Kristy is a very detail oriented person, and that's just what I needed ! Not only is she…read moremeticulous,organized, budget conscious and an ethically sound entrepreneur, but she is kind hearted and genuine. Although my wedding was not local, she did a wonderful job orchestrating and planning-including the day of! Any party host knows that a calm, cool head is needed the day of-and that's just how Kristy carries herself. She is very intelligent, and a no-nonsense type of woman. She grew up in a family of business owners, and knows the trade well. Definitely contact Lace & Grace for any party planning needs!

From the owner: Lace and Grace Events is an Event Planning Company based in State College, Pennsylvania. We travel…read moreto meet your planning and design needs! Our services range from intimate celebrations to corporate events. Each event that we do is custom designed to fit your needs. We provide Partial, Design Consultation, a la carte, and Full Wedding & Event Planning in Pennsylvania. Let us take care of you!

We hired Best Event for the rentals at our wedding this August and were very disappointed with both…read morethe quality of the rentals and our service. We live in California but met while attending PSU which is why we decided to be married in the State College area. I flew out to Pennsylvania to plan my wedding and spent hours in the Best Event showroom choosing which items to rent. Two days before the wedding when the rentals were delivered to the site, we found that they had switched items on us. They chairs that we rented were wooden, but the ones that were delivered were plastic and said "Best Event Rental" on the backs. The bar we had rented was wooden, but the one they delivered was black like a guitar amplifier and looked like it belonged in a nightclub. When I called to tell them that they had sent the wrong items, the manager was not apologetic at all, and in fact, said that "most customers would consider these changes upgrades." After several phone calls and many tears on my part, they came and picked up their ugly black bar (we used a table instead) and ended up comping the chairs. While we were happy to not have to pay for the items, we felt that Best Event rental was dishonest with us. Substitutions should never be made to a contract when the customer has spent hours selecting items from their showroom. On top of that, they should have been more sensitive to the fact that we were having a wedding, a very important day in our lives, and that it was not just another order to fill. If you are planning a wedding or another event and want to be sure that you get what you select, and that you will not suffer from additional stress two days before your event I would NOT recommend using Best Event Rental.

We've rented chairs, tents and tables in various combinations. Very efficient group of people. For…read moremy Saturday function they put up the tents on Wednesday. They didn't charge anything more. Also, I asked for a larger stage and they brought that later and added it to what they had already put up. I would heartily recommend them.

Such a great little space! We stumbled upon this little craft haven on an alumni visit, and we…read morewished we lived closer to come here more often.

From the owner: At The Makery, we specialize in creative classes, parties and events. With 14 different…read moreinstructors in genres from sewing to painting, creaative writing to floral design, there is something for everyone! The Makery also houses downtown State College's ONLY 100% local artisan gift shop.

I'm honored to not have only held by wedding at "The Barn" but to create the listing on Yelp for it…read moreand be the first to review. Ruth and her team were phenomenal throughout the entire experience and we couldn't have asked for a better event planner who listened to our endless questions, suggestions and small complaints to try and make it as great as we could. I had no clue what I was doing when planning an event this big but our wedding weekend, Ruth had four weddings in total so she is clearly a PRO at this. We had to book over a year in advance so if you are reading my review and don't have a summer weekend already locked up for a date you are looking for in a month or two, it's probably not going to happen. It's a popular spot and will only get more so as people learn about this new location for weddings. Set back off the main road in a very rural area, the barn itself holds 200 guests and you can have pretty much your entire wedding day on site, from the ceremony to an outdoor cocktail hour and then into the barn for the reception itself. I've posted some professional pics for people to see the true beauty of both the inside and out. Parking is easy for all of your guests as they are guided to a giant lawn behind the barn itself, hidden away from the beauty out front. There is also a Bed & Breakfast on site that can be rented by guests or even your wedding party. I got changed in the old butcher room (a sign?) while my wife was able to get dressed in the bridal suite on site. Pretty much all of your needs are here, you just need to bring booze and guests. Ruth has been in the catering business for years and her hubby is a culinary chef in the top echelon for Columbia County. From exotic seafood options to standard, PA Dutch food for the area, your needs (eeerrr wants) for your menu are easily met by a wide variety of options. And, it's freaking delicious. Drawbacks of the location are that it has no AC or heat.....so if it's an early August 95 degree day, you're going to melt. It got down into the 50's on our wedding night and it was slightly chilly inside, just glad there were enough people there to keep the temp up enough to not have people freeze to death. It's also hilly in some spots so when the rain came down, it was slick for people and the outdoor location had to be moved indoors for the ceremony as it wasn't allowed because of people being able to loose their footing. If you want to impress your guests and have them talking for a shoestring budget, at least in comparison to prices we were finding in metropolitan areas, you won't be disappointed.

From the owner: The Susquehanna Chef & The Barn at Hidden Acres Our staff…read moreis skilled in coordinating Weddings, Corporate Catering, Special Events, Barbecues and Private Parties. The Barn at Hidden Acres is a preferred event location in North East Pennsylvania. All visits are strictly by appointment only. Please contact us to set up a time to tour the facility.

They did an amazing job for my sons 1st Birthday party. 10/10 would definitely recommend them for…read moreany party. The owner Widmina is super friendly and made sure I got everything I wanted and more.

*Review is strictly based on her customer service…read more I called to inquire about catering for my wedding next year and spoke to Kristen. I gave her all the details and she wrote everything down and said she would pass it along to Ashley who would then give me a call back to go over everything in more detail. After about a week of not hearing back from them, I gave them another call and left a voice mail. That was a few weeks ago and I still haven't heard back.. After reading some reviews it seems like this isn't the first time they've ghosted people. If communication is this difficult in the beginning, then I can't imagine how it will be leading up to our wedding. No thank you.

