A few weeks ago we scheduled our rehearsal with our venue and immediately began to hunt for rehearsal dinner locations. We thought about hosting it at my parents' home for a hot second, but decided that it would be too much work for them the night before the wedding. Plus, most of the wedding party will be staying at the hotel next to the venue and the drive to our parents' place would be pretty far for the out of towners. It just made more sense to keep it close to our venue. Of course, for us this meant relying on restaurant websites and Yelp reviews, but we did find a few locations that seemed suitable. We eventually narrowed it down to a seemingly nice Italian restaurant just a few blocks from our venue.
Since Momma Coyote and I happened to be in the area this weekend we decided to take a quick detour and check out the rehearsal dinner location in person. I have to say, I'm glad we decided to drive by because the place was not at all what we were expecting:
Well hello there weird sketchy restaurant with an awning that hasn't been cleaned since 1908. Momma Coyote clearly does not approve. Unfortunately, they don't open until 5 pm on Saturdays so we weren't even able to pop in and have a looksy at the inside, but our first impression was severe disappointment.
This place is seriously an enigma to me because they have rave reviews and even come recommended by our venue. I'm not really sure what to think. I've always been told not to judge a book by its cover so we're considering stopping in and having dinner there next weekend, but I'm not holding my breath.
So what you think about our potentially shade-tastic rehearsal dinner location? Should we give them the benefit of the doubt or should we cut our losses and start the search again? How was your hunt for a rehearsal dinner location?
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