The Old Post Office — Attraction in West Chicago Township

The Old Post Office was a STUNNING venue for our wedding! We had about 110 guests. We did everything onsite which made the day super easy and streamlined. I got ready with my wedding party in the Vault, which had gorgeous natural light for the hair/makeup team, and looked incredible for photos. We had our ceremony in the historic lobby, cocktail hour on the roof (North Meadow), reception in the historic lobby, and an afterparty in the Telegram Lounge. The Telegram Lounge was the rain plan for cocktail hour, and we loved the space so much that we added it on for the after party! It was so fun to have the games at the end of the night and to keep our wedding going without the lull of transporting everyone to a bar somewhere else. We took all our photos at TOPO which worked out perfectly - there were so many great locations for pictures and we didn't have the stress of traveling between locations. The team was fantastic from our first meeting up through the end of our night. Mia especially was so wonderful to work with and helped us with SO much. Security was great to have to direct guests from each location within the space. And everyone on TOPO’s team worked very well with our full vendor team. Our guests were so impressed with everything. We didn't really need to get any decor because the space is so beautiful on its own. The venue does charge commission (18% I believe) for certain vendors, which increased our costs by a significant amount. They do have a list of preferred vendors with a lower commission (11% I believe) and we did use some of their recommendations. But we have no regrets about having our wedding at The Old Post Office - it was absolutely beautiful and exactly what we wanted for our wedding venue. Highly recommend them!! (Also the roof and lobby were used for the first scene of The Dark Knight and this was a GREAT conversation tidbit...

Everything you could want! We visited because the location is used for the opening bank scene from The Dark Knight, but ended up utilising their food hall and facilities on three separate occasions.

The architecture is incredible in what is now a newly revamped workspace. The food court has a number of options. We ate at Tempesta and Fare.

Tempesta make substantially large sandwiches. We both had their special - Chicken Parm - which was delicious and well worth the money.

Fare make protein bowls (grains, chicken, sauces, etc). Nice, but preferred the next door Tempesta for value and quality.

The toilets are clean and easily accessible. There's also a local Walgreens which is handy and far quieter than any within the Chicago loop.

Plenty of seating both for food and admiring the...

What’s the old post office like? 2.5 million square feet! That’s 1.38 million bigger than the Air Force museum in Dayton Ohio (1,120,000 square feet). It’s just office space in there on the Harrison street side. To get an entrance to the old post office, you have to enter through the Van Buren St. side. There’s a nice food hall there. And there’s also a nice outdoor space where the old post office used to be. Across the street from this on the Harrison Street side is the actual post office that has amazing late hours seven days a week. But they are under construction for a long time and they still don’t have the free parking lot that they normally...