Wedding Fairy Tale: Your Event in a Gold Coast Mansion
By Vincent Savino

New York Institute of Technology's (NYIT) de Seversky Center takes a page out of The Great Gatsby for couples dreaming of a wedding of F. Scott Fitzgerald proportions. One of the few existing Gold Coast-era mansions open for public catering, NYIT's de Seversky Center is situated on 100 acres of picturesque landscape in Old Westbury, N.Y.

The de Seversky Center's executive chef Robert Rizzuto and dining room manager Pilar Visconti coordinate all details and special requests to create the perfect fairy tale mansion wedding. "The staff at de Seversky took care of everything," said Peg and Chris, who were wed during this past summer. "The food was great and the service impeccable. Our wedding exceeded all of our expectations and our guests are still saying it was the best wedding they have ever been to."

Prospective brides and grooms can select an elaborate mansion-style event (accommodating up to 200 guests), which utilizes all of the mansion's elegant rooms in a cocktail party atmosphere, or a more traditional seated up to 200 persons "with only the finest foods and beverages served. "We try to offer flexibility," said Chef Rizzuto. "We only do one wedding per day, so it's as if it really is your mansion for the day."