The North Fork offers a wide range of options for engaged couples to consider as a wedding venue. They can choose a vineyard, mansion, renovated landmark, waterfront space, rustic barn, flower farm, restaurant or even a full-service catering hall. Some venues have their own in-house chefs and operational facilities, while others expect you to bring in everything from décor to dance floor to dessert. Couples can find everything from rustic to glam, with everything in between, and that North Fork magic is ever present.
To help you figure out your wedding location, we grouped some favorite venues by theme. Keep in mind that many venues checked numerous boxes, so use this merely as a starting point. See our full listing of wedding venues for additional options.
VINEYARD WEDDING
Bedell Cellars
The 75-acre Bedell Cellars is one of the most critically acclaimed wineries on the North Fork. Tucked away in the picturesque hamlet of Cutchogue, Bedell offers a beautiful setting for a celebration that will reflect your personality and leave the best impression of your special day. Framed by a backdrop of gently rolling vineyards, the venue has an open layout, providing a welcoming canvas to create your own unique event.
Guests can expect an intimate outdoor ceremony under the tall 100-year-old oak tree in the historic apple orchard, sipping cocktails among the vines. Afterward, they’ll head up to Bedell’s covered deck for dinner and dancing while enjoying panoramic vineyard views. It all flows seamlessly from one element into the next.
Of course, a day this magical wouldn’t be complete without an epic wine country sunset and stargazing on the dance floor. Bedell recently started producing mini bottles of rosé that are great items for gift bags, welcome bags or wedding favors.
BARN WEDDING
Hallockville Museum Farm
Warm and rustic, Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead is a one-of-a-kind North Fork wedding venue. With its historic and agricultural backdrop, the museum farm is unlike any traditional catering hall. The grounds feature 19 beautifully maintained historic buildings, some dating back more than 250 years. The Naugles Barn on the west side of the property serves as the reception area. Built in 1937, the 1,400-square-foot structure is a veritable blank slate for your wedding.
Hallockville is a historic homestead that represents and celebrates Long Island’s agricultural heritage, with beautiful gardens and modern-day farming (animal residents include cows, chickens and sheep).
“It’s very much a ‘do it yourself’ venue,” said Herb Strobel, Hallockville’s executive director. “You can make it what you want and really personalize your event.”
The Naugles Barn is ideal for an indoor or outdoor wedding, and ceremonies can be held on site at no additional cost. Its 15-foot-tall barn doors open out to more than 500 acres of preserved farmland, providing a peaceful and authentic rural setting. With the addition of an outdoor tent, Hallockville can accommodate around 150 guests. The museum grounds are also a popular choice for the couple seeking a country setting to capture their wedding day on camera.
Guests are free to explore the property, including all the museum buildings and animal stalls. As an added bonus, all payments to the nonprofit museum farm are used to maintain the historic property.
FARM WEDDING
Salt Air Farm
Want to get married on a working flower farm? Salt Air Farm in Cutchogue is a charming outdoor venue versatile enough to host events as small as a garden party or as big as a 300-guest affair.
The farm, which stretches between two salt marsh inlets along Peconic Bay, is owned and operated by Prudence and Dan Heston, who keep bees on the property to make honey and tend to a beautiful selection of wedding florals — over 50 varieties, to be exact. Brides can work with the farm’s florists to create personalized bouquets and decorations, knowing they’re getting the freshest, most beautiful blooms available. Plus, the flowers in the field provide quite the photo backdrop. “Brides who marry here get design and arranging services for free as part of the experience of having a garden party-type of wedding on the farm,” notes Prudence Heston. “Brides getting married at other venues come in for a consultation and quote.”
After the ceremony, guests can play croquet on the Olympic-size lawn court or pick fruit from the farm’s peach and nectarine trees. If you prefer, the Hestons’ 15-year-old daughter, Sadie, will take a basket and pluck the fruit for you.
Looking for a unique wedding favor for friends and family? Hands-on couples are invited to join the Hestons for a series of beekeeping classes, where they’ll learn all the particulars of the craft and get to bottle their own honey as gifts.
LANDMARK WEDDING
Brecknock Hall
Brecknock Hall is a painstakingly restored 19th-century manor home, resplendent with refined elegance. Infused with warmth and detail, Brecknock Hall is a distinctive setting for weddings, community events and other special occasions. The building is one of Long Island’s most magnificent examples of 19th-century Italianate stone architecture, and was once the home of David Gelston Floyd, whose grandfather, William Floyd, signed the Declaration of Independence.
Brecknock Hall’s lower level features four charming parlor rooms with a grand center hallway, sprawling lawns and a patio for tented celebrations. The second-floor provides a private bridal suite, lounge area and groomsmen’s quarters as well as guest restrooms. There is convenient access for caterers, ample parking and access to Long Island Sound for photographs. Brecknock Hall hosts only one wedding per weekend so couples have prior day access to drop off personal items and décor and can choose the date that’s perfect for them.
As part of the community’s annual Veterans Day Wedding Giveback, Brecknock helps provide one military couple with the wedding of their dreams for free, including an estimated $60,000 worth of services and donations. A panel of Peconic Landing members with military ties selects the lucky couple based on their love story and military history.
