Weddingbee Blog

Here’s the situation.

We have a venue, but no officiant.

We have invites, but no save the dates. Truth.

And? We have a rehearsal-dinner concept picked, but not the actual meal for our reception.

Edit: I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to do cheese wrong. Nom. (Image via icanhascheezburger.com)

Backward? Maybe. But hey, that’s how we roll.

So…about that rehearsal dinner. We want to do a Maryland-style crab feast!

Since living in the good ol’ MD, Foxy and I have made eating crabs somewhat of a regular thing. I’m not just talking crab cakes or king crab legs. I’m talking full blown bash-the-heck-out-of-the-crab-so-you-can-find-the-meat-and-eat-it crabs. I still have no idea how to do it right, but it’s SO much fun.

Well, imagine our surprise (and luck!) when we learned that our venue was having a traditional Maryland crab dinner for one of their recent Monday Night Supper Clubs. Our initial question of whether or not they would be able to do such a thing vanished. They nailed it and then some.

No plates necessary!

And…gone. Delish.

They way they set it up, each table got a big basket of crabs but could also go up to the buffet line for some potato salad, grilled corn, peel-and-eat shrimp, and/or fried chicken; thus, an option for everyone. While Foxy and I would love to watch and giggle at our guests trying to open up their crabs in order to eat (come on, it’d be a smidge amusing)…I suppose it’d be better if there were other options. We’re hoping to do something similar to the mini-buffet Vandiver did for the supper club, and we could even throw some crab cakes into the mix if people want crab but don’t want to work for it. (Those lazy bums!)

We haven’t set this in stone yet, as we still want to check out some local restaurants to see their take on the crab feast. But this is definitely a viable option!

Has anyone else had their rehearsal dinner at their wedding venue? Why or why not?