The Millennium Center

Reviewing purely as a wedding reception location.  I have attended one here as a guest and had my own here in 2010.  It is nice because the facility itself is gorgeous and will impress your family and guests.  The ballroom is beautiful and large enough to handle food stations, cake area, multiple bars, and plenty of sitting room, as well as support a DJ or band on stage for the large dance floor.  The columns are beautiful.  Ask them to hang the white sheets from the ceiling and columns and shoot jelly lights in any color you choose to create a wonderful ambiance.  Because it is in Downtown there are two hotels across the street for out of town guests.  They will handle all your decorating, food, etc.  You are really only responsible to bring a cake, flowers, and band or DJ.  Because of this it makes for ease of planning.  The food was good.  The shrimp and grits in cocktail glasses was amazing (people still talk about it).  The chocolate fountain was not working correctly which no one really cared about but was noticed and disappointing.  Ask them to cut it on earlier to heat up properly if you use it.  Greg is great to work with but very busy and not as detail oriented as some people may like.  I loved him but TYPE A personalities may want to stay on top of things and check in with him regularly.    Ask for a tasting, he does it right.  This is a fun place to have good food and cut loose on the dance floor.  Your guests will like it because they can hit the town when it is over if they choose.  It is a bit pricey but well worth it for the location, photo ops, and ease of planning.  Overall we had the best night of our lives!

Locals call this the old post office.  Now it serves as a concert venue although shows are few and far between.  Saw Candlebox here in the mid nineties.  It is a very clean place I guess bc its never busy.  Its downtown Winston with lots of food options nearby.