For March, we are making changes based on your feedback:

• Drink Ticket! for an Eleve Restaurant handcrafted cocktail, draft beer, glass of wine, or soft drink. First Drink Free.
• Appetizers and Small Plate Dishes! from Eleve Restaurant's Award Winning menu! Enjoy their amazing food made just for us while we network. 
• Ability to network with other Walnut Creek Events business professionals
  
• Name tags, friendly greeters, and an overall environment that makes it fun and easy to connect with others
• Stunning location that is Floor-to-ceiling windows, Brazilian hickory floors and an inviting full length bar on par with its big-city counterparts
• Happy Hour priced ($5-$10) drinks all night!
• Raffle (Bring your business card! - Last two months we gave away a $25 gift card to Eleve Restaurant)

Event Location:

Eleve Restaurant (www.EleveRestaurant.com)

1677 North Main Street Walnut Creek, CA 

Conveniently Located near Walnut Creek BART and in the heart of Walnut Creek at the Corner of N. Main and Civic. Eleve Restaurant provides the perfect environment for networking events.

Timing:

This Walnut Creek Networking Event - After Work Social and Business Networking is on Thursday February 23, 2012 from 5:30pm til 8pm at Eleve Restaurant in Walnut Creek.

5:30pm-8:00pm Networking

@ 7:00pm will have Raffle (Bring your business card! - Last two months we gave away a $25 gift card to Eleve Restaurant)

This event is $27 (Early Bird Ticket Price) when you Pre-Pay on EventBrite.

No At the Door Tickets.

Get your ticket now: www.sfbusinessnetworking.eventbrite.com

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Get your ticket now: www.sfbusinessnetworking.eventbrite.com

Please keep in mind that this event will NOT make a profit. Why are we charging? Based on our experiences and reviewing other groups, paid events tend to attract higher quality people. For your $27 (The early bird priced ticket), you get a complimentary drink ticket for a high quality beverage of your choice (valued up to $10), enjoy appetizers and small plates from Eleve Restaurant's award-winning menu ($12+ value), network in an elegant award winning environment and meet great people! Walnut Creek Events is also paying the credit card and Eventbrite processing fees and not passing those onto our guest. Thank you for being a part of this great event!

Who will be there?

Entrepreneurs, business owners, attorneys, bankers, real estate developers, physicians, technology gurus, sales and marketing experts and other professionals, along with others to socialize and meet new people.

How many people show up?

The last two months our events have had at least 45 people and other events have had up to 200+ people depending on the venue. This particular event is being capped at 30, to make the event more intimate. We make sure people are open and approachable, regardless of how many people show up... you will be able to meet and talk to anyone... our greeters will be there to make introductions and keep things moving.

What to Bring:

Bring your cards. Bring at least one card for Walnut Creek Events, so we can enter you in a raffle.  The last two months we gave away a $25 gift card to Eleve Restaurant.

How to Dress:

This is after work networking, so even if you did not work...pretend and dress like you did! We all look good, when we dress professional.

Environment:

Our goal is to make Walnut Creek Events easy events to network and meet other people at by having greeters at the door to welcome you, name tags for all guests, and an overall environment that makes it fun and easy to connect with others. At this event, Eleve Restaurant gives us our own space in their beautiful restaurant.

Eleve is "Floor-to-ceiling windows, multihued Brazilian hickory floors and chocolate tones ranging from milk to bittersweet give the main dining room some style and comfort. Earnest, knowledgeable servers, a smart international wine list and an inviting bar put Élevé on a par with its big-city counterparts."

"Élevé feels urban and sophisticated, yet comfortable and calm. The predominant color is that of milk chocolate, with a few bright accents—a pink orchid, a glass bowl of limes, a bowl of oranges—that stand out appealingly. A glass facade brings in a nighttime view of the dramatically lit white birch trees on the southeast corner of Civic and North Broadway."

What people are saying about Eleve Restaurant:

Élevé is an award winning restaurant serving Vietnamese style cuisine in a beautiful two-story space located across from Walnut Creek City Hall and one block from Lesher Center for the Arts. Easy parking at the Lesher Center public garage one block away. The restaurant offers a casual dining experience that delivers exceptional cocktails, wines, personable service and high quality food. The menu is an update on classic Vietnamese cuisine.

"The bar at Élevé Restaurant features inspired interpretations on pre-prohibition era cocktails made with fresh and organic ingredients, house-made syrups and mixers, and liquors from artisanal, small-batch producers, with a menu designed by the inimitable Thad Vogler."

"The drink—on a list created by artisan bar god Thad Vogler, who helped develop the cocktails at Slanted Door, Camino, and Flora—is not all that unlike Élevé itself."

"There's an alchemy in the Brooklyn cocktail served at Élevé in Walnut Creek—a surprising result conjured from ingredients that are both old-school 1910 and local and organic 2010. Made from artisan liquor and essences, with a slab of hand-cut ice and what smells like an entire grove of refreshing orange peel, its layers of flavor would captivate even the most committed teetotaler."

"Élevé This cocktail is a beautiful mix of complex flavors—rye, vermouth, amaro, bitters—to be savored before enjoying Vietnamese specialties."

"Vibrant food and drinks made from top-notch ingredients play beautifully in the sleek, elegant setting"

Get your ticket now: www.sfbusinessnetworking.eventbrite.com

About Walnut Creek Events:

Walnut Creek Events are perfect for San Francisco East Bay professionals who want to connect with other professionals. Make new business and personal connections, build your network, find new clients, and identify business opportunities.

We make networking easy by having greeters at the door to not only welcome you - they introduce you to others, along with having events in elegant environments that makes it fun to connect with others.

Walnut Creek Events (WalnutCreekEvents.com) produces and promotes upcoming Walnut Creek Networking, Social Mixers and Business events in or around Walnut Creek.

About The Organizer:

David Mitroff, Ph.D. is a Connector, Master Networker and Entrepreneur. David is the Founder and Chief Consultant of Piedmont Avenue Consulting (www.PiedmontAve.com) a San Francisco Bay Area based business development and marketing consulting firm. David and his team work with clients across numerous markets and sizes to create brand awareness, strengthen customer loyalty and streamline business processes. David is an active member, on the executive board, or advisory committees for several organizations. He continually collaborates with several consultant groups, merchant associations, and charities to best serve the community.

David founded Walnut Creek Events (www.WalnutCreekEvents.com) to better serve his San Francisco East Bay clients by producing and promoting high level networking, social mixers and business events in or around Walnut Creek that can bring attention to East Bay businesses and create new connections.