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Candlelight Studio

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Business Name: Indian Wedding Photographers Photography
Business Location City, State, Zipcode: New York, NY, 10150
Business Phone #: 917-304-9878
Business Website Address: http://www.candlelightstudio.com

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Indian Wedding Photographers Photography Recommends:

3 locally owned New Jersey restaurants:

• Rasoi, oak tree road, good food
• Jose Tejas, route 1 – excellent food
• Shalimar – oak tree road – good price

3 locally owned New Jersey businesses:

• Dr. Mayank Patel – Wood Ave – friendly environment
• Dr Ramesh Raju, Green Street – Flexible timings
• Doon Technologies, 200 middlesex, essex turnpike – good resources

3 reasons to love NJ:

• Very Clean
• Garden City
• diversity

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Red Bank Wedding Walk

The town and business of Red Bank, NJ are pleased to present their first Red Bank Wedding Walk. Over 30 wedding related businesses will be available to visit as guests walk or take advantage of shuttle transportation throughout the Red Bank Business district. Photographers; florist; invitations; venues for receptions, showers, parties or rehearsal dinners; jewelers; wedding related clothiers for bridal party & family; and spas and salons are just some of those participating in this exciting event! Gift bags and grand prize drawing (must be present to win) too! Located on the river Red Bank is the perfect place for a truly wonderful wedding experience! Won’t you join us??

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Event Details:
Event Name: Red Bank Wedding Walk
Event Venue: Red Bank, NJ
Event Street Address: Downtown Red Bank
Event City: Red Bank, NJ 07701
Event County: Monmouth
Event Date: Saturday March 20, 2010 10:00am – 3:00pm
Event Admission: Free
Event Phone: 732-842-4244
Event Website: http://www.onlyoneredbankwedding.com

Karen Calamia Photography

Karen Calamia Photography…. Living Proof

Photography is Living Proof. Proof that we live, laughed & loved!

Karen Calamia Photography warmly captures the excitement & joy of a special moment that will never come again, your business best, the comfort & culture of food & the true nature of your pet.

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Business Name: Karen Calamia Photography
Business Street Address: P.O. Box 2065
Business Location City, State, Zipcode: Neptune City, New Jersey 07754
Business Location (New Jersey) County: Monmouth
Business Phone #: 88-873-8097
Business Website Address: http://www.karencalamiaphotography.com/

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Karen Calamia Photography Recommends:

3 locally owned New Jersey restaurants:

• Moonstruck, Asbury Park, NJ, Upscale, great food, great service, consistent
• Kaya’s Kitchen, Belmar NJ, casual, vegetarian or vegan restaurant, fresh, good.
• Langosta Lounge, Asbury Park, NJ funky, innovative, unique menu, on the beach!!

3 locally owned New Jersey businesses:

• Main Avenue Galleria, Ocean Grove NJ, Tasteful, Creative, Artist Gallery featuring 60 local artists, very welcoming, very unique, but something for everyone! You cannot get stuff like this at any mall!
• Fernando Carrasale Salon, Ocean Grove, NJ, Great Quality Haircuts & Spa Services, great customer service, without breaking the bank!
• Dean’s Whole Food Market, RT 35, Great wholesome food, vitamin section & more.

3 reasons to love NJ:

• The Beach
• The Boardwalk
• The Peace

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Today we are proud to publish our Best of Bergen article on outstanding wedding venues in New Jersey. Bergen county has a lot of players in this field and some of the biggest, best and most beautiful wedding venues in the entire state.     

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In rating these venues, we scored them on a scale of 20-25 points on 4 factors: facility, menu, website and style. The highest final score that any venue could achieve was 25. The final score is the average of the 4 factor scores.  The venues are listed in alphabetical order.  

Colonial Inn

Colonial Inn . Norwood . New Jersey

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The Colonial Inn hosts small to medium sized weddings of up to 400 guests.        