Hoag's provided a whole roast pig for a luau party we hosted and we couldn't have asked for a…read morebetter catering experience. The pork was so moist and delicious and we received many compliments from guests. Ashley communicated well in advance on all logistics, the food arrived on time, and everyone was very flexible - even accommodating a delay due to COVID. Would definitely work with them again!

Truck traffic is 24/7 and it is very very loud. Water tankers speed by ALL NIGHT and it is LOUD…read more Not what we wanted for a mountain weekend. Hard to sleep. The images on the website are fake. Our room was not a suite, not luxury and not spacious as depicted. It was tiny! Our bed was next to the refrigerator. We had to walk one at a time between the bed and kitchen counter. The sofa was so old when we sat down we sank into the floor and had a very hard time getting up out of the hole. We will not return. We got so tired of hearing the truck engines on our short vacation. What a disappointment. Do not recommend.

Everything. From check in to enjoying our stay in this lovely place. Calming yet relaxing…read moreenvironment. Exactly what we needed. Beautiful cabins.

on a week when there's no school, you're closed? crazy! Wanted my g-babies to have a fun day before…read moreChristmas break & the next thing I know, you're closed as is the kaos place. So off it muncy we went to hooplas. Your loss.

The trampoline park was so fun, and so was the arcade. At the arcade I won a big yellow ball, and…read moreat the trampoline park they have dodgeball, basketball, and of course a trampoline!

BUYER BEWARE: On…read more4/12/2026 I held a Celebration of Life event for my mother at Iron Front in Lewisburg Pa. Literally nothing was prepared for the event ahead of time. I arrived an hour ahead and had to go looking for staff repeatedly, which continued to be the case even after people were arriving for the event at the appointed time. I paid $475 for drinks for 100 people that were non-existent. I was so occupied with other things not done, that it wasn't until way into the event that I realized the drinks had not been set up for the event. The only drinks sitting out were from the prior event that had been held that day! There was warm and watered down "iced" tea and water from the prior event. It was brought to my attention by attendees that there were no drinkable beverages. Soft drinks were to be available on ice. None were. I went to staff, and again this was way into the event, and a woman came and poured ice on top of the tea and water that had been there from the event hours before. My mother had done so much for her community, including having been a District Governor in the Lions Club. It was an embarrassment that people didn't even have basic beverages available to drink. I was assured a microphone would be available for the event. This was very important as the event was centered around a eulogy and people being able to come forward and tell stories about my mother. Eventually, after several prior attempts and not long before the event was to begin, (even into the time when people were arriving), I desperately pled with Nick to come help me with plugging in my music (from my mother's era), a slide presentation, and getting a mic for the event. These were all things I was assured would be available for the event. Nick brought two mics and informed me he had changed the batteries, which I don't question. However, less than 15 minutes into the event, as I was presenting the eulogy, my mic went dead and the other one did not work. This limited our ability to effectively communicate during the event. Also, the slide presentation stopped as soon as a screensaver came on so that didn't work, but...okay. I had requested tables for 100 people and the event coordinator and I had agreed to an arrangement ahead. There were tables for around 36 persons and not as agreed. I would repeatedly have to go back to rooms to try to locate staff and get someone to come back and continue to set up the tables. This task was still incomplete when guests started arriving. As guests were arriving there was one staff person (I do not know his name - he was an African American male) who was working very hard, even putting up tables alone, and also helping at the end of the event. I had ordered and paid for several white tablecloths. They were not provided. Again, I kept asking staff to provide them. There was one long white tablecloth on the table where the food was to be placed. The tablecloth was dirty from the prior event that had been held earlier in the day. Since the caterer could not get someone to change the tablecloth and guests were about to arrive, they did their best to cover up the dirty table cloth by putting food over those spots. However, one could still see that the tablecloth was dirty. A beautiful large floral arrangement and another bouquet had arrived for the event and were sitting in a separate room. I could not handle the large floral arrangement and had to ask a few times to get someone to bring in the flowers. If I had not persisted, they would not have been put in the room. In total, I paid $1722 for this event. I was responsible for planning this event for our family and on my end was prepared. It was a difficult time, obviously, with the loss of our mother. Walking into this disaster at that time was something I never would expect from a reputable business. I thought I was renting a lovely space for a final goodbye to my mother. Instead, guests were walking in and things were a mess. They had no drinks for the 2 1/2 hours of the event. It was an incredibly stressful experience. I don't expect perfection; however, this was way beyond and completely unacceptable. Additionally, I find it noteworthy that I was not allowed to have the name of a contact person, manager, owner. I think that says a lot in itself. However, I was able to locate and contact him re: my concerns, to no avail. He has not responded.

I've been a member at Iron Front since it opened in Nov 2016, and it's been a wonderful working…read morespace. As a roaming independent software professional, I don't always want to work from home (it's overrated). Coffee shops are hit and miss--sometimes too loud and busy. Iron Front is ideal--it has quiet areas for calls or study, and open areas that are more social. In fact I find quiet open areas like this the most conducive to creativity and productivity. I've also attended several gatherings at Iron Front. You can't ask for a nicer event space. I'm a fan of renovated urban loft spaces, and it works great for events too. The kitchen area is a crucial amenity for eating and coffee breaks. I'm especially fond of the fruit-infused ice water that's always on the counter; the brain and body need hydration. An unexpected benefit has been networking. I've made several friends and connected with several local entrepreneurs in this venue. I'd go so far to say I've learned more about entrepreneurship at Iron Front than anywhere else.