Hey!
We've been engaged for awhile and have decided we want to get married in March of 2013. We were originally thinking of a wedding on the Outer Banks but the whole thing was too much of a hassle, so we're trying to go very simple. My partner lives in Durham while I (and our families) live in Canada; we'd like to get married in the Triangle followed by an intimate dinner at a nice restaurant.
Does anyone have any suggestions about good restaurants with private rooms to fit about 20 people? We're open to anywhere in Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, and we're pretty open about the kind of food - we love anything, but our older relatives wouldn't be very excited about anything too interesting. We don't want to buy out a place as we'll be a pretty small group, so somewhere with a private, or even semi-private room would be perfect. I'm only down here for another few weeks so we'd ideally like to get this squared away before I go back home. We don't have a specific budget in mind, but probably between 40-60$ pp.
We've heard good things about Elaine's on Franklin (CH), Piedmont (Durham, but not sure they've got a private space), Zely & Ritz (Raleigh), Four Square (Durham). Any experience with these, or any great suggestions? We really love place that use local ingredients so that's a big plus.
Thanks!