Last week, I threw a reception for Brian Copeland at Zocalo. The reception itself doesn't deserve bear much writing about in a food blog, other than to say that we served delicious Zocalo coffee, cookies and a very nice lemon cake donated by Marita's Sweet Potato Pie Co.
Before the reception, however, Mike Weisner, the owner of Paradiso, threw a pre-reception for Brian and some of his friends. They served fried calamari and a variety of their oven fired pizzas which were delicious. I'd certainly recommend it as a place to have a casual-elegant reception :)