Colonial Inn
545 Tappan Road
Norwood, New Jersey, 07648
Telephone: 201-767-1505        

Strong Points:        

• Indoor & outdoor event spaces
• Fast loading, simple website
• Chapel or ceremony room with dramatic coffered ceiling
• Grand ballroom
• Patio and gardens
• Extensive, easy to read menu
• International, culturally diverse menu choices

BNJ Ratings:        

• Facility: 22
• Menu: 24
• Website: 23
• Style: 21
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• Final Score: 22.50

Visit them online @ http://www.colonialinnnj.com        

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Empire Club

Empire Club . Little Ferry . New Jersey 

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The Empire Club hosts small to medium sized weddings of up to 300 guests.  
 
Empire Club‎
136 Mehrhof Road
Little Ferry, New Jersey, 07643
Telephone: 201-641-2892‎      

   
Strong Points:      

• Grand Ballroom
• Gardens and outdoor ceremony space
• Extensive amenities
• Dance floor
• Wedding coordinator
• Can accommodate larger affairs of up to 300 guests
• Great virtual tour [the best in our survey!]
• International menu choices
• Easy to read, stylish and elegant menu

BNJ Ratings:     

• Facility: 22
• Menu: 23
• Website: 23
• Style: 22
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  Final Score: 22.5 

Visit them online @ http://www.theempireclub.com          

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Florentine Gardens

Florentine Gardens . River Vale . New Jersey

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Florentine Gardens hosts small to medium sized weddings of up to 360 guests.        

Florentine Gardens
97 Rivervale Road 
River Vale, New Jersey, 07675 
Telephone: 201-666-0444        

Strong Points:        

• Gardens, patios and landscaped paths
• Impressive grand staircase in lobby
• Grand Ballroom with floor to ceiling windows [one of the best ballrooms in our survey]
• Great outdoor wedding site
• Extensive contemporary menu
• International and multicultural menus

BNJ Ratings:        

• Facility: 24
• Menu: 23
• Website: 23
• Style: 23
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• Total Score: 23.25

 Visit them online @ http://www.florentinegardens.com     

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Hilton Woodcliff Lake

Hilton @ Woodcliff Lake‎ . New Jersey

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The Woodcliff Lake Hilton hosts small to large sized wedding receptions of up to 900 guests.

Hilton at Woodcliff Lake   
200 Tice Boulevard    
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, 07677   
Telephone: 201-391-3600‎       

Strong Points:        

• Large Reception capacity of up to 950 guests
• Hotel Rooms available
• 22 acres of landscaped grounds
• Restaurant & bar
• Excellent corporate website
• Enticing contemporary menu
• Heated indoor and outdoor pools
• Tennis & basketball courts
• Spa

BNJ Ratings:        

• Facility: 24
• Menu: 22
• Website: 23
• Style: 25
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• Total Score: 23.50

Visit them online @ http://www.hiltonwoodclifflake.com/weddings.cfm        
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Palisadium

Palisadium . Cliffside Park . New Jersey 

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The Palisadium hosts small to large sized weddings of up to 550 guests. 

Strong Points:         

• Grand ballroom
• Multiple room choices
• Skyview room overlooks New York City, Hudson River
• Health club and spa onsite
• International menu choices

BNJ Ratings:         

• Facility: 23
• Menu: 22
• Website: 22
• Style: 23
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• Total Score: 22.50

Visit them online @ http://www.palisadiumusa.com/wedding.htm         

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Park Ridge Marriot

 Park Ridge Marriott‎ . Park Ridge . New Jersey

Strong Points:         

• Grand ballroom
• Large weddings up to 600 guests
• Hotel rooms
• Extensive, contemporary menu
• Restaurant and bar onsite
• Indoor/outdoor pool
• Spa
• Modern decor

BNJ Ratings:         

• Facility: 22
• Menu: 24
• Website: 22
• Style: 22
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• Total Score: 22.50

Visit them online @ Park Ridge Marriot         

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Rockleigh

 The Rockleigh .  Rockleigh . New Jersey    

Strong Points:         

• Extensive grounds with 12 acres
• Formal gardens
• Classical style
• Incredible chandeliers
• Fountains

BNJ Ratings:         

