So, my fiancee and I are generally trying to keep costs down as much as possible while also not having too many separate vendors to deal with, since neither of us have much experience with party planning and it seems like more moving parts=more things that can go wrong. Our venue doesn't have a liquor license, so whatever we do in terms of alcohol, we need a licensed bartender to serve. The caterer we're leaning toward is pretty simple, and the food price is super reasonable, but then adding bar service, even for just beer and wine, is more than double what we'd be paying for food.
So, okay, the caterer says that if we provide the alcohol, ice and glassware, they can still get their own bartender to serve. Are there services that do all three—alcohol, ice and glassware? Or would we need to get X number of bottles of wine delivered from a liquor store, get ice from like a grocery store or something, and rent glassware from a rentals company? At that point it seems easier to just contract with a separate bartender/bar services company. Anybody have suggestions as to what's simplest?
