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I was curious as to everyone's thoughts about a pizza bar at the reception. An all you can eat gormet, italian style pizza bar in lieu of a traditional buffet or sit down dinner.
Pizza is my SO's and my favorite food and I want it to be personal. Thoughts?
I think unusual pizzas might be awesome! Or what about grilled pizza? I think if it's something a little jazzier than usual "pizza," people would get excited about it! And vary up the shapes, sizes and crust types too... that would definitely make it more of a buffet :) And don't forget different sauce types too, since some people dont' like tomato sauce--olive oil sauce, white sauce, etc. Good luck!!!!
Of course, I'm the kind of person that says "Go for whatever you want!" and plan on having all kinds of crazy stuff at my own wedding, so yeah, I am totally in support of this idea!
I think that sounds fabulous! I would be so excited if I was a guest at your wedding. I would suggest, though, that you have salad, breadsticks, etc. as side items for people who may not be as big of pizza fans as y'all are.
Would that be the main meal for your guest?
And what type of wedding formal-non formal?
Sounds good to me. I can't imagine how good that reception room will smell with all the aromas of cheese and tomato sauce!!
Also I just thought of something... what if you did it more like a "make your own pizza station" with a salamander, mini pizza crusts of varying types and a chef to assemble it?
ETA btw a Salamander is a cooking device that broils the tops of things, getting the cheese melty and the toppings cooked. the crusts must be cooked in advance :)
One of the caterers we looked at did custom personal pizzas on these gorgeous marble slabs at every place setting. If it hadn't been completely out of our price range, I would have signed immediately!
It would be an informal wedding. Outdoors, very small, just close friends and family. I was originally thinking of doing a BBQ reception, but I thought that would come across as tacky. I'm just getting ideas... :)
I like it! Our cocktail hour is going to have a brick oven pizza station (yum!) I say go for it!
First of all, I don't think BBQ receptions are tacky at all; there are quite a few people here thinking of doing them. That being said, looooove pizza! If it is your favorite food, have pizza. Other than the misguided complaint of it not fancy enough, really, why would a guest complain more than any other type of food? I actually saw on another wedding community a situation where a bride's caterer was flaky and there was some question up until the morning of her wedding whether or not he was going to show. Her back up plan was Pizza Hut! I can't tell you how many posters were disappointed that he pulled through. Everyone was rooting for a Pizza Hut reception! Funny how it's such a great idea in that case but yet people are scared it might be tacky if it were to be the original plan!
Personally, I would be thrilled if I went to a wedding with pizza even if it was the only meal lol I think it would be fine, but I have watched some stuff where brides bash the idea. Who doesn't like pizza though? You can't go wrong!
I LOVE this idea. I so wanted a pizza reception, but in the end gave in to our original idea for our winery wedding. Go for it!!!!!
I LOVE pizza and think it's a great idea. Only thing is that it makes the reception more casual (since you're not expecting people to eat with a fork and knife, right?). I say go for it!
I would love to be a guest at a reception that served pizza. But I don't personally care for gourmet pizzas. Give me Pizza Hut/Dominoes/whatever anyday. I also know many people who are the same way and prefer the simpler styles. I'll eat the others but I'm not a fan of having them prepared gourmet style since you lose the casual/comfort food vibe that is intended by serving pizza in the first place. Most people though love pizza and would prefer that over most food that is served at weddings. I don't get the concept that just because it's a wedding, you are only "allowed" to serve certain types of food (it has to be fancy or else) or if you do go the comfort food route, the food has to be jazzed up in a gourmet fashion to make it "acceptable" which defeats the entire purpose of serving familiar foods.
To be honest, if I were a guest at a wedding where pizza was served, I would think it was a little strange.
Pizza sort of says casual movie night to me rather than celebrate the marriage of your nearest and dearest.
i would be ALL ABOUT IT! I would love to see LOTS of different flavors/types! If you did a chain, I would have them cut it banquet style aka into the squares so people could sample flavors and it would look fancier. Seriously if you do this I might just have to beg you for an invite! :) LOL
@rose, your nearest and dearest should be happy with whatever you decide to serve that reflects your tastes. Why does a wedding have to equal extremely fancy food that people may not even like or that they don't eat any other day of their lives, and that may not even reflect anything about the couple to begin with, but are told by society that a wedding is a disaster without it?
