What Westchester hosts get
What a Westchester wedding actually involves
A wedding in Westchester means about 14 miles across the county for us. We plan the arrival backwards from your start time rather than forwards from ours, which is the entire reason your schedule survives contact with traffic.
This is a tightly packed corner of the county: Coral Terrace, Olympia Heights and Fontainebleau are all a short hop away, the nearest about a mile out. For a wedding that usually means shared parking and a load-in that has to be pointed at the right door, so we ask which entrance is ours.
People search Westchester because it is where they live rather than because it is a municipality. For a wedding that means county regulations and then your venue's own view on access, timing and how late the bar may run.
For a wedding in Westchester we build the menu around your guests — classics, frozen drinks, mocktails, whatever the room will actually drink — then bring the mixers, juices, garnish, ice, coolers and serveware that make it work.
Setup starts roughly 1 hour ahead of your start time, and we hold that against your run sheet rather than our own. If the ceremony, the speeches or the entrance move, the bar moves with them.
You can have a price for your Westchester wedding before you finish your coffee, and a held date shortly after. Everything above is what happens between those two moments.
How far will you travel for a Westchester wedding?
Westchester is about 14 miles from where we load, and we cover the whole of Miami-Dade. The distance shapes our morning, not your rate — bartending is $85/hour with a 3-hour minimum.
Coral Terrace, Olympia Heights and Fontainebleau are on the same run, so a venue just over the line is no different to book.
How long does setup take for a wedding in Westchester?
The window is about 1 hour before service, and it has to cover the carry from wherever we can park, the build, the ice and the garnish.
Breakdown runs the same way in reverse, and the space is left as we found it — about 14 miles of drive home notwithstanding.
How many bartenders for a Westchester wedding?
It follows the guest count and how long the bar stays open. The wizard on this page sizes it as you fill it in.
Half the bartending quotes we write are for 50 guests or fewer, which is usually one bartender working steadily.
How many drinks should I plan for per guest?
It depends far more on the length of service than on the headcount, which is why the wizard asks for hours before it asks for anything else.
Tell it your guest count and how long you want the bar open and it will size the ice, mixers and serveware for you.
What happens if my Westchester wedding runs late?
We would rather stay and clear the bar down properly than leave a job half finished, and the crew plans for the evening rather than for the minute.
Anything beyond the booked hours is agreed on the night and charged at the ordinary hourly rate.
How much does a wedding in Westchester cost?
From $85/hour with a 3-hour minimum, around $255 at the floor. The hours, the guest count and what you have us bring do the rest.
Build yours in the wizard on this page and the number appears as you go.
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