Elite Event at Petit Robert Central: The 2010 Yelpy Awards!

«Don’t Ask, Just drink it!»
That is my favorite line of the whole night. The music was way too loud to really hear the servers so as I went to yell to the guy passing out drinks he beat me to it and yelled «Don’t ask, just drink it» It doesn’t matter what it was called– it was perfect.

Beautiful venue, attentive service. This event was very booze heavy and lighter on the food, but I’m not complaining!
Great event and I can’t wait until the next one!

Many thanks to Damien and the staff at Petit Robert Central for closing out Unilocal 2010 with a bang! The paparazzi welcome kicked off a very classy party in the restaurant’s lounge with the usual awesome free drinks (I’m a sucker for ginger beer) and delicious passed hors d’oeuvres. My favorite were the fried prawns. So. Good.
My +1 and I hung out in the DJ/​table section and were not that social, but it was fun to see lots of Elite Unilocalers whose reviews I’ve been reading. Congrats to the Unilocaliest winners, the awards, even the shake weight, were much deserved. We enjoyed the music — lots of Michael Jackson — and danced up a storm. It was a really fun time and in talking about it later, I think I’ve brought in some new Unilocalers. Thanks also, Damien, for remembering my +1’s name even though he put on his coat on our way out the door and had his name tag covered. Mad props for a great night.

Joan Rivers update.
Basically the only thing I remember from my high school «Issues in the 21 Century» class is that when the president wears a red tie, he means business. Well our dashing president wore a red tie and he certainly meant business.
The minute I walked in to screaming fans, I suspected this was going to be great. Then I was promptly handed a glass of champagne and I knew. Best. event. ever. (Dare I say?) Amazingly well done, Damien. Great food and great drink served by gorgeous men, what else do I want in life? Oh yeah, Unilocalers. You guys were there too.
My liver would like to thank Unilocal for loving it and nurturing it. You, fine website filled with friends, make it the strong and fascinating icon it is today.

Things I like that I got to experience at the Petit Robert Central event: giving autographs, getting compliments on my many accessories and new dress, eating fine French foods, delicious cocktails, and having so much fun that I stayed out til 4am on a Wednesday night!
Fantastic event in a very attractive space. The bartenders were extremely nice and the company was some of the best. I think wherever I go from now on, there should be cute boys offering me champagne.
Plus, with all those drinks everyone was coming up and spilling their secrets… the signal of a fantastic night.

What a great location for the event! The space was perfect for the amount of Unilocalers that attended with their +1s!
As always, met a lot of great people, had awwwwweeeessooommmmmeee drinks and food.
2011, bring it.
Word.

Thanks for making this wonderful night a reality.
This was my 1^st Unilocal Elite event as an Elite (been a +1 before) and my husband’s 1^st Unilocal event ever.
We were the 2^nd couple to enter Petite Robert Central and were quite amused by the screaming women asking for autographs as we walked in, and the flash bulbs going off in our face. One lady even screamed, «What are you wearing?» so I got to do my best «show off a dress spin».
The free drinks were very tasty (according to my husband).
I accidentally ate something I was allergic to and ended up leaving the party early because of it. (Thank you to the kind Unilocalers who asked if I was OK, got me water, and reassured my worried husband that I was indeed OK.) So, in the future, if it’s possible to label the nibbles, it’d probably be a good idea. (I read another review where someone mentioned unintentionally eating something they were allergic to as well, but they seemed to catch the error sooner than I did and did not get sick because of it.)
Despite having to leave the event early, I enjoyed the evening and can’t wait to see what event Damien has in store for us next.
I’ll just eat before hand next time.

That was a Wednesday night for the books. I don’t know the last time I had so many delicious free drinks and snacks in the company of such beautiful people.
What made this event top notch was the free drinks being brought around. Not having to go to the bar but still getting the option to try everything was superb, and camping out near the kitchen ensured that my +1 and I got a taste of everything. The Central Mule was my favorite by leaps and bounds, but those potato things were good too.
Kudos to the Unilocal team (Damien!) for picking this place — it was the perfect introduction to a restaurant I always walk past but never thought to actually visit.

