Tenth Ward Distilling Company

We have used Tenth Ward multiple times for our team meetings and holiday parties, and I have attended many more events and meetings at their beautiful space. The historic wedding venue is woman-owned and features wall-to-wall exposed brick, large industrial windows, and beautiful original hardwood floors. It is on the second floor and requires stairs to access but it is worth the short climb. The staff is very responsive and easy to work with. In addition to business meetings I know they host weddings. I am sure it would be a wonderful venue for this as well!

This is such a cool venue and they also provided a coordinator the day of included in the rental cost!

First of all, the venue space was beautiful. Our vision definitely came to life and we were happy with the overall look of the space and the vendors knowledge of it. Also, I want to specifically highlight Francie who is Tenth Ward's admin - she was always so prompt, communicative, worked well with our vendors, and kind - thank you Francie!!! The Reception part also went great, we got great feedback. Now, room for improvement: -we kind of felt like guinea pigs during the transition to in house coordination, which was a bummer. We started with one coordinator and got switched to another a few months out of our wedding. Hindsight is 20/20, but even with the selling point of having a day of the coordinator with the venue, I would’ve also liked to have hired my own since we were doing a first look and wouldn’t get to the venue until the wedding was literally starting. -Tenth Ward's coordinator is really soft spoken, so with our big bridal party we were having a hard time hearing her for the rehearsal. Even having her mic’ed up with just a portable speaker would’ve helped. -the lack of a separate room for waiting for guests to arrive meant that we were seeing people and saying hello before the wedding, which was stressful. We knew this going in, but keep it in mind if staying hidden is important to you. -all of this wasn’t so bad, but the thing that really left a sour taste in our mouths was Sunday during our event pack up. Tenth Ward's coordinator was having car trouble when we were supposed to meat her to retrieve our decor, which was understandable, but had to contact us through the groomsman as she didn’t have our phone numbers. I called her as we were packing up because there seemed to be a lot of beer, and our leftover beer was mixed in with a couple boxes of Monocacy beer. I asked Tenth Ward's coordinator on the phone if all the alcohol was ours, and she said yes (it was all right near our piled up bins of wedding decor and mixed with our alcohol). I even said to Mike “the liquor store must’ve run out of 60 minute and subbed Monocacy.” Monica (the owner who was communicating with me after we left and were already home) claimed it was separated out in a different spot, but this truly wasn’t the case (and she wasn’t there the day of or morning after to confirm this). Our hired bartenders may have mixed up this alcohol and Monica kept saying "our tenth ward bartenders know to keep it separate." To that end, Tenth Ward could a) require you use their (pricier) bartenders to avoid this issue, or b) store their house wine and beer in a different location at the venue. In my mind, it is the responsibility of the venue to keep their alcohol separate from the wedding alcohol, and it really put a damper on our entire wedding to have to sort through it all to bring back maybe $100-$150 worth of beer max when it wasn’t our fault and the tenth ward coordinator wasn’t present....also bringing this alcohol back was 2 hours round trip while we were packing for our honeymoon to leave the next day. This last part of our weekend really made us feel displeased and like we were being accused of purposely stealing - which is a bummer since it is our only wedding. So - long story short, I'm sure they've learned from this to keep everything separate, but it may be worth also hiring your own coordinator since you will be busy on your wedding day and setup of the space and also keeping your alcohol separate from others is the last thing on your mind.

I don’t know where to start! Our experience with Xth Ward was nothing short of a dream. The venue was perfect for our vision! The space is beautiful on its own! We had about 110 guests and were comfortable. 120 could have been tight. Jenn and Elizabeth were the most accommodating and provided timely responses and were so creative themselves! We strongly recommend The Xth Ward as a top venue of choice!