Aster Cafe Wedding Photographer

Aster Cafe: The Venue Itself

What the space is actually like — the details couples ask me about before they ask about photography.

Address

125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414

Capacity

River Room: 180 plated / 170 buffet. Hall of Kings: 190 plated / 175 buffet, flexible seating 50-200. Vista: 50 seated dinner. Shasta Tent: 40-130. Royal Court (outdoor): 40-150. Hepburn Bridal Suite and Redford Club getting-ready rooms: 5-25 each.

Ceremony & reception spaces

Indoors: the River Room, with panoramic river and skyline views, a handmade copper and oak bar, and vintage lighting; the Hall of Kings, with stone walls, high ceilings, custom lighting, and flexible seating for 50 to 200; the Camelot Bar, part of the Hall of Kings space and usable on its own for cocktail parties and intimate groups, holding 50 standing; and Vista, an upper-level space with sweeping views over the Aster House main floor and glimpses of the Minneapolis skyline and Mississippi River. Two getting-ready rooms, the Hepburn Bridal Suite and the Redford Club, hold 5 to 25 each; the Redford Club has a private bath with leather, velvet, chandeliers, and carpets. Outdoors: the Royal Court, a landscaped urban garden for outdoor ceremonies and cocktail gatherings holding 40 to 150, which can be used on its own or together with the Hall of Kings; and the Shasta Tent, a custom-made tent with hand-wrought iron work and vintage chandeliers, holding 40 to 130 and used for ceremonies and cocktail hours. The restaurant also has a patio, and patio dining is walk-in only. The venue sits on a cobblestone street under trees along the Mississippi. These spaces span more than one building on SE Main Street, marketed together by the Aster events team rather than sitting at a single address; Vista is described as being in the former Brown-Ryan Stable, which secondary reporting locates at a different street number.

Parking

The venue's events site recommends ramp parking and directs guests to connected indoor ramp parking with tunnel access to the venues, entered off 2nd Street SE and 2nd Avenue SE.

Catering

Food and beverage are provided in-house by the venue, which publishes its own event menus; Wedding Spot's listing states all food and beverage is handled by the venue and that alcohol must be provided by the venue. Eventective lists on-site catering and notes the in-house team supplies a preferred vendor list for other services (musician, photographer, florist). Whether outside caterers are ever permitted is not stated publicly.

• Aster Cafe is located at 125 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414, on a tree-lined cobblestone street along the Mississippi River in the St. Anthony Main district.
• The River Room seats 170 for a buffet dinner and 180 for a plated dinner, and holds 200 for a standing-only reception; it features a handmade copper and oak bar, vintage lighting, and panoramic views of the river and skyline.
• The Hall of Kings seats 175 for a buffet dinner and 190 for a plated dinner, holds 200 standing, and has stone walls, high ceilings and custom lighting with flexible seating for groups from 50 to 200.
• The Royal Court is a landscaped urban garden for outdoor ceremonies and cocktail gatherings holding 40 to 150, and per the venue "can be used alone or in concert with The Hall of Kings," providing an indoor and outdoor event.
• The Shasta Tent is a custom-made tent with hand-wrought iron work and vintage chandeliers, used for ceremonies and cocktail hours, holding 40 to 130.
• Vista is a private upper-level space seating 50 for dinner, with sweeping views of the Aster House main floor and glimpses of the Minneapolis skyline and Mississippi River.
• The Camelot Bar is part of the Hall of Kings space, can be used on its own for cocktail parties and intimate groups, and holds 50 for a standing reception.
• The venue offers two getting-ready rooms, the Hepburn Bridal Suite and the Redford Club, each accommodating 5 to 25 people; the Redford Club has a private bath with leather, velvet, chandeliers and carpets.
• The venue directs guests to connected indoor ramp parking with tunnel access to the venues, entered off 2nd Street SE and 2nd Avenue SE, and recommends ramp parking as convenient and inexpensive.
• Food and beverage are provided in-house by the venue, which publishes its own event menus; third-party listings state all food and beverage is handled by the venue and that alcohol must be provided by the venue.

Best Photo Spots at Aster Cafe

• Stone Arch Bridge portraits
• Mill Ruins Park ruins
• Father Hennepin Bluff
• St. Anthony Main cobblestones
• Pillsbury A-Mill exterior
• Riverwalk at sunset
• Upstairs ceremony window light
• Patio cocktail candids

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