Vendor Referrals
Vendors we love.
A short list of photographers, caterers, coordinators, and venues we trust — and think you will too.
Photography & Video
Catering & Bartending
Soprano’s CateringFrom-scratch Michigan catering sourced from Eastern Market — a 2022 Knot Best of Weddings winner.
Salt + KoA Southfield gastropub serving elevated American comfort food, with full catering and private event space available.
Slows Bar BQCorktown's landmark barbecue, now catering receptions and rehearsal dinners with a private dining room of its own.
Slingin’ Sisters Event BartendingLicensed, insured mobile bartending and rentals built to make the bar the easiest part of your day.
Venues
Royal Oak Farmers MarketA historic market hall with an open floor plan for rent — an industrial backdrop that's anything but a typical ballroom.
The Rust Belt MarketA Ferndale collective of 30 independent shops with its own event space and bar, for an eclectic, only-in-Detroit reception.
Packard Proving GroundsA restored WWII-era Packard testing facility in Shelby Township, run by a nonprofit preserving Michigan's automotive history.
The EasternAn industrial event space in Eastern Market (and its New Center sister venue, The Norwood) with exposed brick and a downstairs lounge.
Shepherd’s HollowA 350-acre Clarkston estate anchored by The Station, a glass-and-steel ceremony hall styled after a 19th-century European train depot.
Ford Piquette PlantThe National Historic Landmark where the Model T was born — a one-of-a-kind Detroit backdrop with 65+ rare vehicles on display.