Private Events

Host your next event at Vino Locale!

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The atmosphere at Vino Locale has the feel of a little wine country in the heart of Silicon Valley.

As your guests enter our converted 1906 Victorian historic home, they’ll discover a hidden 2,500 square foot outdoor back patio. In the evening, the patio is illuminated with twinkle lights, fire pits, and outdoor heaters. We offer year-round outdoor dining. During the winter, six covered gazebos heated by electric heaters and surrounded by firepits and heaters, create a warm atmosphere to keep your guests warm and dry.

We invite you to experience the intimate atmosphere at Vino Locale, Palo Alto’s best-kept secret!

Let’s get started!

• Select your Event Pre-Set Menu from the list below
• Complete an Inquiry Form so our event planner can contact you
• We’ll create and email you a proposal
• Once you approve the proposal & pay the 20% deposit, your event is locked in!
• Show up for your event and let our experience staff serve you

Event Pre-Set Menus

All pre-set menu prices include 2-3 glasses of wine or beer per person for consumption on the premises.

[$59/guest] “The Sampler”

[$79/guest] “Bon Appétit”

[$99/guest] Vino Locale Favorites *Most Popular

[$129/guest] Three-Course Dinner Party

Facility Fee, Gratuity & Taxes: $300 Facility charge per patio/room + 22% gratuity + Palo Alto Sales tax of 9.125% applies.

Other services:

Cake: Bringing your own cake? Our cake-serving fee is $2.50 per person.

Wine Upgrades: Most packages include the Tier 1 wines.

1. Upgrade wines from Tier 1 to Tier 2 (up to $53/bottle) — add $14 pp .
2. Upgrade wines from Tier 1 to Tier 3 (up to $95/btl)— add $30 pp

Beer: If you expect a large number of beer drinkers, please estimate how many and we’ll  reduce your wine allocation accordingly and include beer at no extra charge

Non-drinkers: We offer non-alcoholic wine & beer for those who don’t drink alcohol. Please discuss with our event planner.

Wine Tasting and Education: Add a wine tasting experience to your event for an additional $200 (1.5 hours).

Service and Décor:

• Exclusive bar set-up with a dedicated server
• Artfully displayed platters of food on a buffet (in 1-3 courses)
• Tables decorated with linens

• You are welcome to provide additional decorations; NO Confetti or other similar decorations can be used on the premises.  All decorations must be removed at end of event.  Vino Locale reserves the right to charge a cleaning fee of $150 if decorations are not removed.

Music

• We recommend our regular musicians and offer a wide variety of musical genres. Cost ranges from $250-300 per hour (background musicians or dance bands available). We offer satellite radio stations appropriate for a wine bar setting. For Full Buyouts or Back Patio Buyouts, you are welcome to bring your phone or iPod to play music through our speakers.

Private Areas, Minimums, and Capacities

	Max Capacity Mingling	Max Capacity Seated	Happy Hour 3-6 Tue-Wed (2.5 Hours)	Happy Hour 3-6 Thurs-Sat (2.5 Hours)	Dinner 6-9 (Tue-Wed)	Dinner 6-9 (Thur-Sat)	Sunday
Main Back Patio (24′ by 24′)	38	32	$        1800.00	$   1800.00	Not Available	Not Available	$  6,000.00
Secret Garden (17′ by 24′)	28	25	$        1000.00	$   1000.00	$  1,500.00	$   1,500.00
Back Bar Patio (24′ by 32′)	38	24	$        1000.00	$   1000.00	$  1,500.00	$   1,900.00
Front Patio (20′ by 25′)	36	36	$        600.00	$   800.00	$  1,200.00	$   1,800.00	Not Available
Piano Lounge (12′ by 16′)	15	12	$        600.00	$   800.00	$     1200.00	$   1,500.00	Not Available

Food and wine minimum: Determined by area of the restaurant you are reserving and the night of the week. See above chart

• Facility fee: $300 for the exclusive use of one area
• Special Hours Fee: If you choose to host your event outside of normal business hours, there will be a $100 fee/hour (outside of normal hours) to accommodate staff coming early or staying late.
• Late Payment Fee: Balance is due on the night of the event; a physical credit card is needed to process payment.  (we do not keep credit card information on file) If, for any reason, full payment is not received the night of the event, we will charge a $200 late payment fee.
• Gratuity and taxes: The 22% gratuity is subject to sales tax by California law. Palo Alto Sales tax is 9.125%

Other important Policies :

Adjusting for headcount? Please let us know 72 hours prior to your event and  we’ll adjust your proposal to reflect your new headcount of +/- 10%.  The maximum reduction in number is 10% (If reduction is more than 10%, we can only adjust by 10%. Any increase more than 10% will need to be re-evaluated by operations manager and may not be able to be accommodated. A headcount will be done during the event and adjusted for any increase from original expectation. (no reduction adjustment will be done on day of event.) Original headcount should be decided carefully to prevent any adjustment of >10%.

Over the past 20 years, we have accommodated thousands of events including the following: