sunday:

Jeanne
Keith
Anna
Phil
Bill
Michelle
Trudy
Lenny
Steve C. (Walrus)
Troy
kylie
The Drew
Wendy

I am decidedly undecided. Not sure just what my days will hold. And I may sacrifice myself for the good of the group and grab a place at the front of the line at CST where y'all can join me after you finish up at Zola's.

What about after the shows? Is there any place to go, anything to do? Being on California time I'll just be waking up when the shows end.

Depends on when the shows end. They usually push well past midnight... which would mean the cool Oregon District coffee house would be closed.

We could drive out to the country and tip some cows.

ye haw, Ohio,
~fafs

Bump!!

Attention Canal Street Concert Attendees....
A reminder to please sign up for dinner plans as reservations may be in order.

Who's gonna actually MAKE the reservations, then? And is this list somewhere else in thr forum? I can't keep track...

The list is in this thread...
I am hoping Jeanne.
Do you think we should ask her?

Saturday:

Jeanne
Keith
Fred
Anna
Phil
Bill
Michelle (late if at all)
Trudy (late if at all)
Lenny (late if at all)
Steve C. (Walrus)
Troy
Joe
Tracy
kylie
Dave
Zayne
Zayne's friend

Sunday:

Jeanne
Keith
Anna
Phil
Bill
Michelle
Trudy
Lenny
Steve C. (Walrus)
Troy
kylie
The Drew
Wendy
Dave

Yes, Jeanne will make the reservations when she knows some fairly precise numbers. And Troy, I've already put you on the list. Or do you want me to take you off?

Just a point of clarification...

My name should be written as "The Drew ™" (no quotes).

But Dr. Wendy still wears the pants, right?

Sorry, that was my fault. I sorta knew that, but I was too lazy to look up how to do the "trademark" character.

Revised:

Saturday:

Jeanne
Keith
Fred
Anna
Phil
Bill
Michelle (late if at all)
Trudy (late if at all)
Lenny (late if at all)
Steve C. (Walrus)
Troy
Joe
Tracy
kylie
Dave
Zayne
Zayne's friend

Sunday:

Jeanne
Keith
Anna
Phil
Bill
Michelle
Trudy
Lenny
Steve C. (Walrus)
Troy
kylie
The Drew ™
Wendy
Dave

She's got the pants right now... Dunno if she's wearing them at the moment. Sometimes she does that... Has the pants and just DOESN'T wear them.

She likes to lord them over me, as much as you can with ...well... pants.

If you take me off the list then I'll come and crash your little dinner... THAT'll teach ya!

Nichole, Amy and I are planning on coming to Sunday for sure, not sure about saturday yet, because we will have a friend or two with us, and I will need to talk with them about it...

oh, come on. you can't come all this way and not go to both shows!!