Salvage One 1840 West Hubbard Street • Chicago • IL 60622

Booking Salvage One in Chicago means the whole building is yours: every rental is a full buyout. Your rental fee covers the first-floor cocktail space, the outdoor courtyard for cocktail hour, the second-floor reception space with two stages for bands and DJs, and the three-room Suite for getting ready. A ceremony adds $500, in the courtyard or the indoor ceremony space with its church pews. You'll pay separately for a caterer from the venue's list, your alcohol, and any extra tables and chairs your caterer rents beyond the house inventory.

Yes, you can do everything at Salvage One. Say your vows in the ivy-walled courtyard, which holds 200–250 and has a wisteria arbor and a greenery-draped arch, or inside on wooden church pews under chandeliers and Greek columns, which seats 175. Guests then head up to the second-floor reception space, which seats 250 with a dance floor. A ceremony is a $500 add-on to your rental.

Salvage One works from an exclusive list of caterers, so your food comes from one of them. You can bring your own alcohol, but the approved caterer has to handle and serve it, and they can help you work out where to buy it. Food trucks are welcome too: they can park in the enclosed courtyard once you've coordinated arrival times with Event Staff. Items from the Salvage One store can't be used as décor.

Salvage One in Chicago charges a rental fee of $6,500–11,000, and what moves it is the day of the week and the time of year. Weekday, Friday and Sunday evenings are discounted. That fee covers the full building: the first-floor cocktail space, outdoor cocktail hour in the courtyard, the second-floor reception space with two stages, and the three-room Suite. Holding your ceremony on site adds $500. Then budget for your caterer from the venue's exclusive list, the alcohol you supply, and any extra tables and chairs your caterer rents if you're seating more than 175. Engagement photos on site are free when you marry there.

Salvage One is available for events from 5pm to midnight, every day of the year. Your event and bar can't start before your contracted time, though guests are welcome to arrive a little early. Amplified music is allowed indoors and outdoors, and the reception space has two stages for a band or DJ. You also get up to one hour on the first floor and courtyard for a rehearsal a day or two before.

Salvage One is a full buyout, so you'll never share the building: it hosts only one event a day. It's an architectural salvage store and event space in Chicago, filled with brick, steel, vintage bars, church pews and chandeliers, with an ivy-covered courtyard for your ceremony. You can bring your own alcohol, served by the approved caterer, and food trucks can pull right into the courtyard. Leashed dogs are welcome for the ceremony and formal photos, there's a three-room Suite for getting ready, and weekday, Friday and Sunday evenings are discounted.

Yes, you can request a tour of Salvage One through the events form on its website. While you're there, walk all three floors and the courtyard, ask which caterers are on the exclusive list, and ask what happens to a courtyard ceremony if it rains. Since there's no parking lot, ask about the valet service they recommend too.