Aurora Brooklyn

This is a restaurant with meaning to us. It's where we had our first real romantic date, and ever since it's been our favorite place to celebrate or just have a nice night out. Always just the two of us. We'd love to get married here but there are just too many complications.

For one, Aurora is small. There is no way that even 100 people could fit for dinner and dancing. It would be the perfect place for an intimate wedding of 50...

The most beautiful part of the restaurant is the ivy-covered back patio. But Brooklyn summers are so temperamental it's difficult to say what the weather might be like on the date we choose. If it's too hot our guests would hate us, but if it's too cold or rainy everyone would have to squeeze inside for shelter.

But the food here is spectacular Italian, and they serve family style which adds that bit of casualness that we are looking for. Also the price is perfect for our budget!