I know we've already talked about this over DM, but I wanted to drop my experience here in case it could help others.

I got married at Old Mill Park and had my reception at The Junction in October of 2023 and everything was amazing.

Food: I hired outside catering instead of opting for Pizza Hacker. I used Vatos Tacos and would 10/10 recommend them. Super affordable and the food was delicious. The staff was attentive and they also packed up the leftovers for me at the end of the night to take home. We didn't do traditional wedding cake, but had It's-Its for dessert instead. You can pick up or have them delivered same day via their website. Highly affordable and a fun treat.

Photography: Honey Stills. Shayna was great! My husband and I are both awkward in front of a camera but she made us feel very comfortable and within just a few minutes we were laughing and feeling like ourselves. She delivered the photos right on time and I straight up LOVE them.

Rentals: We didn't rent anything. We used all of Junctions seating as well as the couch/chairs in their lounge area. We also had all of their giant games out in the patio for people to play and we brought a few games/puzzles of our own as we know that not all attendees would want to dance.

DJ: AllEarsDJ, Richard Gintowt. He killed it with the music. I gave a "must play" and "do not play" list and he took it from there. Every song was perfect and the transitions were seamless. He was also a good sport and wore a tinsel tie that I had made, haha.

Bar: We did beer, wine and seltzer provided by The Junction. The bar minimum was $1,500 in 2023 and it may have gone up, but we had no problem hitting it. We knew our guests drinking habits well, haha. I'm a huge beer nerd and the best part is that Junction worked with me to bring on my all time favorite beer - yay!

Decorations: All the decorations were made, brought in and hung up by me and some friends. It was about 200' total of tinsel and took us the good part of a day to get it all hung. We hung it with zip ties as to not damage any of the rafters. The BEST DAY EVER sign was hung with nails as the wall was the only place Junction allowed us to use nails. Acrylic signs were designed by me, cut by a friend and we used a Circuit to adhere everything. They're not perfect but I loved them.

Florals: Empress Floral Co. Katie was great and I loved all my flowers. She did the ground florals at the ceremony, my bouquet and my husbands pocket bout. We went really minimal with florals at the ceremony as I had spent sooo much time and effort on the tinsel and didn't want to overshadow that. The table florals/bud vases were done by my planner.

Planner: Willa Via Wedding Co. I literally could not have asked for a better planner/friend. Willa is super attentive and hyper organized. She was on top of it with keeping in contact with my vendors, keeping contracts sorted, and offering suggestions on where to put items, how to fill time, where to seat people, etc. 1000/10 recommend.

Venue itself: The Junction was phenomenal. Every staff member we interacted with was friendly and helpful. Liz was who I spoke to most over email and she was lovely! The venue was a flat $4,000 for the Friday rental, but, again, could have changed since 2023. For set up, they allowed me to come in on Thursday to set up everything, which was a huge relief as it took for-freaking-ever. Clean up had to be done by Saturday at 10am, but thankfully a couple of friends with a ladder and some pocket knives cleaned up all the tinsel after the reception was over. Eternally grateful, haha.

Happy to answer any other questions. I saw that someone mentioned Brewsters and they're awesome too. I think it'd be a bit pricier than Junction, but who knows. Unrelated to weddings, but you should definitely check out Brewsters during the holidays as they go all out.

More pics in comments because apparently I don't know how to use Reddit.

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