FAQs
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What is the dress code?
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Please come dressed in formal attire. A suit is preferable for men, while women might opt for a fall garden party style long gown, midi dress or formal jumpsuit. Please, no casual wear or jeans. If you would like to dress according to our colors, that is encouraged! Our colors: Mustard, Sunset, Terracotta, Rust, Sage, Olive
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What is your wedding hashtag?
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Tag us on IG or Tiktok w/ #GoingGaetani2024
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Will there be an open bar?
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Yes- all wine, beer and special cocktails will be included in the open bar. We will also serve drinks at the after party.
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Do you have a registry?
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We have everything we need for out home but please feel free to contribute to our cash "Newlywed Fund"- we do not have a link or any official store registry.
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Will there be parking?
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When parking at The Metuchen Inn, you may park in the church parking lot. Limited parking is available on the premises but street parking is available as well in abundance nearby.
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Will your wedding be indoors or outdoors?
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The reception will be held outside, in a large tented patio with fire pits. Bathrooms and the bar are inside!
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Where is the ceremony located?
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The private ceremony, beginning at 4:00pm, will only attended by close family and friends, as per invitation, and will take place in the historic Old Franklin Schoolhouse. This will also be the location of the After Party from 9-12am. The Old Franklin Schoolhouse was constructed circa 1807 and served as Metuchen’s only school for over fifty years. Fun fact: The building was also used as a private home for approximately twenty years. Metuchen-Edison Historical Society records indicate that the Markey Family lived in the building at the time and ran a cobblers shop from a small building located on the northwest side of the property, adjacent to Middlesex Avenue. 1880 federal census records include a Thomas Markey (50 years old, shoemaker, native of Ireland) and his wife, Catherine (native of Ireland, 40 years old) and their two sons (Thomas, age 9, and George, age 7). During the first World War, the building was open one afternoon and evening per week, for recreational purposes, to soldiers stationed nearby.
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Where is the wedding reception located?
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The reception will be held at the historic Metuchen Inn which has a rich history dating back to 1843. The address is 424 Middlesex Avenue, Metuchen NJ 08840. We are honored to host our reception here as it is recently restored after the entire bar area of the 167-year-old building was gutted by a fire in 2010. Fun fact: Before the Metuchen Inn's co-owner, Constantine Papanicolaou, entered the restaurant business in New Jersey, he played water polo for Greece in the Olympics.
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What is the best route to drive to the venue?
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The venue is located on Middlesex Ave (Route 27) and is easily accessible from Route 1 and 287 as well as the Garden State Parkway or I-95 (NJ Turnpike). For guests coming from out of state, the Outerbridge is the closest NY/NJ crossing in proximity to our venue.
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Is there a hotel block reserved?
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Many of our guests are relatively local so we do not have a specific hotel blocked out. If you would like to stay in a hotel, please choose one that is most convenient for you- use this link to book a hotel of your choice nearby the venue with the best updated rates, listed here: https://zola.hotelplanner.com/EventPage7813738 For reference, our venue is about: -a 1.5 hour drive from Long Island (w/o traffic) -a 1 hour drive from Down the Shore (w/o traffic) -a 30-50 min drive from Brooklyn (w/o traffic) -a 1 hour drive from Queens (w/o traffic) -a 16-20 minute drive from the Outerbridge Crossing (w/o traffic)
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Are children allowed?
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Although we’re hosting an adults-only event due to limited space, you may still see some children at our celebration.