I think the correct word to describe last night is «epic».
Epic in that it not only all came together so well, but was so much awesome fun :) I saw people I haven’t seen in awhile, dealt with autograph seekers and photographers, and had a bunch of awesome cocktails :) Now some (The Elite) were better than others, but it was all very good.
The food was also quite excellent and delectable, with everything from fried shrimp to chicken pâté.
The awards were awesome. There were fewer mic drops this year, but there was Dawn winning Most Useful (which while not surprising was great) and Gram pulling it out for Lifetime Achievement. All in all great fun :)
Overall, it was a lot of fun, and Elizabeth had a lot of fun too.

Party party at Little Bobby’s
Yeah, that was me shaking the honky foot in a velvet blazer.
Yeah, Hammer and Sickle vodka on the rocks x 8 will get you started.
There were passed apps? Missed those.
Props to getting to meet a couple of peeps who I wanted to.
— 1 star because some of the Elites among us are kind of elitist and assholey. Sad.

Right off the bat, this space is SO much better than Vinalia! I definitely want to come back to Petit Robert Central for an actual meal.
I loved that they had «fans» waiting for autographs on the red carpet, a step-​and-​repeat and free glasses of Prosecco the moment you walked in! While the tasty Prosecco was my drink of choice, I did sip the DANGEROUSLY strong Winter Pear (I think that was its name?). Whoa nelly.
Food-​wise, I gorged myself on those succulent fried Cordon Blue balls (mmmm), the potato fritters and veggie wontons. I stayed away from the seafood, but everyone else seemed to enjoy it! Sadly, I only got 1 dessert — some chocolate goodness on a crust? I dunno what it was, other than delicious!
Minus 1 star only because I couldn’t hear ANYTHING. The DJ was way too loud. And during the awards presentations, I couldn’t hear anything Damien or the winners (congrats to you all, but a special YAY to Amanda L!) said. :(
Was there a favor like last year? I didn’t see anything…
Damien — great job! :) What a way to end a great year of fabulous Unilocal events!

This is one of the nicest spaces I’ve seen for a Unilocal event, and it was so nice seeing Unilocalie pals I haven’t seen in months! Damien picked a stellar venue, all the munchlettes I consumed were extra tasty, and after the hobnobbing was a mini-​dance party (more Unilocalers need to get their butts in dance-​pants gear, for reals). My most favorite part of these shindigs tends to be the after-​party, and $ 6 pitchers did not disappoint.
This review was brought to you by the letters «CM» for «Community Manager» and «Central Mule,» and the letter «D» for «Double Fisting» and «Drunk.»

This was my first Elite event so I’m biased. But I can honestly say that I was VERY impressed.
The details were fabulous– from the group of girls asking for for our autographs when we walked in the door, to the delicious Unilocal-​themed cocktails. Also, the winter pear cocktail was about 90% vodka, which was pretty magical. I hadn’t been to Petit Robert Central yet but the space was perfect. And everybody was dressed up and looking hot.
It did get really loud, and people wouldn’t shut up during the fabulous awards portion, but other than that, it was awesome.

Good golly, what an evening! It was great to see everyone decked out in «Award Show Chic» at this super swanky location! Sure, we had to circle the block and pull on a bunch of locked doors in order to finally find the UNlocked entrance to Petit Robert… but once we found that open door — shazam! FUN time! Unique bevies, glamorous friends, crazy dancing, and (drumroll please) AWARDS!
Great location! Petit Robert… we will have to rendezvous on another occasion. My only complaint: a serious lack of sound control made listening to award acceptance speeches very difficult. The cocktails were FAB! I loved the Unilocalini (bellini specially concocted for Yee Unilocaly Unilocalers), and the Elite cocktail almost knocked me over it was so strong! Fortunately, there were little hors d’œuvres
(pâté, cheese poufs, shrimp, ice cream bites, and macaroons) being delivered around to the guests by shnazzy waiters. All the while, «paparazzi» kept clicking away, which definitely added to the sense of celebrity!
Congratulations to all of the award winners of 2010, and a big «Thanks!» to Damien for throwing down a killa’ shindig! Here’s to 2011, Unilocal

I saved my 100^th review for the last Unilocal event of the year.
I love you guys :)

