Where the Party At" (A Reception Venue, Obviously)
Chicago Reception Venue
There seems to be a common theme in every wedding planning article I?ve come across: figure out your venue, and the rest will begin to fall into place. Selecting our ceremony site was simple, but searching for a reception venue was downright horrifying at times.
Has anyone had this experience" You visit a venue?s website, like the photos, think you can make it work, and then you open their pricing list.
An actual clip of my reaction when I read ?$20,000 FOOD AND DRINK MINIMUM? | GIF via Giphy
We considered—and eliminated—quite a few venues early on, but ultimately it came down to a few criteria:
Close to our ceremony if at all possible. I got stressed just thinking about renting buses or trolleys to shuttle people between them. An aesthetic that would work with our desired ?festive holiday party? atmosphere.
A bill that wouldn?t send us into hysterics. Which, in Chicago, is as rare as a GD unicorn.
That?s why we were thrilled to stumble upon Salvatore?s. It?s a wedding venue (though they also function as a restaurant at times) with beautiful wood paneling, an inclusive approach to reception amenities, and best of all—a five-minute walk from the church.
Picture it with lots of gold candles |Â Image via Salvatore?s
If the weather is very bad, we will still need to figure out how to get people over there—but Benjamin and I both felt that this was going to be as close as we could get to our vision!
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