Historic Concord Exchange — Attraction in South Saint Paul

We recently had our wedding at the HCE. Everything was fine working with the HCE until the day of our wedding when the Coordinator did not show up at the agreed upon time. After sitting outside for 50 minutes we had to go back to the hotel to start getting ready there instead so I had to pay for all the hair and makeup people to travel to the hotel. When the coordinator finally called me after I made many calls & sent a lot of emails her response was she looked at the wrong time & we were lucky she wasn't charging us more money anyways. I made my mom deal with any contact with her the rest of the day as I did not want to deal with her. So the entire day was delayed by an hour & we got only half the pictures we wanted to take, we were extremely rushed & stressed all day because of it. When the keg ran out later in the night the bartenders didn't bother to tell us so guests ended up paying for their own beers for a half hour until a guest told me & I told the bartenders to tap the other keg. We had a random man from the street come in on our reception & our best man had to make him leave as the security we had to pay for couldn’t be found. The only reason I even gave 2 stars was because the servers were good, the food was very good, and the location is beautiful. Although, the place needs some sprucing up as the carpet upstairs s all uneven, it’s a trip hazard, & the ceiling leaks if it rains. Do not do ivory linens through them as none of their linens are the same color ivory the napkins are a different color than the table cloths & the some of the table cloths don’t even match. Also, when we came to setup none of the tables, chairs, or linens were setup so we had to set them up which was a lot of work on top of everything else we had to do. Honestly, I had so many things go wrong on my wedding day beyond just this vendor & it was the most stressful day of my life; which...

Just had our wedding at the Historic Concord Exchange Friday the 11th. It was amazing! Karna was so incredible to work with! She did way more than I expected. I was stressed trying to get the last things done on the day of, and she was amazing and came in and helped me finish setting things up and helped organize people. She was willing to meet with us before, if I had any questions and was very responsive on emails. We found them on the Knot and WeddingWire and we actually just live up the street from the venue so we knew what it would look like inside. It's such a beautiful setting you hardly have to decorate it all. We obviously brought in some of our own touches, though. They have chair covers and other decorations that you can rent. Duke was the chef and did a great job. Food is obviously a little different on the day of with how much they have to make versus the tasting day, but we received positive comments from all of our guests. We actually rented some of the hotel rooms upstairs too, which anyone who stayed there was super excited about. It's nice to just be able to go right upstairs and not have to transfer to a hotel. The rooms are very unique and were fun to stay in. Serving staff and bartenders were on top of everything! I don't think I can say this enough...Karna is AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING!!!! I hope someone else I know gets married there so I can go back to experience it from the guests...

WOW! My fiance, Isaac, and I were google searching venues one day and I can't say how lucky we were to find The Historic Concord Exchange. We fell in love with the atmosphere and design of the building. The event coordinator, Karna, and the chef, Duke, were both amazing and very knowledgeable and helpful during the wedding planning process. Isaac and I were going to school in another state while wedding planning and Karna did a fantastic job at coordinating with us and accommodating our schedules. Unfortunately, only a few weeks before our wedding, Isaac had a family tragedy occur that forced us to reorganize a lot of the wedding details. Karna was more than willing to work with us to make the necessary changes during this difficult time. On the day of our wedding everything went very smoothly. The building and rooms were ready for us at the designated time and everyone was able to get where they needed to be. Karna did a fantastic job at coordinating the ceremony and letting the wedding party know when and where to be when it was time to begin. She was also very on top of keeping Isaac and I updated during the reception and checked on us to make sure we were happy and everything was good. The food tasted absolutely delicious! Every bride dreams of the perfect wedding day and I am very happy to say that my wedding day at The Historic Concord Exchange was an...