• Facility: 23
• Menu: 22
• Website: 21
• Style: 24
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• Total Score: 22.5

Visit them online @ http://www.therockleigh.net         

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The Royal Manor

Royal Manor . Garfield . New Jersey

Strong Points:         

• Classical style
• Grand entrance
• Gazebo & fountains
• Large ballroom
• Marble foyer
• Excellent sophisticated but beautiful website
• Large wedding capacity [up to 600 guests]

BNJ Ratings:         

• Facility: 23
• Menu: 22
• Website: 24
• Style: 22
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• Total Score: 22.75

Visit them online @ http://www.theroyalmanor.com         

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Seasons

Season’s Catering Facility . Washington Township . New Jersey

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 The Seasons hosts small to large sized weddings of up to 350 guests.

Season’s Catering Facility 
644 Pascack Road 
Washington Township, New Jersey, 07675 
Telephone: 201-664-6141      

Strong Points:         

• Gardens
• Waterfall
• Grand ballroom
• Extensive menus
• Contemporary menu selections
• Extravagant richly appointed rooms
• Outstanding website

BNJ Ratings:         

• Facility: 24
• Menu: 24
• Website: 25
• Style: 23
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• Total Score: 24

Visit them online @ http://www.seasonscatering.com/         

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The Sheraton at Mahwah

Sheraton @ Mahwah . New Jersey

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The Sheraton at Mahwah hosts small to large sized wedding receptions of up to 1,200 guests.  

Sheraton @ Mahwah
17 North International Boulevard
Mahwah, New Jersey, 07495
Telephone: 201-529-1660  

Strong Points:   
 

• Multicultural weddings [Indian, Muslim, Kosher"]
• Impressive landscaped gardens make for a grand wedding location
• Grand ballroom
• Wedding consultant
• Indoor and outdoor wedding sites
• Capable of hosting large or small weddings [up to 1200 guests]
• Indoor heated pool
• Restaurant and bar

BNJ Ratings: 

• Facility: 25
• Menu: 20
• Website: 23
• Style: 24
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• Total Score: 23

Visit them online @ Sheraton @ Mahwah  @  http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=868 
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The Venetian

Venetian Caterers‎ . Garfield . New Jersey

Strong Points:         

• Grand ballroom
• Incredible 15 foot crystal chandeliers
• Gigantic Dale Chihuly art chandelier
• Sweeping staircase with elegant wrought iron
• Vaulted ceiling
• Ballroom balcony
• Marble round rotunda/foyer
• Marble dance floor
• Extensive easy to read menu
• International and modern menu choices

BNJ Ratings:         

• Facility: 25
• Menu: 25
• Website: 25
• Style: 25
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• Total Score: 25

Visit them online @ http://www.thevenetian-catering.com/         

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Bergen County Wedding Venues Google Map

Be sure and see our new Best of Bergen Wedding Reception Venues on Google Maps.

Sweet Grace Cake Designs

Sweet Grace, Cake Designs provides high-end, custom wedding cakes with an emphasis paid to impeccable design details, the finest ingredients, and personalized client attention. Serving New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area.
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Business Name: Sweet Grace, Cake Designs
Business Street Address: 421 Oradell Avenue
Business Location City, State, Zipcode: Oradell, NJ 07649
Business Location (New Jersey) County: Bergen
Business Phone #: 917-533-7425
Business Website Address: http://www.sweetgrace.net

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Sweet Grace, Cake Designs Recommends:

3 locally owned New Jersey restaurants:

• Latour, Ridgewood, authentic French cuisine and comfortable surroundings
• Saddle River Inn, Saddle River, a wonderful combination of French and American cuisine with cozy decor
• Esty Street, Park Ridge, a great showing of seasonal cuisine

3 locally owned New Jersey businesses:

• Cool Beans, Oradell, great coffee and a fun place to meet
• Chez Cheese, Tenafly, extensive selection of cheeses
• Michael’s Bagels, Oradell, great for a bagel or sandwich with plenty of seating

3 reasons to love NJ:

• Beautiful scenery
• Closeness to NYC
• Large selection of activities

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Confectionary Designs is a boutique bakery, serving the NY/NJ metropolitan area, specializing in custom wedding and specialty occasion cakes, custom cookies & other confections.

