MEMORANDUM

To: Justin K. Jensen

From: Jenna C. Addy

Subject: Recommendation for dinner before 2013 Senior Prom

As you have requested, I have researched possible locations for dinner before our senior prom. Because of your specific perimeters, I have narrowed down a list of two places that I believe will be fit for us: Olive Garden and Bali Hai. I developed a list of perimeters to help decide the ideal place for our prom dinner:

1.       Food

2.       Price

3.       Level of class

RECOMMENDATION

I recommend that we dine at Olive Garden for our senior prom. The food is delicious and will satisfy everyone in our dinner party, and the price is reasonable for a teenage budget. Although it is not super fancy, the atmosphere is still semi classy and will be perfect for the occasion.

DISCUSSION

FOOD

The two restaurants give us a variety of food types.

Olive Garden. This Italian restaurant serves a wide variety of pasta dishes and traditional Italian foods, as well as sea food. They serve endless endless bread sticks and salad.

Bali Hai. This Polynesian restaurant serves mainly seafood dishes. In addition, they do serve other meats such as steak, pork, chicken, and duck.

Conclusion. Because of our group’s love of Italian food, I feel that we will all find something delicious to eat at Olive Garden.

PRICE

With a group of teenagers on a minimum wage budget, the price of the restaurant should not be expensive.

Olive Garden. The $15 meals will fit perfectly within our budget and should not exceed our financial limits. If the location we choose has a special then we can save even more money by selecting certain entrees.

Bali Hai. The price of the food is a little more expensive than we can afford. The average cost is $20 - $30 which could potentially be too much.

Conclusion. Olive Garden meets our financial needs perfectly and will not exceed our high school budget.

LEVEL OF CLASS

Because of our attire, we should dine at a classier restaurant.

Olive Garden. This restaurant does have class, but it is not very formal. We will look out of place and could potentially get food on our clothes.

Bali Hai. The class of the restaurant is elegant and would perfectly match our fancy attire. We would not have very messy food and would have a less likely chance of getting food on our clothes.

Conclusion. Although Bali Hai would meet our desired level of class, I believe that going to Olive Garden would be the best fit for us. I think it might be quite enjoyable to have people look at us while we eat at a normal place in our fancy prom dresses and tuxedos!