Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Guest Blog- We're Getting Married in a Restaurant: Here's Why


Last week, we brought you our thoughts on getting married in some of the greatest Atlanta restaurants and it spurred a lot of interest from y'all.  Here is a personal account from Erica Campbell, summer bride, savvy fashionista and marketing guru.  Can't get enough Erica (I certainly can't), then make sure to read all about her  experience as she plans her wedding on her HILARIOUS blog, Love You, Bows and Arrows.  Check out her thoughts about getting married at JCT Kitchen & Bar.



Every time I tell people I’m getting married at a restaurant (Atlanta’s very own JCT Kitchen & Bar), they make that face. You know the face. The one where at first they’re showing their confusion and then, upon catching themselves, they slowly widen their smile and say something like “cool” “unique” or “that’s interesting.”  Okay, maybe not every time, and maybe not everyone, but it seems like getting married in a restaurant isn’t exactly the “go-to” for most couples these days. Luckily, the fiancé and I aren’t most couples and we chose our “unique, cool and interesting” venue for some great reasons:  

Convenience
Ceremony, cocktail hour and reception are all in one venue without having to flip the rooms.  Everything’s under one top, so there’s no need to worry about your great aunt getting lost in the streets of Atlanta on the way to the second location. In short, it’s like an all-inclusive resort for weddings.

Cost
This is definitely something that comes to mind when wedding planning, you want to try to keep the cost down while still having the wedding of your dreams. Granted you can still have a wedding to rival the cost of the Kardashian Humphries catastrophe of 2012 at a restaurant venue but you don’t necessarily have to.  In most restaurants there is already décor. Linens, chairs and in some cases even flowers, they all come with the restaurant already, saving you money on over the top décor that wouldn’t really fit the feel of the place anyway. There’s also the fact that some restaurants allow you to bypass the rental fee, you’re just paying for the food and beverage minimum. It’s like any other night at the restaurant, except the only people eating there think you and the person you love are awesome and you look like a million bucks (not that you don’t usually look that way).

Unique
We didn’t want a church wedding (sorry dad) and we didn’t want to get married in a huge house either. We wanted something unique that felt like us. Our ideal venue was rustic, industrial, southern but not country. JCT is all of that, perfectly nestled in Atlanta’s west side market district. When we walked in the first time we knew we liked the place and when we ate the food we fell in love, which brings us to number four on our list.

Food
You’ve watched four weddings, don’t lie. You love that show. Don’t worry, I love it too. So tell me, what do people talk the most about at the weddings? Is it music? Nope. The bride?  Maybe a little. But it’s the food that makes or breaks the night. So why not have your wedding at a place that serves hundreds of people a day. That takes care of the issue of cold meals or tasteless food. Plus, by the time you’ve gotten into wedding shape you’ll want a feast, and a restaurant is the perfect place to do that. That’s what I plan on doing anyway. 

Erica, you hit the nail on the head, my dear.  

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