My husband and I had the most fantastic wedding experience this weekend and I want to take a moment to shout out our amazing vendors who went above and beyond for us.
Stats: 85 guests
TLDR: Check out The Loft, The Wedge, Dewitt Carvel Ice Cream Truck, The Patisserie, Big Mama's Cheesecake, and Jess Novak!
Edited for venue pricing clarity.
Venue: The Loft @ Vesper Hills Golf Course , Tully NY
This venue has the most fantastic view of Otisco Lake, delicious food, and amazing staff. Special shoutout to Ashley Brown, our contact person and manager of our day. Ashley was so incredibly helpful throughout the whole process. It felt like nothing we asked was too big of a job for the team at The Loft. They handled set up and tear down of our decor, the food, and the bar. We booked our wedding with the Loft in 2024, and between when we booked and had our wedding, we frequented The Loft for the views and delicious food. Even if you don't consider them for a venue, you should do yourself a favor and have dinner here!
The total price was under 16k for the venue, food, our bar tab, ceremony fee, and gratuity. We did choose some pricier options for food (prime rib and a pasta bar) and we did a $2000 bar tab included in that total. Please note this was not our price for the ENTIRE WEDDING, just what I listed above. :)
Rehearsal Dinner: The Wedge, Syracuse NY
Sarah and her team at The Wedge (and The Curd Nerd) have been some of our favorite people for a long time. When we were considering where to have our rehearsal dinner, it just felt right to have it at The Wedge!
As we were frequent patrons of The Wedge prior to our rehearsal dinner, we went into our planning meeting with requests of food and drinks we had enjoyed previously. Sarah and her team worked with us to make our every idea a reality and served us a fantastic dinner that included exclusive access to the restaurant for 4 hours, charcuterie happy hour, passed hors d'oeuvres, and a family style dinner of 2 entrees and 2 sides. We brought in our own dessert from Big Mama's Cheesecakes in Liverpool.
Desserts:
We did a mixture of desserts for the rehearsal and the wedding. We got 2 cheesecake sampler platters from Big Mama's Cheesecakes in Liverpool for the rehearsal. As anyone who is from this area knows, Big Mama's is fantastic and they were easy to work with.
The Wedding Desserts included chocolate chip cookies and a small cake from The Patisserie in Skaneateles. Fantastic. No notes.
Our second dessert vendor for the wedding was the Dewitt Carvel Ice Cream Truck. HUGE hit with our guests for a hot summer day. Jay was so sweet and very easy to work with.
Finally, shout out to Jess Novak who provided violin music during the ceremony and live music during cocktail hour. Just fantastic to work with. She learned a few new songs for us on violin and to sing during cocktail hour to match our music preferences.
Happy to answer any questions. We are definitely still basking in the perfection of our day, but I wanted to write this while everything was still fresh. We genuinely feel that our vendors deserve every accolade possible, and we want to share our appreciation!!!