WATERFRONT WEDDING
Peconic Bay Yacht Club
Despite its name, Peconic Bay Yacht Club is neither private nor a boating club, but this upscale maritime venue feels a bit like both. Opened in 2016 in Southold (at the former Mill Creek Inn location), the elegantly renovated 10,000-square-foot facility overlooks Peconic Bay and is the only fully catered waterfront event space on the North Fork.
For weddings, the elegant property offers a waterfront lawn, marina, exquisite indoor ballroom, stately lounge, private tasting room and panoramic views from the terrace. There’s also a dedicated Bridal Suite and Groom’s Room where the wedding party can get ready in style. A lawn reception can accommodate 300 people, while the ballroom can hold 180 for a traditional seated dinner and 220 for a European-style reception over the various rooms.
“You don’t have to be a boater, or have a slip with us, to have a wedding here, although the majority of our clients love the water,” says John Ovanessian, general manager of Robbins Wolfe Eventeurs, who notes that couples sometimes arrive by boat for a dramatic entrance.
Robbins Wolfe of the CulinArt Group is the property’s exclusive on-site caterer, focusing on fine dining and the freshest local food (the impeccable Southold Fish Market just happens to be across the street).
MORE LOCATIONS
Tony Cotignola
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631-574-8008
Guests accommodated: 20-600
Services provided: Select one of nine diverse settings including the traditional Sea Star Ballroom and the main room of the Long Island Aquarium. Choose from a variety of dining options, including a seated dinner reception, butler-passed hors d’oeuvres, cocktail party or buffet dinner.
631-369-0100
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Guests accommodated: Up to 200
Services provided: Tented weddings May-September. Full planning services.
Amy Finno
631-734-7537, ext. 2;
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Guests accommodated: Up to 200
Services provided: Use of gardens, tasting room, orchard and mahogany pavilion.
631-593-8200
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Guests accommodated: May-October, 200; November-April, 110
Services provided: Brecknock Hall is an elegant historic manor home that is a distinctive and resplendent setting for weddings. It offers private bridal party suites, an on-site coordinator and host only one wedding per weekend.
Rosemary Buccheri
718-744-4477;
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Guests accommodated: Up to 300 in the orchard under tenting
Services provided: 72-acre apple orchard with beachfront property, barn-like structure, fire pit area, 6,000-square-foot private residence that can be used as the bridal suite. Can be rented for rehearsal dinner.
Giovanni Borghese and Evie Kahn
631-734-5111
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Guests accommodated: Indoors, 80; outdoors, 300
Services provided: All contracted independently.
Heather Consoli
631-722-4222; [email protected]
Guests accommodated: Up to 225
Services provided: Use of indoor tasting room, private back room, outdoor patio and grounds.
Amy Finno
631-734-7537, ext. 2
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Guests accommodated: 125
Services provided: Use of grounds and tasting room.
Maryann Diliberto
631-722-3416
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Guests accommodated: 30-100
Services provided: Use of gazebo in vineyard for ceremony, wraparound patio overlooking vineyard for cocktails or dinner, interior Italian piazza setting.
631-765-3500
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Guests accommodated: 175 inside, 250 outside
Services provided: Use of indoor tasting room, private party space, outdoor patio and tented grounds.
Banquet sales department 631-929-6585; [email protected]
Guests accommodated: 90-300+
Services provided: Multiple banquet rooms to choose from; indoor and outdoor ceremony locations. Rehearsal dinners, hotel accommodations and shopping village with carousel. Contact for full details.
631-727-6076
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Guests accommodated: 300
Services provided: Contact for details.
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631-298-5292
Guests accommodated: Up to 150
Services provided: One wedding per weekend, use of grounds, historic barn, ceremony on site, space for tent, restrooms, parking. Call for more details.
The Halyard Restaurant at Sound View Greenport
Guests accommodated: 200 maximum
Services provided: Beach or indoor waterfront ceremony options. Multiple venues to choose from plus on-site catering.
Catering department
631-369-2200, ext. 0
Guests accommodated: 20-240
Services provided: Indoor/outdoor venues, full ballroom, poolside options, rehearsal dinners and post-nuptial breakfasts available. Hotel room blocks for accommodations also available. Contact for complete details.
Matt Kar
631-834-6691
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Guests accommodated: Up to 250
Services provided: Full-service catering.
Tasting room manager
631-238-5801
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Guests accommodated: Up to 250
Services provided: Full-site rental includes use of the grounds, tasting room, covered deck, outdoor patio, fermentation room, vineyard view, private suite and parking.
631-722-2900
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Guests accommodated: Under 100
Services provided: Ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner and dancing, after-party, accommodations.
631-477-6977, [email protected]
Guests accommodated: Up to
300 tented outside;
80 inside tasting room
Services provided: Use of grounds and tasting room.
Juan or Ursula
631-298-1420
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Guests accommodated: Up to 150, May-October
Services provided: Site for ceremony, tasting room, deck overlooking vineyards for dinner.
