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Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
Completely unique and beautiful wedding that is not only unforgettable, but helps people too!
126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012
212-334-3324
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Housing Works Bookstore Café is the quintessential New York venue—a generous space in a historic, beautifully renovated building located in popular and vibrant SoHo. With 20-foot ceilings, spiral staircases and mahogany paneled balconies and bookshelves, this space lends style and sophistication to any event.
Our goal is to work within each couple’s budget to create the wedding that they want.
Our in-house caterer The Works is also part of our nonprofit and our executive chef works with each couple to develop a menu that suits their needs (including vegan and vegetarian). If the couple uses both our space and our caterer, we provide additional discounts. Couples are not required to use The Works, but we highly recommend it.
All money spent at Housing Works is revenue for our nonprofit which provides direct services for homeless New Yorkers living with AIDS/HIV.
Capacity for sit down wedding is 125
Price ranges from $500-$750 per hour
Our goal is to work within each couple’s budget to create the wedding that they want.
Our in-house caterer The Works is also part of our nonprofit and our executive chef works with each couple to develop a menu that suits their needs (including vegan and vegetarian). If the couple uses both our space and our caterer, we provide additional discounts. Couples are not required to use The Works, but we highly recommend it.
All money spent at Housing Works is revenue for our nonprofit which provides direct services for homeless New Yorkers living with AIDS/HIV.
Capacity for sit down wedding is 125
Price ranges from $500-$750 per hour
Julie
11/6/11
Categories: Cakes, Catering, Venues
11/6/11
Categories: Cakes, Catering, Venues
4.5 
Quality of Service: 4.5
Responsiveness: 4.0
Professionalism: 4.0
Value: 5.0
Flexibility: 5.0
Responsiveness: 4.0
Professionalism: 4.0
Value: 5.0
Flexibility: 5.0
I love that Housing Works is a non-profit and the proceeds for all events go to their very good cause of working with people living with HIV/AIDS and homelessness. And I would go with them again in a heartbeat. The space is gorgeous and has tons of character, and the staff were super friendly and warm. The food was great and so was the wine. All that said, you do need to be someone who doesn't need their hand held through this process. I think they might be a little understaffed at the moment - hopefully that will change. But they don't always respond to emails quickly, and the night of, we weren't even sure until an hour or so in who our "captain" was. That person will help you if you ask them for something, but don't expect them to be the kind of extremely hands-on, "don't you worry about anything because I'll make sure the night is perfect for you" kind of event captain you'll get at someplace like the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Again, I would absolutely go with them again, but just make sure you're on top of things yourself.
Amy
9/10/11
Categories: Venues
9/10/11
Categories: Venues
5.0 
Quality of Service: 5.0
Responsiveness: 5.0
Professionalism: 5.0
Value: 5.0
Flexibility: 5.0
Responsiveness: 5.0
Professionalism: 5.0
Value: 5.0
Flexibility: 5.0
My husband and I found Housing Works after doing some internet searching on a good place to have a small wedding in New York. We went to check it out in person the next day and met Amanda, who would be our contact for the next few months as we planned all the details of our big day. We loved the space at Housing Works and felt that it was just perfect to have the ceremony, cocktails, dinner and dancing all in one venue. We only had about 40 guests and the space felt perfect for that amount of people. Amanda was invaluable in assisting us with choosing menu items and options and she and Ron were both there the day of our wedding and all evening making sure that everything ran smoothly. We really can't recommend them highly enough. We had a great evening and the venue really made the night perfect. What was even better (since they are a non-profit organization) was that we had left-over cupcakes and Housing Works was able to sell them in their cafe then next day!
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