Brunch Ideas for Colorado Wedding Weekends
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Wedding weekends are increasingly popular celebrations in Colorado, turning a single-day celebration into a full weekend to share with loved ones. The morning-after brunch – in other words, the brunch the morning after the wedding – is a delightful and highly enjoyed staple in the wedding weekend celebration. The morning-after brunch is a relaxed way to mingle and connect with friends and family after your wedding while enjoying satisfying food and drinks. It’s the perfect way to reconnect with loved ones after the excitement of your wedding day, while commencing your newlywed chapter with warmth, connection, and love.
Instead of rushing off the night of the wedding or the next morning, the morning-after brunch creates the perfect opportunity to visit with friends and family that might have traveled far to come to your wedding. Guests can share good food and conversation in a low-pressure, relaxed setting, and end with proper goodbyes.
Creative Brunch Themes
While not necessary, choosing a brunch theme helps create a more cohesive, organized experience that is both fun and visually appealing. We have compiled some ideas that draw upon Colorado inspiration for your morning-after brunch.
- Après-Ski: For mountainous winter weddings, an après-ski theme is a fun, elevated way to gather for brunch. With décor inspired by the mountains, snow, pine trees, and skiing, this brunch theme will be memorable, cozy, and Colorado-inspired. For food, you might enjoy a spread of European cheeses and jams; waffles and pancakes; pastries; fondue, or other Swiss- or European-inspired treats.
- Rustic Ranch: A rustic ranch theme speaks to many parts of Colorado, from north to south and east to west. With an elegant, rustic ranch theme, you might hearken to an earthy, hearty aesthetic that is both relaxed and charming. With a rustic ranch theme, you can easily appeal to a wide range of food options as well.
- Farm-to-Table Gathering: For a farm-to-table brunch theme, incorporate locally-sourced, seasonal ingredients that are full of fresh flavor. You might pair this with décor that conveys a natural, organic vibe, such as wooden platters; mason jars; flowers and greenery; and, linens.
- Southwestern Flare: Green chile, huevos rancheros, breakfast tacos, burritos, salsa, and more. With bold and mouthwatering flavors and ingredients, you can dream up a colorful, vibrant brunch for you and your guests!
- Elegant Garden Party: You may also enjoy a garden party-inspired brunch theme with fresh florals, greenery, and a more modern, elegant approach. This is a lovely way to incorporate nature with a touch of style and sophistication!
Practical Planning Tips
Schedule your brunch somewhere between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM, providing you and your guests plenty of time to sleep in and get ready the morning after the wedding. This also allows ample time to eat, socialize, and enjoy brunch without feeling rushed.
There are numerous ways to host your brunch, and it ultimately comes down to choosing the option that works best for you and your guests. You might choose to host your brunch at a wedding venue that offers convenient brunch packages with setup, service staff, and cleanup. Alternatively, you may choose to have your brunch at a restaurant, private home, park pavilion, church, or other location that makes sense for you. The key is choosing something that makes sense for you and your brunch attendees.
If you are working with a wedding planner, they can help you make the brunch arrangements. Photographers specializing in wedding weekends will also photograph your morning-after brunch, if you are wanting professional photos to capture the experience.
We recommend keeping your morning-after brunch low-stress, relaxed, and casual. It’s a lovely way to connect and enjoy time with your friends and family before everyone goes their separate ways.
Also, you won’t want to forget the coffee bar! A flavorful, caffeinated pick-me-up is sometimes just what people need.
Brunch Catering Suggestions
If you are interested in hosting a morning-after brunch and want to have it catered, you might be wondering what the right catering option is. We have a few recommendations to help guide your search. Continue reading below to discover some of our favorite local caterers.
Serendipity Catering
Serendipity Catering has been serving the Denver metro area for 25 years, reflecting a well-established business with strong, trusted relationships with Colorado’s best venues. With experienced, creative chefs skilled in crafting completely custom menus for every event, you can develop a personalized menu for your brunch that reflects your culinary, flavor, and aesthetic preferences. Serendipity Catering’s team brings unmatched creativity and care to their work, demonstrating their dedication to bringing your brunch dreams to life.
Unique details:
- Fully customized menus to match your tastes and aesthetic
- Trusted relationships with Colorado’s best vendors and venues
- Creative chefs, delicious food, and top-tier service
Wildfire Pizza + Catering
Where a passion for woodfired pizza meets a Coloradoan love for outdoor dining, Wildfire Pizza + Catering is here to make your woodfired pizza dreams come true. Handcrafted with care using the finest ingredients and locally-sourced produce in their mobile wood-fired pizza oven, Wildfire’s pizza is as fresh as it gets. Wildfire offers more than pizza, too. Their offerings include hors d’oeuvres, salads and pasta, a dessert bar, and more. Wildfire’s owners are driven by a commitment to quality and community, and you will undoubtedly see that when you choose them as your caterer.
Unique details:
- Mobile wood-fired pizza oven
- Fresh, locally sourced ingredients
- Traditional techniques + innovative flavors
Biscuits + Berries Catering Co.
Biscuits + Berries Catering Co. is a full-service catering company where high-quality, fresh ingredients are coupled with heartfelt, caring hospitality. Their exceptional chefs will curate a beautiful menu customized for your brunch. With fine-dining style service, Biscuits + Berries ensures you and your guests are well taken care of. Their team brings immaculate attention to detail, intention, and transparency to every event, with the goal of exceeding expectations. Their catering options include seated meals, buffets, passed hors d’oeuvres, desserts, full bar and cocktails, and more.
Unique details:
- High-quality ingredients + heartfelt hospitality
- Chef-curated menus customized to your wedding
- Fine-dining style service + strong attention to detail
Velvet Alchemy
Don’t forget about the coffee bar! Velvet Alchemy is a mobile bartending service that also offers a coffee bar. For your morning-after brunch, your guests may really enjoy and appreciate a coffee bar that will simply add that extra special touch to the brunch experience. Velvet Alchemy is here to help. They use fresh ingredients and scratch-made syrups, and also have a sustainability focus where they use eco-friendly cups and straws. You can also work with them to be your wedding bartender, and add on the coffee bar for your morning-after brunch. You will be glad you did!
Unique details:
- Custom menus to reflect your wedding
- Fresh-squeezed juices and scratch-made syrups
- Sustainability focus
We hope you enjoyed reading about morning-after brunch ideas for your wedding weekend celebration, and hopefully you come away with an idea or two! We can’t wait to hear about your wedding weekend and morning-after brunch.