The simple fact that pizza is even considered says that the couple doesn't want a fancy formal wedding. Various steps to make it appear fancy (having the dough shaped a certain way, having toppings and sauces that people don't eat any other time they are out for pizza, etc) don't really make alot of sense, but to each their own.
If it's any consolation, there was a post on StyleMePretty or a similar blog of what they claimed was a very formal wedding and the menu consisted of only pizza (along with the traditional Caesar salad and garlic bread that is served with it) and was cut like regular slices. It didn't seem strange at all. The person who wrote the blog entry said that all the guests loved the creativity and enjoyed it. Obviously no matter what you do, someone will be peeved at your efforts of gracious hospitality.
Selene221 I was not saying that a wedding has to have extremely fancy food. I was simply offering my opinion (as requested by the original poster) as to what I, as a guest, would think of a pizza bar.
I have been to plenty of casual weddings and certainly the food served is not a reflection of the love shared by the bride and groom. All I was saying is that if I were at a wedding where pizza was served, I would find it odd. It certainly would not lesson my happiness for the couple just as an eight course plated meal would not make me any happier for the couple.
i.love.pizza. and want it for our rehearsal dinner (or mexican lol)... to me they are just yummy yummy food. mmmm i would like go nuts over pizza!! leelee had pizza at her reception i believe and there is the cutest picture ever of her eating it...
We may be doing a gourmet woodfire pizza thing. A guy comes, sets up his oven and wow the crowd. We know it's good quality stuff, and we know it'll be hot and fresh!
I think it sounds very YUMMY!
I say go for it!
i love that idea- everyone likes pizza. i was going to have a pizza van come at the end of our reception- so as guests leave they can pick up a slice.
I went to a wedding a few years ago where the bride and groom served all different types of pizza and wings buffet style. So delish, I love pizza. Pizza and wings coupled with several different types of draft beer made for a pretty fun reception :)
@ lovelyCA wow, that sounds awesome. I never thought of that. That would be cool to have it almost like a "topping buffet" where you build your own and he cooks it for you. That's brilliant!
Great idea!
The best wedding I ever attended decided to have "fun food". They had a buffet with pizza, wings, pasta, macaroni & cheese, salads, and lots of other finger foods. It was great and everyone raved how fun it was.
The bride and groom wanted to have all of their favorite foods that they enjoyed eating instead of springing for a more formal dinner. It was great.
I think if you did pizza, you should make it gourmet, maybe with some unusual flavor combos . . . just something to jazz it up so people won't think "what the heck, did they just get us food from pizza hut?"
@LadyGoodman, is your profile name from Almost Famous? That's one of my favorite movies ever. Just curious, lol. :)
Keep in mind that while some people may like gourmet fancy flavors, most people don't. They prefer flavors/combos that they are familiar with. If that means it tastes like Pizza Hut or wherever, then so be it. Get the fancier flavors from a different restaurant if you need to, as long as you have something familiar for the majority.
We've actually been considering doing wood-fired pizza from a local place (Seattle) that brings a wood-fired over on the back of a truck and then does fresh pizzas. Yum.
We're doing wood-fired pizza with a mobile oven. The place we picked lets us choose five types, and likely we'll have three that are pretty normal though with gourmet local ingredients, and two that are a little bit out there (of which one will be FI's fave, anchovies with red chiles...not sure there will be many out-of-towners up for that one, though it's certainly popular at the local gourmet pizza spots!)
We chose pizza in part because it *is* informal, though. (FI really wanted a taco truck but we couldn't sell the venue on that idea!)
I think pizza is an AMAZING idea!!!!! So fun and weddings are supposed to show your personality, if you and your FI like it, take the plunge, I bet your guests will love it!
In my opinion, if you were throwing any other kind of party, it would be ridiculous for your guests to criticize the food you provided. So why is it we feel the need to criticize food given to us at a wedding? Further, I love pizza as do a lot of people, and I think it would be a big hit, especially given your intimate, informal and outdoor venue.
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