Late late late for a very important date… bahh I missed the Red Carpet but the rest of the night was so much fun.
+ Meeting new Unilocalers I’ve talked to but never met (Emily D and Lisa S and Mr. B)
+ Meeting the new CM for Providence — Yeah and congrats to Briana! Looking forward to 2011 with you.
+ See past Unilocalers I haven’t bumped into in a while Nicole E
+ Drinks were strong whoo hooo
+ Passed food was so yummy
+ Hugs and good cheer from all the awesome Unilocalers
+ Music and dancing was fun
+ Dressing up is always fun!
+ Meeting plus 1s
+ After party is always a good time!
— A bit too loud during the awards. I could hardly hear (or see since I am short ha ha).
— Wished I would have met some more Unilocalers I’ve talked to but yet to actually meet… Danielle K, Jeremy K, Jonny C maybe next time.
Great night congrats to all the winners!

Now
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And, I owe it all to youuuuuuuuu!
This was a stellar event to end 2010 and look forward to 2011. I cannot express enough just how happy winning Lifetime of Achievement was. I am so blessed to have found Unilocal.I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Unilocalers are EFFING AWESOME!
I thought the venue was a great place to party and get down with yo bad self. I danced, drank, sang, hugged people, met new people and saw my old homies.
I loved it!
Thank you to Damien for your kind words and thanks again to all the Unilocalers.

You like me. You really like me!
Okay, in my day, I have attended many crazy college house parties where we would dance all night, drink god knows what and make out with rando strangers or friends without regard to gender; and I have been to swanky upscale galas with silent auctions and fancy gowns and hushed laughter dancing in the air over champagne and cavier.
Never would I think that these two world could be combined successfully. Until last night.
Unfortunately, I cannot go into greater detail about the event since it could affect my future campaign for political office.
Five stars for the event. Five stars for Damien. Five zillion stars to you all for being so effing fabulous.
(PS my option business tip in writing this review is.
Good for Kids:
Yes (0) No (0) Not Sure HA HA HA HA HA!
I’m saying Yes.)

Who could forget the screaming fans and cameras greeting you as you entered Petit Robert? All I can say is, I hope you wore underwear when you got out of the car. Oh the papa-​papa-​razzi.
Considering I basically followed the food and cocktail train all night (hey, I wasn’t the only one! I saw ya’ll trying to look inconspicuous!) to a place called satisfied, I’d say the night was a mighty success.
Indeed, I did not heed the warning to eat beforehand and found myself weaving through the throngs of Elites dressed to the nines, noshing on all sorts of yums appetizers, and enjoying my fair share of tasty Unilocaltinis (?) and every other edible thing in the room. Those felt tree-​bush things looked like lollipops, but unfortunately were not edible. Mm.
There were lovely Oscar-​like speeches (and accompanying screaming fans) – my favorite started with, «I’d like to thank the Academy…», super cool Spartan and Viking hats, and those fantastic Unilocal mugs that winners can take to the office tomorrow to passively announce their Unilocaly Elite specialness to their coworkers. Take THAT to the water cooler, yah!
On a last, entirely unrelated note, I remember when Petit Robert was Vinalia – spent a Halloween there, and I’m pretty sure I was sipping a Unilocaltini in the exact spot the Transformer (via cardboard boxes and a buttload of LED lights) man stood. Either him or the tranny Austin Powers. I’m not sure…

After being blindsided by a wave of raging fans trying to get pictures and autographs and safely entering the confines of Petit Robert’s establishment, I was left rather impressed. And this is coming from me. A Frenchman.
While I didn’t get to try too much of their food, I did notice that they had a fine selection of scotchs and gave a couple of them a test run. I also sampled some of the themed cocktails that were offered to us by the bar tending staff: I had the Elite cocktail and it was pretty good although I can’t quite recall what was in it.
They passed some noshables around and while I had an accidental bite of a seafood one (I’m allergic) and processed to very carefully «dispose of it», I had a bite of the chicken cordon bleu balls and they were pretty good.
A lot of people attended the event and the award ceremony was fun; I hope that it becomes a permanent, annual part of the Unilocal agenda. My only issue was the noise level; My ears are still buzzing hours later. That aside, it was a good time and it was fun to see everyone.
Congrats to all of the 2010 winners and a big congrats to Damien for putting this together!