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Add reconDining hall from $1k, community house from $3k, plus F&B minimums
per here comes the guide, the community house (their 1918 'living room' building, seats 80) rents from $3,000 sunday-thursday and $4,000-$5,000 on a friday or saturday, plus a $3,500-$6,500 food & beverage minimum. the dining hall is the bigger option, rental from $1,000 with a $1,500-$3,250 f&b minimum, and the seasonal tent adds $2,250 plus another $2,000 minimum. garden ceremonies add $600-$800. catering goes through their own dining/catering operation
the flatirons are literally right there, hard to beat as a boulder backdrop tbh. 80 cap means the community house is small weddings only. it's a national historic landmark. the huge perk imo is the cottages and lodges on site, guests can stay walking distance from the ceremony. someone on reddit called it 'surprisingly affordable, you can get married on the lawn right in front of the flatirons... truly a hidden gem' and said the food options were fantastic. one caveat: it's a busy public park + summer concert venue so factor in crowds & parking There's a garden area on the grounds too, and indoor ceremonies are possible in the community house itself. The dining hall seats 80 plated, or up to 180 with the tent, and there's a getting ready suite available for the wedding party.
Meals from $47pp per Here Comes The Guide, plus venue minimums
chautauqua's own wedding pages don't post prices. here comes the guide lists meals from $47/person when priced separately, with the rental minimums still applying, and says the community house rental includes the larkspur and bellflower rooms for wedding party prep. per chautauqua's venues page the dining hall and its outdoor spaces take 25 to 180 guests and missions house and the galey cottage host up to 24 for petite weddings. ceremonies can run indoors or out, and wedding guests staying on site get free parking, with room blocks on request
national historic landmark right below the flatirons, with cottages, a dining hall & community house on site. heads up, the google reviews i read are mostly about the LODGING side (cottage stays), not weddings. one 2-star flagged wedding-weekend parking chaos, guests and construction workers filling the lodging-guest lot while paying guests walked blocks uphill w/ luggage, and the same reviewer had a rough dinner-voucher experience w/ an auto-added 20% gratuity they felt wasn't earned. on the plus side, multiple 5-stars love that it's trailhead-adjacent, step out of your room straight onto a hiking trail. Catering must be arranged through their in-house service.