Bar Report

The bar was kept open for Friday Lunch through out the summer down time. Willie did well with the lunches and we did better than hoped at the bar. The new liquor license endorsement that allows us to have up to 40 non-club events with the bar open, has been a great success. More and more people are taking advantage of the endorsement and utilizing the bar rather than obtaining a Banquet Permit and scurrying around to get their own alcohol. The average bar bill for a party of 100 is approximately $650 to $700. If this sounds like a good way to go when you rent the third deck of the club, ask me about it. If you have special needs, we can also work with you on that. You can have a no host bar where we sell tickets as normal. Because non-club members will likely be in attendance, we are willing to sell single sheets of tickets and/or we will buy back any full sheet of tickets. If you have a host bar where you are footing the bill, we use a tally sheet. We place a tic under each price drink served and tally it up at the end of the night and invoice you.

Typically over the past couple of years Willie has ceased providing Sunday Brunch due to an apparent lack of interest. Last year Willie & I agreed that it would be interesting to provide Sunday Brunch during football season; with menus such as Eggs Benedict. What goes well with Eggs Benedict? Why a Bloody Mary of course. Therefore we also had the bar open and both Willie and the bar did fairly well. As a result, we have decided to do the same this year. Willie will serve Sunday Brunch through out football season from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The bar will be open during these times as well. Our thought in talking with members is that the bar will close at 1:00 because some members like to BYOB and watch the Seahawks. The bar cannot be open if BYOB is occurring and vice versa. If you would like to see the bar open for a longer period on Sunday, or if you would like to host a football party by bringing your own food or, having Willie prepare it, send me an e-mail and we can work out the details.

Questions and input are always welcome.

Thank you
Jess Hill
Club Manager