This weekend, I DJed at The Belvidere Chateau Banquet Hall in Palos Hills for Lisa and Dan Wagner. There were about 175 people in attendance and the reception went until 12:30AM. I really liked the place because it was divided into areas for two different separate weddings. There was no common area, so you felt like you had the hall to yourself. There was another large wedding going on in the other part of the hall, but you’d never know it. The outside was nice enough, with beautiful landscaping, the inside opened up to an elegant entry area done in marble.
Marble Foyer
The banquet room was really three different rooms separated by pillars. The dinner room-
Dinner Room with staircase for intros
The good sized dancing room-
Wood floors with a lighted tree and fireplace in rear
And the Bar room with lots of space for the photographer to set up in.
Bar Room
Food was tasty- Hors D’ouvres were served butler style and were individual portions sitting in paper sleeves. They served awesome homemade perogis, cheese sticks, chicken kabobs, and stuffed mushrooms. Dinner was family style, although I didn’t get to it right away because I was playing my live dinner music. By the time I was able to sit down, dinner was nearly over but it was still very good. They had pork medallions, mashed potatoes, some kind of rolled up beef thing that was good, and a veggie plate. Although I had missed coffee, I asked the waitress for some and she brought it immediately. I had about 3 minutes to eat before it was time to set up our big screen equipment for the photo montage. We showed their homemade video during desert, and then after a few pictures, it was time for dancing, and a great party. Lisa and Dan had a lot of cool things at their wedding, and I will write more posts to describe them. Click here to read more Chicago DJ tips and blog posts.