Joe�s Banquet Center, located next door to Joe�s Barbeque Restaurant, opened in 1999. The ultra modern facility is quite a contrast to the rustic barbeque atmosphere of its next door neighbor. Weddings, anniversaries, and birthday events make up a majority of the monthly calendar. Add monthly civic club meetings along with businesses and schools (Alvin and many neighboring districts), along with chamber of commerce and political events and it�s hard to find an open date for many individual