Wood oven pizza for reception?

Future Mrs H! -- I'm not being snarky, just genuinely curious. What state in the country doesn't allow courthouse weddings? I honestly had no idea.

Haley -- no self catering. It's a bad idea.

To both ladies on a really tight budget, check out Olive Garden's menu for catering special events. They have a lot of choices and you can mix and match. For 40 people, you could probably put together something for a few hundred dollars. Here's the link:

http://www.olivegarden.com/menu-listing/catering#appetizers

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It's hit or miss really. I personally would love it, but pizza at a wedding is a faux pas for most people.

Louisiana. Surprised? lol. I LOVE Olive Garden. I've got enough catering menus to start a book, but every one has been out of budget. Our group is the group that much prefers quantity over quality (again, thats Louisiana for you! lol). I think if we brought soup & salad, they'd be more upset than with abundant pizza.

What part of Louisiana? I'm from New Orleans.

Since this is the internet and you never know who's out there, pretty far north is about as comfortable as I feel like saying on here. It's a decent sized city (I'd guess around 50,000). But I contacted the clerk of court and they don't do courthouse weddings. My original plan was that then dinner after the families threw out eloping. But once they found out the courthouse was a no go, they wanted the "real deal".

We miss you Lauren.

Miss me where??

Honestly, some pizza can be super fancy. Last week, before going to a play, we went to a fancy restaurant for their happy hour, because I'm cheap, and had an absolutely delicious gourmet pizza. The menu says it is: "duck confit flatbread: dates, goat cheese, poblanos, fig jam, cilantro" I don't even know what some of that means, but it looked great and tasted great. I would love to have something like that at a wedding. But I also understand that weddings are typically very formal, which is how I feel they should be. But if you think your gang would go for it, sure. Just be prepared to hear about people making comments about pizza at a wedding.

While I love pizza as much as the next person, I don't think that it's special enough to celebrate a wedding. In theory, this is an occasion you're doing once. It shouldn't be another Friday night with wings and beer. This is my personal opinion

Future Mrs. H, you don't need to have 40 guests. You can have five, with an officiant and lunch and treat those five people well. It sounds like you just want to do what works for you without any concern about what works for the guests. I"m in NJ, and most of our clerks and mayors don't do weddings either; that's why we do tiny, non personalized ceremonies that start at 155.00. I won't tell you that they're fabulous and romantic; they aren't. They are meant to make a couple legal. Many of those couples then meet up with their family and have dinner; the ceremony is what makes you married, not the DJ, dress, photographer or flowers.

Not everyone can afford a big wedding, and there is nothing wrong with that except trying to do it on the cheap with more people than you can realistically afford to host. And Dominos? No. Just no.

We self-catered (the right way) for 55 and spent more than $500. If you're self-catering 100 for $200, let me know, because I'm ordering my own pizza.

I completely agree with you Jenny M. And if that's what works with your budget, then I say go for it! I too am on a budget, although my budget isn't 2,500 only 10% of my budget is going towards catering, and that isn't far off from your percentage. I feel that people get so caught up in the whole "everything needs to be certain way", "why isn't she doing this?" "That is not proper or formal" ordeal and actually lose sight of the purpose of a wedding. At the end of it all, it won't matter what color you chose, your theme, if the invitations were formal, if the food everyone made happy, etc. Your family and friends are going to be happy to see the love you two share and not so much what's sitting in front of them on a plate.

In a nutshell, it doesn't matter.

^False. Guests talk about what's on their plate at least as much as they talk about the couple. Have you been to a wedding?

Thanks Mirrcast!

I think @Jenny idea it's getting lump together with @Future Mrs.H idea.

1st wood oven pizza is very different from Pizza hut, Papa Johns etc...

2nd She is offering other options besides pizza.

@Jenny IMO wood oven pizza is find. Especially if you have other sides. Instead polenta do a pasta dish. With that one change your menu will be just find.

Salad

Wood Oven Pizza

Pasta

Veggie

Brick oven pizza does not compare to Domino's pizza. As far as I'm concerned, Dominos isn't real pizza. If I went to a wedding and saw that Domino's was being served I think I would drop off my card, kiss/hug the bride and groom congratulations, and leave immediately.

BBQ can also be an amazing meal. Good BBQ is orgasmic IMO. It's not the type of food, it's the quality of food.

10% of a budget on catering?? That just seems like way too little to me.

Sorry, but my take on a wedding isn't that "everyone should just be happy they're invited and it's about me me meeeeeee".

My big splurge for this wedding was the caterer. I really care about treating my guests well - they are the most important people in mine and my fiance's lives and I'm not okay with serving them a cheap ass meal.

Just my $0.02

ETA: This wasn't directed at you, OP, or your wood oven pizza idea Just a general comment

Yes lets not confuse Jenny's idea with Dominoes. Sounds like she is truly considering her guests and whether they will be comfortable/happy with it.

I think Jenny's idea is good. Gourmet pizza goes really well with wine and would be fun at a wedding. A while back someone else posted here about pizza at her wedding. There were 3-4 different types of pies on the menu, and each table was able to choose 2. Waiters brought them out fresh and hot and placed them on stands in the center of the table.