Hi, sorry for not writing earlier, but even without FOSDEM approaching it would be a quite busy time here at the moment.
Thorsten Glaser wrote: > >would prefer a calmer setting like going out for dinner or so, at > > My “group” was also looking for a place, and I insisted on Couscous > Merguez because I’ve yet to get some in Germany… so Benny found a > place: http://madamolsen.be/ > > They also have things like lamb steaks and other mixed origin foods, > Dansk as well if I read that weird language ☺ right. Hmmm, they seem to have even vegetarian food. > Best of all: walk out of Avenue Paul Héger then up to the roundabout, > turn left and you’re there… so it’s close enough (we used to eat at > Le petit poisson which was about there until 3? years ago). So it's close to the venue. Hmmm. Could be an advantage although I initially thought about something more towards the hotels in the city centre. Off-list I got at least two suggestions: 1. Monk, that bar where the Debian crowd was the last two years and which is close to Hotel Astrid where most FSFE fellows stay. While it was smoke-free two years ago it was too smokey for my and others' taste last year. Suggested by gregoa on IRC. 2. Chez Moeder Lambic. Suggested by Fabio Rosciano in a mail directed to just me and Wouter. He wrote: | I was reading your messages on debian-event-eu [1] and even though I | won't be in Brussels for FOSDEM I'd like to suggest a possible location | for a nice party for Squeeze. | I was thinking Chez Moeder Lambic in Fontainasplein [2,3] is a good | choice. Here are pros and cons | | + It has a "backroom" at the end of the main room which can fit about 15 | to 20 people, and anyway the place is never packed on a saturday | + Easy access to cheap and plentiful food supply in the neighborhood, | even though the bar itself only serves snacks | + Excellent choice of beer on tap and bottled | + Night busses have their terminal right in front of the bar, so easy | way home for everyone | + Staff is mostly english speaking | + Smoke free | | - Beer is slightly more expensive than other bars (no cheap lager) | - It's the "touristy" version of the bar in St.Gillis, and while the | staff is very friendly, has less character than the original | | I hope it helps and everyone have a great time in Brussels! | | [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu/2011/01/msg00045.html | [2] http://www.moederlambic.eu/ | [3] http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=15856210285536974603&q=MDHLambic&dtab=2&sll=50.850951,4.394765&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&ie=UTF8&ll=50.845981,4.344792&spn=0,0&t=h&z=18 Thanks for all the suggestions so far. Now we should choose one of those, I suspect. ;-) Thorsten, Benny: How smokey is this Madam Olsen place? Basically my personal preference would be a non-smokey restaurant (with at least more than vegetarian meal on the menu) over a bar, but on the other hand, we currently plan to sell the first Squeeze t-shirts at the release party, so a room of our own wouldn't be a bad idea either. IIRC while the front part of the Monk bar was quite crowded, the back part was quite open and we would have had enough space for a t-shirt box besides the tables. :-) So would anyone who speaks French (or Dutch?) take care of reserving a table? Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert <a...@debian.org>, http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE `- | 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-events-eu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110203132153.ge12...@sym.noone.org