Chefs Pam Holland and Stephanie Grillo are committed to providing the very best service and products to our clients. We believe our love for the culinary arts and our formal training will make your event special and one which will be remembered. We look forward to working with you!

Confectionary Designs

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Business Name: Confectionary Designs
Business Street Address: 204 Leonia Avenue
Business Location City, State, Zipcode: Bogota, NJ, 07010
Business Location (New Jersey) County: New Jersey, Bergen
Business Phone #: 201-655-2332
Business Website Address: http://www.confectionarydesigns.com

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Confectionary Designs Recommends:

3 locally owned New Jersey restaurants:

• Flemings Steak House, Edgewater, best steak around
• Sabor, Edgewater, great tapas
• Vespas, Edgewater, great italian food

3 locally owned New Jersey businesses:

• Confectionary Designs, Bogota, work there
• Pleasures of the Table, Bogota, great catering
• Patty Cakes and Cookies, Bogota, tasted their cookies and cakes

3 reasons to love NJ:

• The people
• The landscape
• The people

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RHM Photography

RHM Photography is a photography studio with a style all it’s own “FREE STYLE”.What is freestyle you ask.Freestyle photography is a blend of high impact images,unusual angles,and our free flowing attitude. the ability to capture amazing images no matter where we shoot.That is what sets us apart from other studios ….WE HAVE FUN!!

We are modern,fresh,unique Photographers,and are excited to bring your special day to life!

We are eager to meet,sit,and chat with you about your BIG DAY! and offer new creative ideas to make your special day truly a unforgettable one!

We bring a positive energy,an endless supply of new innovative ideas,and a can of woop a$$ on every shoot;)

RHM Photography is a small boutique studio that only commissions a small number of weddings per year in order to assure the highest quality service and images.We’d rather spend our time getting to know our clients and in turn better telling their stories through stunning imagery.

If you’re looking for something different…..give us a call!

serving cape may county, atlantic county, ocean county, and the entire jersey shore. We also serve Pa and NY.

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Business Name: RHM Photography
Business Street Address: 6001 New Jersey Ave.
Business Location City, State, Zipcode: Wildwood Crest,NJ 08260
Business Location (New Jersey) County: Cape May
Business Phone #: 609.425.3043
Business Website Address: http://www.rhmphotography.com

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RHM Photography Recommends:

3 locally owned New Jersey restaurants:

• union park, Cape May nj, amazing food and a great atmoshere
• tokyo Rio Grande NJ, the best sushi I’ve had. great atuff, very helpful and eager to please
• cocina rosa, Cape May NJ, great food, relaxed atmoshrere

3 locally owned New Jersey businesses:

• wedding by the sea, Cape May, NJ reliable, very detail oriented, creative
• bowman heating, wildwood NJ, reliable, reasonably priced, honest
• al’s plumming , Villas NJ, reliable, reasonably priced and honest

3 reasons to love NJ:

• The shore
• The people
• the schools

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Skylands Castle NJ Botanical Gardens

The walls of Skylands were built from stones quarried on the estate. The stained glass medallions were imported from Germany and Switzerland. The paneling and marble were imported from England and Italy. The dark oak study features elaborate carvings of cupids, monsters and dragons taken from a German Renaissance wardrobe.

Skylands has an intriguing history. Around 1891, Francis Lynde Stetson, a famous New York lawyer began buying up the land that would become the estate. Stetson built a large Queen Anne Victorian mansion on the property and had Samuel Parsons, who had worked with Frederick Law Olmsted, lay out the grounds for him. They created a working farm with 30 outbuildings, a nine-hole golf course, a rose garden, an orchard and thousands of evergreens.

