[Lug-nuts] Re: Location scouting

Hey Y'all, So I've been doing some work on the source for the *new and improved* saclug site (thx to brian for adding me to the github project), and I've been thinking more about venues. Kupros has good food and cold beer but I think there is general agreement that it's too friggin loud. Also there is no facility to do presentations. Way way back in the before times I used to attend an open mic night at Sactown union brewery. In the interim it's name changed to Tower brewing, which then closed and was taken over by another brewing company and is now called Highwater brewing company. The front of the venue features a little stage-let with, (IIRCC) a white backdrop and some facilities for projection. While the establishment has no kitchen, they did(at least 3 years ago) have an agreement for pizza delivery from a local pizza place. Even though they have changed names 3 times and now have completely different owners, the fact that they are still doing the same types of meetups as they were 3.5 years ago gives me hope that the venue/logistics haven't changed much. I'll be doing some reconnaissance sometime this week, and am curious to see if anyone has any other suggestions for venues. sen-h.