Because our wedding party is so large, we are going to end up with between 50 and 60 guests at the rehearsal dinner. We are going to use the entire back dining area of the pub, which means guests will be split between three long tables and in the surrounding booths. I think this will actually work out quite nicely because if all the guests were at one long table they wouldn't be able to chat with everyone, anyway. And this gives us the opportunity to get up and mingle with the different tables throughout dinner.
Our plan for the rehearsal dinner is for guests to arrive and be greeted with a beverage (probably prosecco or a microbrew), while they snack on some appetizers (salumi and cheese plates). Then we'll start with a wild greens salad followed by the entree choice (choices will be salmon, pork, or vegetarian) finished with desert which will be hand-made ice cream with brownies. We're still trying to decide what to do about alcohol, but we talked about having beer/wine pairings with each course and then guests could also buy whatever they wanted from the bar.
My co-worker is going to decorate all the tables for us in our wedding colors and we can play anything we want as far as music. Most importantly, after dinner those who want to can hang out and take over the bar for as long as we'd like. This will be lots of fun since our rehearsal dinner is on a Thursday so the next day is a free day before the wedding, and we will have lots of out-of-town guests visiting who will want to enjoy the city night life.
My dinner was Steak Salad - Angus flat iron with butter lettuce, fried onions, grape tomatoes, Pt. Reyes blue cheese and roasted shallot vinaigrette. |
Stew had the signature Collins Burger - a hand formed patty, special sauce, lettuce, tomato, red onion, Tillamook extra sharp cheddar on a grand Central burger bun, served with house fries. |
Sounds like a good time!
ReplyDeleteHopefully you make the guest list... ;-)
ReplyDeleteyay! sounds like the perfect place, going to be so much fun!
ReplyDeleteSounds perfect!!!!
ReplyDeleteYes we are really excited about it!
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