No tent necessary.
Jerol Bailey
631-734-6010
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Guests accommodated: 125
Services provided: Use of courtyard, tasting room, cottage, terrace with vine-covered pergola. Site only; full vendor list supplied.
Jul; 631-298-0100
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Guests accommodated: 150 for seated event
Services provided: Accommodates private parties such as engagement parties, bridal showers, anniversary parties, birthday celebrations and corporate events.
Brewster McCall
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Guests accommodated: Flexible
Services provided: Site; couple contacts outside vendors.
Rosamond Baiz
631-765-0004 | [email protected]
Guests accommodated: Up to 250
Services provided: 500-foot lawn for bayfront ceremony, reception and dinner venue with 500 feet of sandy beach; electricity; water service for caterer’s cleanup and on-site parking. 180-degree view of Shelter Island and across Peconic Bay to the South Fork. Event may begin as early as 3 p.m. Vendor list provided.
Tasting room, Peter or Loretta
631-765-6188.
Guests accommodated: Up to 200
Services provided: Site, tent, electric.
Ken Cereola
631-722-9463
Guests accommodated: 80 seated on covered deck; up to 220 under a tented lawn space overlooking vineyards.
Services provided: Grounds, tables, chairs, restroom facilities, staff. Reserve six months in advance.
631-722-8800
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Guests accommodated: Up to 150
Services provided: As contracted.
631-407-5200
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Guests accommodated: 180-300, depending on style and room
Services provided: Available year round. Outdoor tented events overlook Peconic Bay. Ballroom overlooks marina and is perfect for receptions. The Gallery & Terrace feature panoramic views of the bay, making it ideal for indoor ceremonies, cocktail parties and intimate receptions. The Tasting Room offers access to the venue’s Wine Cellar, Bar Room and Chef’s Table, which is a great place for the groom and groomsmen to get ready. Bridal suite available.
John W. Larsen
631-734-4111, ext. 207
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Guests accommodated: Up to 200
Services provided: Gazebo in vineyard for ceremony, terrace over vineyard for cocktails and sunset, courtyard for alfresco dining and dancing (tent necessary), wine bar in tasting room, event staff, tables and chairs, vendor list and service referral.
Guests accommodated: Up to 80
Services provided: A tented or outdoor event can be held on the covered Wisteria Deck and pavilion.
Domenica Pugliese
631-734-4057
Guests accommodated: Up to 250
Services provided: Site for ceremony, grounds, electric, vendor list. Personalized wine bottles available.
631-765-1100, ext. 106
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Guests accommodated: Up to 200
Services provided: Private use of grounds, gardens and vineyard. Provides special-event coordinators to assist with all your needs.
Erin Ambrose, events manager
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631-298-0075, ext. 102
Guests accommodated: Up to 200
Services provided: With all the North Fork charm, RG|NY’s spaces include special comforts and updates for you and your guests year round. The outdoor space showcases the vineyard and horse pasture. The barn offers all modern amenities while maintaining a rustic elegance.
Prudence Heston
631-734-4180 | [email protected]
Guests accommodated: 300 maximum
Services provided: Tented weddings in a garden party farm setting. Use of farm flowers and floral arranging services provided. Honey favors and doves also available.
Lisa Sannino, 631-734-8282
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Guests accommodated: Intimate weddings, maximum of 75 guests
Services provided: Bridal party package including four hours of bridal party preparation in the Tuscan Suite and Tuscan Villa at Sannino Bed & Breakfast. One bottle of wine per room, cheese platter, full breakfast included. A tasting at Sannino Tasting House for four guests is also included. Two people per room can remain as guests after the wedding.
Rachel Sunday, 631-779-2817
Guests accommodated: 150 maximum
Services provided: Site rental of Jamesport tasting room, barn and grounds year round.
631-804-0367
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Guests accommodated: 65 maximum
Services provided: With sweeping vineyard views, the crush pad is a beautiful place for smaller rehearsal dinners, birthdays and weddings. The newly renovated wine library overlooks the barrel cellar and vineyard and can hold up to 65 guests. The Farmhouse Inn has four beautifully decorated rooms and is a perfect space to spend the night after the event.
631-765-0200, [email protected]
Guests accommodated: 50-250
Services provided: Ceremony location, indoor and outdoor venues (tenting required for 100-plus guests), bridal room, terrace overlooking vineyard, VIP Bubble Room.
Kristen Pisseri
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631-727-4343
Guests accommodated: 300
Services provided: Long Island’s only 1933 fully restored art deco theater complete with greenroom and bridal suite for getting ready, stage for ceremony on site, complete day-of coordination, on-site catering by Chef Noah Schwartz of Noah’s of Greenport.
Kate Wiggins, 631-722-3200; [email protected]
Guests accommodated: 300 for a sit-down dinner; 250 with dancing
Services provided: Venue includes catering, full open bar, tables, linens, chairs, flatware, glasses, etc., plus staff and bridal attendant. Site includes indoor ballroom, year-round patio, eight-acre manicured property with lush vineyards, waterfall, pond and gazebos.
