Rant: Caterer All Of a Sudden Closed Down

This is a rant and seeking for advice. We are having an “I Do BBQ” Welcome Party the day before the wedding for all our guests and it’s basically also our Rehearsal Dinner. The place that was supposed to make the BBQ for us all of a sudden since their Pit Master left and found a different opportunity out of state. There’s only one other BBQ place in our small town so I’ll be asking if they can do it first thing on Monday even though I don’t like their BBQ as much. If they can’t do it, what should I do? There isn’t a lot of outside catering options. Most are attached to a venue but won’t cater outside of their venue. This is just the way it is where we live so I’m not sure what I would do. The bright side is we are good friends with our venue. We told them the situation and we can cancel without consequence, but should I cancel it and just have a small Rehearsal Dinner for the Wedding Party even though my guests have already RSVPed and planned to come that extra day early for the BBQ?