Okay, so my reception venue (Scarpino's) is rented from a hospitality management company. It is absolutely GORGEOUS! It has an Italian vibe with golds, purples, reds.. beautiful lighting and tile floors. It has two little lounge areas with couches and large tables and small tables for guests to just mix it up (versus just a large room with large round tables). Rooms are also kind of divided so it's not a huge room either. It was PERFECT. We booked immediately!
I got a call today at work. It was the coordinator telling me that Scarpino's was unable to host any events because it was unsafe to serve food in and the landlord will not fix any problems in the building. We are thinking it's aesbestos but she can't say because they are going to court with the landlord. I am SOOO mad/sad/pissed/upset/stressed! The management company has another building for us to use, that is also used for receptions but it doesn't have nearly the charm of Scarpino's. All of the tables, chairs, lighting is owned by them and can be moved to the other building, but it's just not the same building!
The manager of the company says she is going to do whatever she can to make us happy. She herself was almost crying on the phone when she was talking to me. She can't really do anything about Scarpino's, and wants to do anything since we aren't getting what we want. I feel almost like we should be compensated in some way.. even though it's not the management company's fault. What do you think?
So saddddd.
