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| - This excellent restaurant was a compromise between the wife and I. I wanted a traditional wedding, and she would rather just get married in front of a judge. Considering this was where we went on our first date, I am glad that we were married here. It has an air of symmetry.
Either way, John Simich, the Sales & Marketing Manager at Donovan's, treated us right. For the price of food, we used two of their adjoining meeting rooms. He threw together a special menu with our pre-selected choices on drinks and food.
The ceremony was conducted in the left meeting room. It was set up with chairs on either side, and there was a nice aisle down the middle for Aggie to walk down. I was waiting for my (soon-to-be) wife down at the end. It was as traditional as I wanted it, and it felt great, but it was not lock-stepped with older conventions.
The parents walked down the aisle, our daughter put down the petals, and everyone took their place (except the bride). Instead of Aggie being walked down the aisle in the traditional fashion,she spoke up to get people's attention by saying "Can I say something crazy?" followed by my "I love crazy! We then performed "Love is an Open Door" from Disney's Frozen, but it is kind of hard to have an excellent performance when the person that can sing breaks down. But, it was great.
After the ceremony, we went to the adjoining conference room for dinner. The cake was on our left. Aggie and I had our own table at the head of the conference room, and we both had nice giant chairs at our own personal table. Every one of the tables had a Donovan's Signature Seafood Tower as the center piece, and we had our own personal half-tower as well.
Our choice of salad:
Caesar Salad
Diced Chop House Salad with Italian Vinaigrette
---both were great, and there were no complaints.
The other appetizer besides the Seafood tower was Cajun Seared Lamb Chops. Everyone loved it.
The entree choices (served with garlic smashed potatoes and the vegetable of the day):
8 oz. Prime Filet Mignon
16 oz. Prime Ribeye
Cherry Glazed Pork Chops
North Atlantic Salmon with Maître d' Butter.
Herb Crusted Shelton Chick with Tomato & Caper Sauce
Dessert:
Our wedding cake from Honeymoon Sweets, and Donovan's served it with fresh berries and vanilla ice cream.
It was a great experience, and I am glad that we held it at such a nice area. Considering the guest took their leftovers, it instantly makes it better than any other wedding I have attended. Never mind the food being flat out better than anything you can get from caterers.
If you want to get married and you want the first class experience, but you do not want to pay first class prices, I would recommend giving Donovan's a call...
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