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My experience with Landmark, their venue (The Fremont Foundry), and their in-house caterer, Herban Feast, was complicated.
Touring & Booking
When we toured the venue, it was with a man and a venue manager-in-training named Lisa. The man was fine, but he was pretty dismissive when we asked about street parking for guests. There’s a U-Park lot next door, so we asked if Landmark had ever coordinated with them for weddings. He confidently said they work with that lot “all the time” and could easily connect us. That mattered to us.
Lisa, on the other hand, was wonderful. She gave extra tours for my parents, answered a ton of questions, and handled a long back-and-forth. However, I didn’t appreciate the classic “someone else is looking at your date” pressure tactic. It just stressed us out and wasn’t relevant to why our decision was taking time.
We eventually signed. Yay! And then… radio silence.
I expected some quiet because we booked more than a year in advance and there wasn’t much to plan venue-wise that far out. Still, it felt odd.
Planning Phase: EC Turnover Fiesta
Six months out, we were finally introduced to our event coordinator, Thaddeus. He sent us a lengthy questionnaire, which I filled out. Then, in our meeting, he proceeded to ask me every single question from that questionnaire—as if he hadn’t read it. The entire meeting was spent going over the same information. Annoying, but at least everything was covered thoroughly. Later, a friend told me we should have selected our linens at that meeting… but Thaddeus never brought it up.
Then the silence started again. This time it felt worse, but I figured: okay, they’re the professionals.
Three months out, someone completely new reaches out. Turns out Thaddeus was no longer with the company… and didn’t leave any notes on my wedding. We booked a meeting with this new coordinator, but on the day of the meeting I got an email saying they’d been hospitalized and couldn’t make it.
Enter EC #3: Hailey Boop — and I cannot say enough good things about this girl.
She came in READY to fix things. My wedding was less than three months away and the venue apparently had no notes, but Hailey responded quickly, made me feel prioritized, and handled every change I threw at her. She genuinely saved my planning experience.
The Extra Hour Debacle
Originally, Thaddeus had offered us an extra hour at the start of our event for free to make up for the fact that Landmark actually did not have any relationship with the U-Park next door (meaning we were left scrambling for guest parking). Unfortunately, he only said this in person and left zero documentation. We had already printed invitations with an earlier start time… only for the venue to tell us they planned to charge us for that hour.
Hailey went to bat for us and got it reinstated.
The Wedding Day
Our wedding day itself went very well. I was nervous, but the venue delivered and the food was surprisingly good. I credit this to Hailey and my personal day-of coordinator.
Warnings for Future Couples
Noise: There’s a concert venue that shares an alley with the Foundry. The alley is right beside the dinner room. During speeches, the concert noise was very noticeable.
No AC: The Foundry does not have air conditioning. If you’re getting married in August, don’t let anyone tell you “it cools off at night.” It doesn’t.
Tastings
When you book a Landmark venue, you’re required to use Herban Feast. They offer group tastings (pre-set menu, free, after you sign the contract) or private tastings (around $60 per person at the time). I never ended up doing a tasting, which still feels strange.
Overall:
I’m thrilled the wedding day itself was beautiful, and I genuinely credit Hailey for pulling it together. This would have been a 1 star review from all the stress if it wasnt for her. But the planning process was rough. I can’t help but worry that if I’d ended up with anyone other than Hailey, we would’ve been nickel-and-dimed and left even more stressed.