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Pittsburgh Wedding Research

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Sharing the research from my wedding planning
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Venues

I researched quite a few venues when looking for my wedding site for 200 guests. Maybe one of these would be perfect for you?

 
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Indoor and Outdoor options; ceremony only, reception only, and combinations available. All rentals include AV equipment and day-of coordinator
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens | Pittsburgh PA
 
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Former technical school turned beautiful event venue with views of downtown skyline; different room options with industrial chic and skyline views
Energy Innovation Center
 
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Newly finished space that opens out onto historic Rose Garden and connects to main aviary for additional bird encounters. Requires use of venue catering partner.
National Aviary
 
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Beautiful gardens means you may be able to cut down on additional decor required. Must provide your own alcohol and need to rent your own tent for the outdoor space (with indoor dancing option)
Pittsburgh Botanic Gardens - Weddings
 
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Affordable and natural beauty, downside is its relative distance to any city or hotel blocks likely requiring transportation
Succop Nature Park
 
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County pricing, downtown is close to lots of hotel blocks
Venue Rentals - Courthouse Courtyard and Grand Staircase
 
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Community center near a Marriott property on Neville Island. Can have the option to rent another park facility ahead of public (e.g. welcome party event, etc)
Mayernik Center at Avonworth Community Park

Caterers

We looked at a number of caterers, but only did tastings with the three below. Let me know if you'd like to see the full list (knowing that I can't provide any recommendations for the others beyond what's available on Google!).

 
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We loved the thought they put into our tasting - I had mentioned that I wanted to lean into black metals over woods, and they ensured that our tasting was set up to include that as well! The butternut squash ravioli is one of the best things I've eve...
Bistro To Go Catering
 
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This is a team that has the wedding catering down pat. They were one of the most responsive vendors we reached out to and had information ready to share with us on our multitude of questions (they really thought about everything!). They also offer re...
Chef & I Catering
 
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We don't like gatekeeping, but this is a well kept secret. A humble family run joint, but the food flavors were amazing.
Stephen's Kitchen and Catering
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