Late night snack

I don’t think you need to shut down the bar to serve a late night snack. I’ve never been to a wedding where the bar closed more than 30 minutes before the wedding ended, but maybe it’s a regional thing. In our area, when the bar closes, it’s time to start saying goodbyes.

View Quoted Comment See, I honestly wasn’t sure about that because, and this is no lie, I’ve never been to a wedding that served alcohol. I tried to remember from my club days but that’s been a long time ago lol. So basically we could start serving the late snacks like around 9:00 and close the bar 10:00/10:30?

View Quoted Comment That sounds great to me!

10pm seems good to me

View Quoted Comment Sweet, thanks!

View Quoted Comment Thank you so much!

I agree with not closing the bar more than 30 minutes before the end of the reception, unless you want people to leave early.

View Quoted Comment I think I agree with that too....unless I’m exhausted and I wanna go home 🤷🏽‍♀️

I’d close the bar like 30 mins before send off... I’m pretty sure that’s what we are doing too. I love the late night snack idea! Yumm!

Definitely don’t close the bar until 30 mins before the end of the night. It should be a standard “last call” a half hour before the reception is over. I would serve the late night snack around 930 depending on your crowd. Have a great wedding!

I wouldn't count on it sobering anyone up, but it is super fun! We are serving late night snacks (mini hot dogs) at 9:30 PM before guests leave at 10:30 PM.

View Quoted Comment Lol you’re probably right, but at least I helped some...ok a tiny bit. Oh shoot, I just wanted an excuse to have chicken and waffles and it makes it sound good with the hubby 🤷🏽‍♀️

At my venue (with an 11 pm curfew) bar closes at 10:45 so I feel like 9 pm may be too early but that is just my opinion.. maybe 10 pm?

View Quoted Comment See I feel like if I was given a time frame from the venue that would make my life so much better

Agree on closing the bar 30 minutes before you want guests to leave. If it's hard getting folks out the door (depends on your crowd), close the bar at 10 instead of 10:30. Late night snack won't sober them up, but it's still fun to do (I'm doing it too). I'd do it about 30-45 minutes before last call.

We are closing our bar an hour before the end of the night (per our contract because of liability), but I totally get wanting to make sure your guests get home safely. Perhaps serve them right before last call so it's something they can still enjoy even though it's not alcohol (Because who doesn't like chicken and waffles?)

View Quoted Comment Hmmmm now serving right before last call is definitely an idea. I think I like that.