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Now that you’ve seen how we’re kicking off our Wedding Weekend on Friday night, it’s time for Part 2: Saturday night!

On Saturday night we will have a dinner party for our out of town guests and family members. I have to say, this was surprisingly one of the more difficult tasks that I tackled. After our venue search turned out to be so easy, I thought simply finding a restaurant in midtown for Saturday night would be easy enough. I was so wrong! Anything close to the hotels that we booked turned out to be extremely expensive (like, rivaled the cost of food for the wedding itself) and we were stuck for a while. Then, I decided just to contact one of our favorite Manhattan joints, Campo, and see what their pricing was. Not only did they give us a great price, but they were so great to work with and happy to host our event! Even though this restaurant was in a totally different neighborhood, and we decided to get a bus for our guests, the price per person was still less than if we had chosen a restaurant near the hotels.

Campo Outside

Campo inside view of the main dining room

I love the food (mmm, fried tomatoes and mozzarella de-lish!) and the atmosphere and I am so happy that it has worked out with Campo for Saturday night. I anticipate that we’ll have about 125 people (the size of some weddings!) composed of our close family members and out of town guests. After dinner, we’re looking for a bar in the neighborhood that people can go to, or they can head back to one of the hotels where we have a block, The Roosevelt Hotel, and head up to their rooftop bar and lounge, Mad46, if the weather cooperates. I will probably head straight home to get my beauty sleep before the big day!

You may have noticed at this point that we’re not doing a rehearsal dinner in the traditional sense. Our families will be with us on Friday and Saturday night, and we will have a chance to thank them on Friday night (we will probably head to the NYBG for a rehearsal on Friday morning). Since we are not having a formal bridal party, we did not feel the need for a formal rehearsal or subsequent dinner.

Were you able to incorporate any of your favorite restaurants into your wedding weekend? Are you having a pre- or post-event for out of towners?