Catered pizza at a wedding? Taco truck?

Go right ahead! I love pizza! I'm thinking of having pizza for my late night buffet

Nope...I've never had pizza at a wedding...not even a casual wedding. Would it be a cool idea to have bona fide gourmet pizza apps, amongst others, passed at cocktail hour? Sure. Would it be even cooler to have gourmet pies served at the end of the night? Yes, it would. Pizza for dinner at a wedding? Maybe it's a regional thing (I'm in the northeast -- suburbs of NYC), but no, no pizza for a wedding dinner. I'd urge you to add a few other interesting entrees. Pizza slices as a side? Yes, it could work. Pizza as an entree in and of itself? Sorry...I wouldn't do it.

I say go for it!

I think it has to be executed well to work. I would not be happy to get dominos pizza at a wedding and my FH (Brooklyn born and bred) would probably walk out if Dominos or something similar was served. I think presentation and having gourmet pizza are the key.

If your venue allows it, maybe consider getting 2-3 food trucks. Have one be a wood fired pizza truck and have the other be something like a taco truck or a hibachi truck or a waffle truck (could do savory and sweet).

Another other option is to have wood fired or brick oven pizzas as one option in an Italian buffet. Along with it have something similar to chicken parm, meatballs, penne alla vodka, a veggie and salad.

Or you could do a pasta bar, a salad bar and a pizza bar.

ETA: I probably wouldn't do pizza as the only entree option.

I think it's great. My FI and I are also considering a pizza food truck along with many other things! We have both had some pretty bad wedding food. I'd rather have great pizza then overcooked vegetables and fish any day.

I really am beginning to believe that a lot of the food truck/pizza/taco wedding entree receptions are regional. Seriously, at the age of 55, and with tons of personal weddings under my belt, I have never had to choke down overcooked vegetables, sticky rice, cold potatoes, dry chicken, or lousy prime beef. Any food prepped and served by a talented, qualified, legit caterer/venue in my area (cocktail hour or reception meal) has been as good as the food served in any luxury restaurant I've patronized.

Maybe I'm in the minority, but pizza is pizza. However you dress it up, it's still available with a phone call and a rather minimal investment. It's pizza. In my mind, weddings are special. If Thanksgiving -- an annual holiday -- warrants a golden turkey with all of the fixings, how much more does a once in life time event warrant something a little less Friday night than, "I don't want to cook -- let's order pizza!"? Just my opinion. Will guests like it and eat it? Sure. Will it seem odd? In my area, it would be odd if there was nothing offered before or after. Will the ladies in their designer dresses relish the idea of chewing a cheesy triangle while trying to corral stringy mozzarella, or will they cut up their slices with a knife and fork? Who knows. Call me a snob, but the memory of a pizza entree will be "pizza", not "good cuisine". I just think weddings deserve more.

We're doing it for our rehearsal dinner - as long as its a nice place with good presentation and gourmet-style pizzas, i say go for it! Our rehearsal dinner caterer actually has a portable wood fired oven and the fee includes having a chef there making the pizzas right there in our backyard.

They were doing it at the wedding expo we went to this weekend and it was seriously the biggest hit of the entire event.

Just make sure they have experience catering events like this and have a full fledged menu with apps, sides, etc (something more than just pizza), and you should be golden.

Which expo did you go to? I went to one in sac and they had it there haha

I would just make sure to have gluten free options if that might be an issue for anyone. Also, have a nice fresh garden salad with a few dressing options. Personally, I don't really eat pizza because I don't do much junk food so to me that's just too much of a cheat. I *maybe* eat pizza once a year and even then it would have to be exactly my favorite kind or not worth it. Esp if that was pretty much all there was so I had to eat enough pizza to be full, I would feel go guilty. So if I was at a wedding and that was all they had I would honestly hate that I had to decide whether to eat something so bad for me or try to hold out and leave early to get some other food.

Pizza at a rehearsal dinner? Go for it! A RD isn't a wedding. A RD can be as casual or formal as you want it to be. It requires food (pizza/tacos/burgers/pasta or surf and turf -- it doesn't matter) and drinks. Nothing more. A wedding isn't a RD. It's like comparing apples and oranges.

It would be gourmet pizza from an Italian restaurant that does catering, we would also offer salad/pasta im sure. Another thought how do taco trucks at the wedding work? From everything I have seen you pay for what you order right then. Do they just pay a flat fee to rent the truck/pay for service?

Do it! Everyone loves pizza and everyone loves weddings! WIN WIN!

We had pizza as our late night snack and people loved it. I suppose it may have been odd for everyone to be all dressed up eating pizza, but by 11pm after many drinks it felt perfect. Ours wasn't fancy though. I wouldn't mind gourmet pizza as a meal, but not typical pizza. I would also hope for some nice sides.

I think pizza would be fine. Granted. I'm currently eating leftover pizza for breakfast, but still. Yum!

Pretend I said everything The Centerpiece Flowers said. When I don't feel like cooking, I order pizza. I do not understand the food truck/pizza/taco receptions either. You don't have to feed me prime rib or lobster, but if I just cleared my day for you, dressed up, put a ton of money in a card for you and you made me to get my food/tacos from a truck (in paper containers) I'm not going it to be very impressed at all and will think you don't know how to host properly.

Will you EVER hear me say a word about it? No - because my mom taught me that manners and etiquette go both ways.

For pizza - I guess I just see it as The Centerpiece Flowers does - Thanksgiving gets all kinds of effort but a once in a lifetime event gets what I can call and have delivered to my house.

Now as others have said - as part of an Italian buffet or as a side? Sounds great. As the main entrée? Not so much. I never see this at weddings and I am in Central Michigan.

We have a gourmet pizza station as one of our 5 stations at reception... People are really excited about it. I dont think that should be all you have to eat though!

We have a gourmet pizza station as one of our 5 stations at reception... People are really excited about it. I dont think that should be all you have to eat though!

I love it for the RD, (in fact, I think it's one of the best choices, cost and relaxation wise...) We have one venue that does awesome thin crust gourmet pizza for their cocktail hour. I LOVE it, and when I talk to their couples, I always recommend it.

I"m with Jelee on this one too....but if there was a Cousin's Lobster truck? Now we're talkin'!

I think you have tons of advice here. In my opinion it all depends on the atmosphere of your wedding.

Is it formal or informal? Where is it located? Our wedding is anything but formal and will be in a state park. We hired a food truck that will be made to order and I feel it goes with the flow of the day. He gave us several options. The lower cost PP came with one trip to the truck. The higher cost PP came with unlimited everything. I am in the Northern VA area and no I don't think this is a "normal" setting for a wedding here. Then again almost all weddings in this area are EXTREMELY formal. If ours was the case I would have followed the traditional route.

If this is what you want to do give your family and friends a huge heads up of how the day is going to go so there are no surprises for them. Hope this all helps.

I am paying my trucks a flat fee and if my guests order more than that, I will pay the difference. I am having two trucks. I like made to order food, and they both have awesome food as well - the hibachi truck is from one of the most popular brick and mortar restaurants in our area. If people don't want to come because there are trucks? That's fine. It's posted and listed on my rsvp card. I also am going to order heavier weight disposables for my trucks to use to serve. I just have to contact them in about a month and see what size plates/bowls I should be purchasing. I did a sushi/hibachi truck and a taco truck, mostly because we don't tend to eat your average buffet food in our real life. We go to local bars and restaurants and really love the local food trucks. It also will allow people to get something, mingle/dance etc, and still go back and get something made to order because they serve for three hours. Nope, it isn't for everyone, but in my area I'm seeing more and more of them and they are fun!