Stetson sold the property in1922 to Clarence McKenzie Lewis, a civil engineer from Mahwah. Lewis demolished the Victorian mansion Stetson had built and began to build the Tudor castle that you see today. Lewis built the home for his mother who had always dreamt of owning a Tudor Castle. To make that dream come true, he called together some of the finest designers and craftsmen in the country to work on the building. The architect was John Russell Pope, who designed the Jefferson Memorial and the National Gallery of Art. The builder was Elliot C. Brown who built Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Hyde Park home. The blacksmith that designed and manufactured the impressive lanterns and front entrance gates was Samuel Yellin, a famous Philadelphia metal worker. 

Today, Skylands is one of the only American castles left in New Jersey. When the property is not hosting a wedding or a large private party, it is open to the public for tours. The estate is the home to The New Jersey Botanical Gardens. The gardens feature: azaleas,  tree peonies, magnolias, rhododendrons, wildflowers and perennials. Different areas feature seasonal plantings, bog gardens and a swan pond. You can see the layout of the gardens and the estate on a PDF map here from the NJ Botanical site here.

As always, if you have any comments or feel like we have missed something about Skylands or the NJ Botanical Gardens, feel free to leave us a comment below. Also if you have any incredible photos that you would like to share with us, we would love to see them and put them up for our readers to see and enjoy.

Pattycakes & Cookies specializes in custom cakes, cookies and other confections for your special occasion, whether it be a wedding, birthday, religious event or holiday. We will work with you to design a unique work of art. We only take a limited number of orders a week so that we may give you all the attention you deserve. We serve the tri-state area and offer free delivery within 10 miles of Bogota, NJ. If you can dream it, we can bake it. Visit us on the web at www.pattycakesncookies.com to see what we can do for you.
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Business Name: Pattycakes & Cookies, LLC
Business Street Address: 204A Leonia Avenue
Business Location City, State, Zipcode: Bogota, NJ 07603
Business Location (New Jersey) County: Bergen County
Business Phone #: 201 489-1729
Business Website Address: http://www.pattycakesncookies.com

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Pattycakes & Cookies, LLC Recommends:

3 locally owned New Jersey restaurants:

• Ivy Inn, Hasbrouk Heights, warm and inviting, great food
• Que Pasta, Saddle Brook, good food in casual atmosphere
• Crows nest, Hackensack, good food, large portions, reasonable price, casual

3 locally owned New Jersey businesses:

• Main Lock, Hackensack, good service
• corrados, clifton, great selection
• giant farmers market, Hackensack, great selection

3 reasons to love NJ:

• diverse
• great food
• beaches and mountains

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Eggsotic Events

Eggsotic Events specializes in event design and special event lighting. We will turn your special event into reality. We plan, design, build and rent fantastic props, centerpieces and lighting effects. Based in Hunterdon County, we work throughout the Tri-State area and beyond. We create everything visual for Bar . Bat Mitzvah’s, Weddings, Corporate displays, Company Employee Award Events, Pop up Store Fronts, Fund raising Gala events, Anniversaries, to name a few. We will transform any environment from backyards to a base ball park.

Eggsotic Events combines Art and Elegance to make your event a beautiful and unique experience. We can capture that once in a lifetime experience.

Egils Matiss (aka Egg), who founded Eggsotic Events, is an artist, sculptor and carpenter, who has worked in the Far Hills area for over 20 years creating unique parties, theme parties, Corporate Displays and other Eggsotica.

We have a large inventory of high quality theme props such as Moroccan, furniture, theme bars, 13′ Eiffell Tower, 18′ Castle ruins, Life size horse and open sleigh, Mardi Gras characters to mention a few.

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Eggsotic Events LLC
78 Rt 173
Hampton
Hunterdon
(908) 735-9870
http://www.eggsoticevents.com

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Eggsotic Events LLC Recommends:

3 locally owned New Jersey restaurants:

• Kristen’s Annadale nj good food
• Delliturri’s Glen Gardner nj great food
• Doras Clinton Nj great food

3 locally owned New Jersey businesses:

• Patrick’s Auto Service Asbury nj great service
• Perryville Liquers Perryville Nj great service
• Long Horn Restaurant Flemington nj good food

3 reasons to love NJ:

• Cosmopolitan
• Beautiful countryside
• 4 seasons

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